OT - anyone use an Acer laptop?

[Mudcat]

And the important question: does the keyboard suck gigantic ass?

I use an Acer laptop as my main computer and the keyboard is always skipping keystrokes. Every single sentence I type, I have to go back and fill in the letters and spaces that I hit but just plain don't register for some reason.

It sucks.

I was talking to my ex who has an Acer laptop and she experiences the exact same effect. In my case, it is getting worse as time goes on.

I'm not even complaining so much because I am often dealing with dollar amounts, and skipping zeros could be a huge problem.

It is just fvcking day-in-and-day-out ANNOYING.

[bbyhill]

You may try cleaning the keyboard out with compressed air.

[Boner_18]

My sister just god rid of her acer laptop and had the same issue.

[teaserpleaser]

my acer works just fine.... had it for a year no problem better than the $1200 Toshiba i had a few years back.

[HeeeHAWWWW]

Keyboards break pretty easily. You can get new ones for peanuts though, just find the part number, and check ebay (for the keyboard separately, or with a broken laptop).

[AMBlai01]

Here's the better question, Why were you talking to your ex about keyboards?

[betplom]

You could also get yourself a usb keyboard like this:

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3119128&CatId=142

[Data]

Acer manufactures the crappiest computers out of the crappiest parts. It should come with no surprise when something is working poorly.

[jjgold]

I have an acer 2 years, it ok , we do have skips with keys at times but every computer does. I like the cleaning of the keyboard suggestion here.

[Mudcat]

Some good advice here. I will have to follow up. It is startling how bad this keyboard is.

I'm going to try a demonstration just for the hell of it. I'm going to type something everyone would be familiar with - and I won't do any corrections. Just so you can see what I am dealing with. (Now watch, this would be the time there are no mistakes).

But no. Whatever comes out - I will let it stand.

Now what to type? What to type? Something that people should be familiar with but that perhaps also reflects my feelings.


When I'm watching my V
And the man omes on to tell me
How white my hirts can be
But he can't be a man cuz he doesn't smoke
The same cigaretes as me
I can't get no
No no no
Hey, hey, hey - that's what I say

I cant get no satiaction

[Mudcat]

Here's the better question, Why were you talking to your ex about keyboards?

You know, it just came up.

Is it weird that my ex could well be my best friend now? She is. We talk about everything all the time. She is also a partner in my business.

I suppose we are supposed to hate our exes but mine is a really great person.

[betplom]

Some good advice here. I will have to follow up. It is startling how bad this keyboard is.

I'm going to try a demonstration just for the hell of it. I'm going to type something everyone would be familiar with - and I won't do any corrections. Just so you can see what I am dealing with. (Now watch, this would be the time there are no mistakes).

But no. Whatever comes out - I will let it stand.

Now what to type? What to type? Something that people should be familiar with but that perhaps also reflects my feelings.


When I'm watching my V
And the man omes on to tell me
How white my hirts can be
But he can't be a man cuz he doesn't smoke
The same cigaretes as me
I can't get no
No no no
Hey, hey, hey - that's what I say

I cant get no satiaction

Terrible!

Use the money you were going to donate to wikipedia and buy a usb keyboard instead.

[JBC77]

Well, Mudcat, after all it is an Acer. I'm sure you saved a few bucks instead of going with a major PC like Dell, HP, etc. So it is what it is. My buddy had one with the exact same issue. He ended up throwing it against the wall out of frustration.....

[AMBlai01]

You know, it just came up.

Is it weird that my ex could well be my best friend now? She is. We talk about everything all the time. She is also a partner in my business.

I suppose we are supposed to hate our exes but mine is a really great person.

Hey if it works then good for you. I have an ex that I am very good friends with myself, so I guess it is not that weird.

Ironically enough I ran into my most recent ex at a bar last night. I guess it is that time of year....

[Data]

Well, Mudcat, after all it is an Acer. I'm sure you saved a few bucks instead of going with a major PC like Dell

Ironically, many Dell notebooks in the recent years are re-branded Acers.

[Mudcat]

Well, Mudcat, after all it is an Acer. I'm sure you saved a few bucks instead of going with a major PC like Dell, HP, etc. So it is what it is. My buddy had one with the exact same issue. He ended up throwing it against the wall out of frustration.....

You know what? I'm a boob. I've got a computer guru who has been looking after all my computers for years and I was looking for a new one and he stuck this in my face and I said, "Sure!

Should've asked a couple questions first I guess. I am too trusting.

You're right, the price was good. I bought it new and it cost about the same as the used ones I have bought. Like $600 or something.

I have a couple spares around here anyway (a quick check reveals they are a Dell and an IBM Thinkpad if anyone wants to advise me on their relative virtues). I'm sure they're not NASA quality but I'll switch over to one shortly. The typing on this one has gotten insanely bad. I don't do anything fancy anyway.

It's a shame though This is the prettiest one.

[yisman]

$600? He marked it up first. You can get the good Acer minis for like $400.

[Mudcat]

I dunno. I don't think it is what would be called a mini. It is the biggest laptop I've got with a nice monitor.

Well anyway, I'm not going to argue. I'm a boob.

[yisman]

I was referring to their hot new ones. You must not have one of those.

[Mudcat]

How different things might be if Edgar Allen Poe had had an Acer laptop.

Once upn a midnight dreary while I pondered weak d weary
Over many a quaint and cuous volume of forgotten lore
While Inodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping
As of somne gently rappng, rapping at mychamber door
'Tis somvisitor,' I muttered, 'Rapping at my chamber or.'
Only this andnothing more.

[yisman]

[AwadwayGera]

help about browser

hi all i need help about firefox crashing. it is crashing forever if i open another web page. can you help me? thank you.

[Maniac]

On my 2nd Acer laptop and not really have any problems - I dont type a huge amount, so mainly it is used for downloading, surfing the internet, playing games and streaming sports/films/tv shows etc

For those purposes I cant complain at all with it whatsoever !