Acer Aspire AS5750G-6496 Pro Reviews

The Aspire 5750G comes with a good selection of bundled software for a budget-friendly laptop. First, there’s the 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, which includes the fine Media Center environment for playing music, watching DVDs and slide shows, and more. Plus, the Acer Clear.fi utility serves as a slick media-file-organization and -playback app, in addition to its sharing functions. Also from Acer, the 5750G includes the eRecovery Manager and Backup Manager tools. You also get NTI's Media Maker 9, for creating and burning data, music, photo, and video discs. And Acer includes the Microsoft Office Starter suite, which includes ad-supported versions of Microsoft Word and Excel. Also handy are the prebundled Skype VoIP utility and reader applications for The New York Times and Barnes & Noble Nook. Up to that point, the included software is generally well chosen. Beyond that, though, Acer packed in more bloatware than we would like to see. Among it, you'll find preloaded desktop icons for Norton Online Backup, McAfee Internet Security, Netflix, and eBay. You'll want to have an uninstall session to clean things up before you install your own apps. Like the presence of the bloatware, the warranty is predictable for a machine of this class and price. Acer backs the Aspire 5750G with a one-year plan, the standard length for this class. On the upside, Acer's tech support is available 24/7 via phone or online chat, which is not a given from competing vendors. Despite the fact that the Acer Aspire 5750G trailed the Lenovo G570 on our productivity and media-file-conversion tests, we saw plenty to like in this laptop. The feature list, the improvements in sound quality, the long battery life, and its impressive 3D performance make for a very well-rounded machine for the money.