Acer Aspire 5720 Reviews: Laptop computer

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Score: 8.4/10

34 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This laptop has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on size and weight. “It is very quick to load up and the runs internet runs very smoothly. easy to…” Paul, London View all 34 real customer reviews

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34 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
93% of people recommend it.

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Battery life6.3
Design8.0
Performance8.5
Size and weight7.5
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.5
Overall rating8.4
General home user (10)
Business user (1)
Music, gaming or video fan (1)
Often on the move (1)
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Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ Very powerful laptop for the price. Excellent CPU, Decent amount of RAM, Acers crystalbrite display is really nice. Good quality screen. Even 4 months on you can't beat this laptop for the price.

- Build quality isn't great. It's a bit on the large side. Battery life is average at best.

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purchased 07 Apr 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent value for money, very fast CPU.

- Screen a little too glossy.

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purchased 12 Apr 2009

CLARE, PURLEY

Score 10.0/10

+ its portable, fast, easy.

- Battery life not brilliant

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purchased 07 Apr 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Fantastic value for money laptop with clean lines, an excellent processor and adequate HDD space. Keyboard feel is pleasantly firm and touchpad responsive, good connectivity that includes firewire and the inbuilt speakers produce surprisingly good sound.

- It comes preloaded with Windows Vista which is not one of Microsoft's better efforts; I use this laptop as a tool for working so when settings are altered to make it run more like XP, Vista is far better and less annoying to use, and more importantly, uses significantly less system resources.
The only bad point about the laptop is the very glossy screen; although this gives good contrast, a matt screen is more pleasing to use particularly in awkward daylight.

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purchased 08 Apr 2009

Liam, Dublin - Ireland , “Music, gaming or video fan”

Score 9.0/10

+ it has worked brilliantly for me in all areas

- my only gripe is that the unit tends to overheat easily / quickly and it can then perform a little more unpredictably. I solved this by getting a laptop cooling stand with usb powered fan. never overheated since.

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purchased 21 Apr 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Fast, great screen easy of use

- Battery Life (but thats laptops) speakers not very loud

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purchased 21 Apr 2009

Paul, London , “General home user” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ It is very quick to load up and the runs internet runs very smoothly. Easy to operate and comes with good software for watching films, burning cds etc. I was a little wary buying a refurbished laptop but haven't had a single problem since I bought it 5 months ago. Delivery was prompt too. I would definitely recommend it.

- It isn't the smallest or lightest of models but if you're not going to carting it around much it doesn't really matter. Battery life isn't great but you can chose battery saving modes that extend it.

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purchased 25 Mar 2009

Mark, Dublin

Score 7.0/10

+ Great price the best I could find

- Medium specs

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purchased 26 Mar 2009

Adam, Killarney

Score 9.0/10

+ processor,design,performance for the money

- at this price nothing

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purchased 28 Mar 2009

Mick, Doncater

Score 9.0/10

+ Excelent quality and spec for budget no nonsense laptop.

- Dose not have a web cam built in.

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purchased 30 Mar 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good overall

- None comes to mind

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purchased 16 Apr 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ good performance

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 05 Apr 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ display and response time are better than my hp 6720s

- battery life very short

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purchased 26 Mar 2009

Remi, Birmingham

Score 8.0/10

+ The design (looks) and the price. The performance was petty good too.

- not much!!

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purchased 17 Apr 2009

Mandy, Stirling , “Often on the move”

Score 9.0/10

+ This is a neat little laptop that does everything I need it to do, and does so quickly and without fuss.

- The power adaptor seems slightly too prone to overheating if left plugged in for more than an hour or so.

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purchased 27 Mar 2009

Caroline, Benalmadena Costa , “General home user” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ It works well, is fast and looks good. So far I have had no problems with it at all. I've recommended it to others.

- The keys on the keyboard are quite flimsy. I actually broke on (the euro key) by mistake. I think my finger just caught it while I was typing (I wasn't even using that key) and the key broke. However, nothing else has broken. The battery life is very short, usually about 2 hours or less, but since I don't really need to use it on battery, that isn't a big minus for me.

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purchased 07 Apr 2009

Gary, Cumbria , “General home user” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ Good family laptop for a great price.

- None what I can nthink off!

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purchased 07 May 2009

Dave, Southampton , “Business user”

Score 4.0/10

+ cheap as chips - easily the best for its price (at the time of purchase).

- touch pad mouse died after about 2 months, vista is buggy as anything, lots and lots of pointless and space consuming programs which i cant even use!!!!

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purchased 02 Apr 2009

nitesh, leeds , “General home user” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- my Windows licence is not correct for some reason, it shows message, that register your Lic and later it says didn't find details

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purchased 26 Mar 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

Score 7.0/10

+ easy to use. bright clear screen. sound good.

- mouse board can be too sentitive. battery life, couldn't use it all day with out plugging into the mains, no problem for me its just for home.

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purchased 26 Mar 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “General home user” More like this »

Score 7.0/10

+ good value for money.

- battery life seems shorter than my old acer.

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purchased 01 Apr 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Specification of the laptop for the price

- Build quality... feels a bit plasticy... front panel comes off very easily if you just knock it whilst typing!

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purchased 24 Aug 2009

Joe, New Ollerton

Score 9.0/10

+ Performance and screen size.

- Screen reflection makes it difficult in daylight.

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purchased 25 Aug 2009

Jane, Bognor Regis , “General home user” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The mouse pad stopped working after a very short time. The unit appears to overheat and then it cuts out after about 4 hours of use which is a bit tedious as it then stays off for about 15 minutesbefore starting up again

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purchased 30 Mar 2009

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