Features:

  • Intel Celeron N4000 Dual-Core Processor
  • 14" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Widescreen LED-backlit Display
  • 4GB DDR4 SDRAM Onboard Memory & 64GB eMMC
  • Microsoft Office 365 Personal 1-Year Subscription & Windows 10 Home in S mode
  • Up to 6.5 Hours Battery Life
Good value

I got this in January and have been using it as my main computer ever since. It's primarily aimed at browsing the net, email, etc. If you want to do heavy-duty computing like serious animated gaming, or video editing, etc., this probably won't meet your needs, but for what it does, it's great. And it's very light (partly because it doesn't have a DVD drive) and it's actually comfortable on your lap, unlike my previous computer (a Dell) which now feels like a brick in my lap. And it's silent and fanless and seems to run cool. I'm often baffled by my friends who buy thousand-dollar computers and just use them for email and watching cat videos and the occasional Word file. If that's what you use a computer for, you can't beat this value.

Great little computer for the price!!

I haven't owned a new laptop since I bought my Asus 6 years ago. I am comparing this little gem with that monster. This is smaller and lighter. The battery life so far much surpasses what I was used to. This Acer has a much more user-friendly keypad and touchpad, and the display and sound are much improved as well. The internet speed is faster and the response to new tasks is quick. The set-up was pretty easy. Nice to have Office included for the first year, therefore saving $60+ out of the gate. I was used to Windows 10 and the s mode does not seem to be a problem as I just use Edge to access what I need without downloading the apps, ie google photos, etc. I did not need anything with bells and whistles and therefore did not want to spend a lot of money - just something better for word processing, social media, emailing, etc. That is exactly what I found.

Excellent for the price point

It is an excellent laptop for the price point (for $229) . It is a real laptop, not a Chromebook, which is what I was looking for. The 64gb give you enough internal space to store some data and having some APPs installed - it is of course limiting, but a lot of low priced laptops come with 32gb, which is just a no go. Processor is fast enough to do normal day tasks, like browsing, e-mail, pdf etc.. It is far away from being a high end laptop, but it shines in its price range. Size and weight make it perfect for traveling (15 inch is too big and 13 inch too small!).

It works so well your kid will turn into a steamed vegetable.

I guess it works well. I got it for my 15 year-old daughter, as she was often panicked and losing her mind with last minute word-processing issues and printing needs at 11:00 pm the night before they were due. The idea was I could sleep. Maybe. I haven't seen her since. She disappeared into her room, and I'm assuming she's just streaming all the G- rated crap she can find. Which means that setup was easy and it's functioning with greater capacity than I thought a cheap laptop could. Dammit.

Excellent for the price

You get what you pay for! I think this is value for money. It’s not built like a tank, it’s plastic but if you are someone that takes care of your things, it lasts just as well. Very good screen resolution and set up is very simple. So far I’ve had no problems with it at all and it does everything I need it to do. I’m not a gaming person at all so this handles everything else very well at a fraction of the cost. I suppose it depends what you need it for. Highly recommended for a low budget computer. If I were to rate it according to those in its class - there would be five stars throughout.

Good for what it is.

