Feb 21, 2017 10:39 AM
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Review on Acer Extensa 5620 Laptop:
Back in those days, I used to live in Singapore, which like the electronics capital/hub of Asia. It was then that I had the good fortune of buying my own first laptop. Before that I always had desktop computers in India. But after relocating to Singapore, where I used to stay mostly on PG or homestay accommodations, and used to change the residence often, I thought that buying a laptop would be a natural and prudent choice. And of course having a laptop also helps when travelling between India and Singapore every six months, as you can used it at airpots, in airplances, and when back in India on vacations.
However my first laptop was not Acer – but of a different brand. Unfortunately I bought my first laptop in a haste and hadnt done enough research before buying it. So I sort of didn’t make a very well-researched and educated choice. After 1.5 years of using my old laptop, one day it got completely soaked in rain as I had kept it on my desk and had left the window open, and rain water all came in over the laptop, when I had gone to office. Since it was a new place, it didn’t strike me that rain would come in that direction and that I should close the window before going to office. So when I returned from the office, I was in a rather tragic mood. It hadn’t completely got damaged but the screen had started showing black spots in many places. But fortunately otherwise it seemed to be working fine. Actually it didn’t start on that day, but I think it started after a couple of days (may be it took time to dry from inside).
But I was under the impression that it has got completely damaged and since I had urgent need, I decided to buy a new laptop instead of going through the hassle of repairing it, which would have probably taken atleast a few days. And this too I was not sure, whether it would get repaired and I thought I can buy a newer laptop instead of spending huge amount on repairing etc.
Buy this time, I had 1.5 years experience of using a laptop and in these 1.5 years I had also visited many electronics exibitions, malls, stores and shows in various world-famous places of Singapore. Since I was buying a new laptop just after 1.5 years, this time I didn’t want to buy a very high end, costly, fancy type of laptop. Something decent, workable, light-weight, but having good performance overall and good value for money.
The next day (of the damaging of the old laptop), I went to a few electronics stores in nearby malls while having my evening stroll in the neighbourhood. In Singapore a big, grand mall is generally just a few minutes walk away from any part of the city. It was a nice, big showroom with friendly, welcoming staff. He showed me a few laptops of many famous brands along with the configuration, price, warranty details, distinguishing features etc. I wanted to focus on economicallly priced laptops in 15-16 inches screen category. So had narrowed down the search anyway. Then I came across Acer - I had heard good feedback about Acer from many people. So I had a more detailed look at its features, screen quality, configuration as compared to other models/brands in that category etc.
Overall it had nice sleek, posh appearance; good and reasonably powerful configuration; attractive price, a nice warranty etc. So I decided to go for it since it fitted into all my parameters nicely. The salesman suggested that I could get 1 GB additional RAM only for 70$ extra, which would make it 2 GB total RAM. Sounded like a good idea to me and I agreed to the proposal. He immediately opened the laptop and installed 1 GB additional memory into it in front of me, and handed over the box of the brand new computing machine into my hands, after I paid him a total of around $1100-1200, including the cost of extra RAM.
It has been almost nine year now. I am still using the same laptop. No issues at all. A very comfortable, convenient, peace-of-mind experience. Have taken it to a dozen different cities in the world since then. And have used it extensively and intensely (almost like using it for 20 years, if you consider the average usage of laptops). Very durable, high performance, cost effective. I would highly recommend Acer laptops to everyone who is looking for good value for money, performance and durability.
