Recent content by teegar

Bumping this. I know my laptop isn't great per se, but what I'm asking is why it is performing significantly worse than what I have seen/heard for the exact same model, with the same specifications, online. For instance...

Hi everyone. I recently bought the Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra. I'm a casual gamer (2-3 hours a week), so I didn't see the need to buy a more high-end machine. Here are the specs: intel i5 3317u 1.70 ghz 10240 mgb (10 gb) ram nvidia geforce gt 640m (1gb) 445 gb hard disc space Bottom line...

As for apps, I have these ones that I'm thinking of deleting: Acer Crystal Eye Acer Explorer Music Video Acer Evernote Touch Acer StumbleUpon Acer Cloud Social Jogger Reader Dolby Demo Dolby Profile Cyberlink Media Espresso

Hello, I bought the Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3, which arrived a few days ago. I have already got rid of some bloatware like WildTangent games, Acer games, Norton trial etc. My question is: what else ca I remove? Stuff like Acer Evernote, cer PicEvermore, Acer fastlane. Also, stuff like...

Also, I initially looked at the Acer Aspire V3-571 (with the i5 processor), which has very similar specs but a slightly better gpu. I discounted it because I'd heard some bad things about Acer's quality, but do you think that is an option as well?

I've been researching what laptop to get to replace my current 6 year old Dell Inspiron 6400, and I think the Lenovo Z580 seems a good choice. Most of what I use my laptop for is simply university work (nothing more demanding than writing an essay) and web browsing, and ocassionally watching...