This review is for the Acer A114-32-C1YA. 64gb of storage, 4gb of RAM, Windows S. I'm a semi-retired I.T. tech, so this review comes from that standpoint. After booting the device and logging in (using a Microsoft account, not a local account) I upgraded Windows S to Windows Home. This is a free upgrade, but is not reversible. Windows S supports only apps available in the Windows Store; Windows 10 Home supports Office 365 and 3rd party software. Once Win 10 Home was installed (if you do this, be sure to reboot the system, just to let things stabilize); also Win 10 updates will want to install and the malware definitions of Windows Defender will want to install, so give it some time to do those chores before installing other apps. Before I installed more apps, I removed a BUNCH of apps from the original Win 10 install - the machine comes loaded with "Bloatware" from Microsoft. After the "Bloatware-ectomy and Windows updates I installed Office 365, Chrome browser, DIA (an open source diagramming application), four printer drivers, Splashtop (a remote access application), a "Caps Lock" indicator app, Dropbox and setting up MS Outlook, a couple of GB of data, and have 33 GB free. 8 GB is taken up by the backup of Windows ("Windows.old") and could be recovered by running 'disk clean / clean system files'. I tested Windows Remote Desktop and SplashTop and was able to access remote Windows computers without issue. Setting up an old HP4050n printer took some time - the drivers had to be manually configured. Performance of the Acer with 4gb RAM and an N4000 processor is not earth shaking; it isn't a gaming machine. However, running Office apps or having 3-4 Chrome windows open doesn't seem to task the system. The keyboard is acceptable for the market price (YMMV since keyboards are subjective). There's no "Caps Lock" indicator on the keyboard. However I've installed a 3rd party freeware program that places an indicator on the screen when Caps Lock is on. (You can find the software by searching the web). I'm finding the screen to be better than I expected for this price point - but again, that's subjective and YMMV. One irritation - "Cortana" wants to search the web, the local device, the planet, the outer planets, and extend the search to the Andromeda Galaxy for all I know. There's a registry hack that kills ("murders" might be a better word) Cortana and limits searches to the local machine. If I need to search the web, I use Google (or some such); when I'm looking for a file or an app, I want the Windows 10 Home search bar to limit the search to the local machine. Once the hack was in place, the search bar works nicely. You can search the web on how to disable Cortana. Be sure to save a backup copy of the Registry before attempting to edit it. Since Bitlocker isn't supplied with Win 10 Home (shame on Microsoft for that!!!) I've added a BIOS / boot password so that once shut down the machine can't be fired up w/o the password. If you need more storage, a USB thumb drive can be installed (some of them are very small and don't extend out of the USB port by much). Online storage (DropBox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.) is also an option (I've disabled OneDrive on my machine). There's an SD card reader, but the card sticks out too far for my taste to leave a card in the machine permanently for storage purposes. YMMV. (Edit 2/23/19): I added a 64 GB USB drive and moved my 2 GB of data onto that. I used another computer running Window 10 Pro to encrypt the drive using Bitlocker. Windows 10 Home can unlock Bitlocker drives. If the laptop is lost or stolen the BIOS password will protect the Acer from booting up and Bitlocker will protect the data. The machine is lightweight and would be good for making notes in class or meetings; my primary usage will be to maintain a Windows Server 2012r2 domain controller and network using remote desktop and Splashtop. Email and Office apps run well; I've experienced no issues. Note that I normally have no more than 2-3 apps running at once; if you're in the habit of having 15 web pages open you may stress the machine more than I do. Don't expect to run online games or Adobe PhotoShop or other intensive apps on this machine. But for me - $250 for a serviceable laptop that can do what I need to do w/o fuss rates 5 stars. (There are other computers in the price range with better specs - but the Acer works for me. YMMV.) (Edit 2/23/2019) After a full battery charge I used the computer on a service call. The computer was in use (no videos, just Office, web searches, and remote accessing client's network machines) from 5 a.m. until 10 a.m.; it was placed into sleep mode until 3 p.m., then used from 3 p.m. until 5:15 p.m. when the "low battery" warning at 20% came on. A little over 7 hours run time, 5 hours sleep mode - not bad at all for the first real day of work. HTH Regards Jim

This is why it’s good

For around $250, this thing is worth it. I’m running an el gato game capture card on it that’s recording gameplay, I have multiple tabs open, playing music on YouTube from one of them, and I’m downloading mp4 from the game capture all at once. It’s not slowing down or lagging at all right now. I approve.

What more can a teen as for?

My 15 year old uses this laptop day and night. She uses it without the charger cable and doesn't complain about the battery life. She leaves it on her bed and it doesn't over heat, which was my #1 fear. I've witness for myself the what a hot laptop can do to a bed (fire). The quality of video are superb and it been dropped at least once and no cracks and dents. It was also inexpensive and useful for her school and social life. It's cool as she puts it an it's great to me.

MS Office One Year Include

I love it ,Even I don't really need it any more but I decided to keep it ...Very Thin with Smooth Looking , MSOffice One Year

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