Acre Aspire 5004 Laptop Computer Review

Acer has recently broken into the laptop market and started in on some pretty good mid range laptops. Acer has previously been known for their LCD monitors and now has started in on the highly competitive market of laptops. The model I purchased for my sons first laptop is the Acer Aspire 5004. The Aspire series is a good mid range and well priced laptop with a few exceptions. The model I bought has a few extra perks that the company did not install in their version. My model is a factory refurbished model that has a better hard drive and Wi-Fi built in. There are some reviews out on this model like the one at CNET.com but it is not the same as my model.

Here are the system specifications for the model I bought:

Acer Aspire model 5004WLMi
AMD Turion 64 ML-34 processor
1 MB L2 cache 1.8 GHz
15.4" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD Screen
100 Gigabyte Hard Drive
DVD Dual Drive supports DVD+R Double Layer/DVD+RW
1 Gigabyte DDR Ram Memory
802.11b/g wireless LAN

This is a pretty decent set of specifications for a laptop. The model we bought is a bit better than most of the 5000 models that are reviewed at various web sites. This model is a refurbished one that has been to the Acer factory for its rework. A refurbished computer is one that has been sent back to the factory for service or repair and totally overhauled, inspected and tested. New components are added when needed and the whole system is upgraded to make for a better laptop than the original.

Our laptop comes with some programs that are not your regular ones as well. There are the usual ones like a game suite with card games like Hearts and Solitaire as well as NTI's CD and DVD burner and backup program. Two programs from Acer that the laptop came with are Acer Arcade and Acer GridVista. Acer Arcade is a comprehensive multimedia suite but is nothing spectacular. It has a DVD player, audio and media player and burner.