Acer Aspire 3
MPNs: NX.GQ4SA.002, NX.HVTSA.00K and NX.KDESA.00763 reviews
Acer Aspire 3 has problems with charging – Acer Aspire 3 has problems with charging. the part inside the computer comes loose so that charging via mains is nigh on impossible. I am still under warranty but keep on being harrassed to provide details I have previously supplied when I thought it was the lead (which did finally eventuate after many emails) The call centre staff are totally uncooperative hoping that a customer gives up on fixing their machine Show details
Great budget laptop – I was in the market for a basic laptop for personal use and came across this one. I found it to be a great price for a larger sized laptop with a decent processor and RAM. The battery life has been great, allowing me to relax on the couch with it to go through my emails, online shopping and backup my phone. I have connected my phone to it as well… Read more
so I can respond to texts when I have left it on charge. Would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for an easy to use laptop
A good laptop for what it is – I bought the Acer Aspire 3 NX KDSA.005 as my travelling laptop. The laptop is 15 inch light weight windows 11: 1 TB of storage. Intel Core i3. The laptop is easy to use and performs very well. I have no issues with the operating system. Unlike some laptops I have used in the past the start up is quick and I do not find this laptop to be slow in its operations unlike my HP laptop. I enjoy using this laptop. Show details
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Aspire 3 not lasting more than 18m onths – Aspire 3 started playing up after 18 months not loading properly .loaded as a script down left side of screen not loading you tube thumbnails jast a blank grey square not loading facebook just a blank page ; never go near Acer again woeful build very low quality ; purchase Dec 2020 Harvey Norman for a massively overvalued 1099 AUD Show details
Poor strenght body and snapped off the screw on left side within 6 months – I purchased this laptop last year July 2019 from Binglee,and the outer plastic body where a screw is housed on left rear corner has been snapped off as a result laptop opens on left corner. Happened as a result of normal use, no fall or physcial hit etc Attached two photos can better explain the problem.contacted Binglee but no help from them… Read more
.They did not accepted it as a fault for a replacement with new laptop. as they reffered to contact Acer. I contacted Acer for warranty but they did not provided any replacement rather asked to send to their assesment centre to see if it is a manufacturing fault so can be repaired under warranty else I had to pay the charges. Whole repair process can take 3-4 works. You get struck if you do not have a replacement laptop to work with if need to send for assessment
This product is not recomened, not value for money for the price paid as poor quality built and poor warranty claim and replacement process both at Binglee and Acer end
A good light weight laptop (no cd or dvd player though) – While Windows is in itself a good operating platform has too many useless programs. Acer's programs seam ok so far even though I had to uninstall it's trial programs. This is what I have now so I get 2 hrs on battery. Show details
Positive reviews
Great for my mobile business!! – Super great price. Easy to use on the go, because it's light weight. Love the non glare of the screen. Ready to buy another for my child. Good job Acer!! Show details
Great laptop – Starts up quickly, it is light and packed full of features. Good sized screen, can by connected to tv via HDMI cable and the resolution is beautiful!. Would highly recommend this laptop to anyone in the market for a new computer Show details
This laptop is good – Bought the Acer 3 315 -22 laptop its been very good only one minor problem Every times you get online the camera turns on automatically and if I am not mistaken this shouldn’t happen makes me feel like somebody is watching me other than that it’s very good Show details
Negative reviews
Could this be any worse – I am a tech and am setting one of these up for a friend and it would easily be the worst laptop that I have ever come across. Acer should recall these and give everyone a refund. I have reinstalled Win 11, a fresh install and it cannot even run that properly. Tried Linux Mint and it is just as slow which is unbelievable. Show details
Running Zoom is jerky and other participants are stop-start animation in appearance – I received this laptop new in August 2023. Has 4GB of RAM - this is not enough to run Zoom. Having Gmail or other web pages open at the same time makes both worse. (When Zoom is closed, to have several web pages open at the same time is OK.) Two different earplugs - that work on my old Asus laptop do not work on this Acer Aspire3 laptop - the… Read more
Aspire3 speakers just keep working, with nothing out of the earplugs.
The @ symbol is operated by the " key. The " key is operated by the @ symbol, although I did find a correction for this on youtube.
Don’t do it to yourself – If you want a computer that just turns on and does simple tasks with ease - spend a few hundred dollars more and buy something else Show details
Recent reviews
Dreadful – Never will I touch another Acer after buyer this. It's un-usable. You try to move the curser across the screen and it's opening up anything and everything, closing stuff, deleting stuff and then when you do click on something you have to do it three times to open it. Do they not test these things after they make them. I've had it 4 days and I am ready to beat it with a hammer! Show details
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Worse Laptop I've ever owned – I've had this laptop for about 2.5 years now. Absolute garbage from day one! Slow, crashes trying to open a file, thats if I can even log onto it to open a file because it'll crash at the login screen. Absolute waste of money. Show details
Absolute garbage – I didn't purchase this myself, it was given as a gift, and while I appreciate the sentiment, I couldn't have received a worse piece of junk than it already is. From the moment I began using it, I was struck by how long it took to boot up. That should have been the warning sign. And since that time, this thing has degraded more than I could have… Read more
imagined. I seriously cannot empathize enough how pathetic this poor excuse for a laptop is. Never in my life has a piece of technology ever frustrated me to the point where I want to smash it on the ground into a million pieces as much as this wretched thing does! It absolutely boggles my mind how much a laptop can struggle to do such basic processes. Seriously, even just opening a simple file or browser practically sends it into meltdown. It is so astronomically slow that the heat death of universe itself will come before this laptop can load a jpg file. I would give this laptop zero stars if I could, because one is far too generous. Save yourself the pain and don't buy this laptop, or any Acer product for that matter. They're all bottom-tier budget Walmart trash. Stay away!
This laptop is worse than useless – Slow startup ...... hardly anything on it as by the time it has started I've lost the will to live.. It was a complete waste of money...if you need a paperweight use a brick instead of this junk , Show details
Waste of money – Battery lasted Bout 6 months before it needs to stay plugged in. Now the motherboard has a short circuiting ceramic capacitor. Needs a new motherboard. 12 month warranty and lasted 17 months. Not fit for purpose. Show details
HORRIBLE- SLOW, GLITCHY, AND DIES EASILY – I got this laptop to do work. Whenever I enter a website, it loads until it shows a blank screen. The battery dies really quick, it switched off when still 20%... Recommend to not buy. I would have liked to rate it below 1 star. Show details
Trash – I thankfully did not buy this laptop but my main computer is by acer so I thought it would be great so I do some work away from home as I run a small business. Unfortunately it's been nothing but a desaster the computer is the slowest system I've ever used and it's 4 years newer then my computer at home. The operating system can't handle itself… Read more
leading to instability doing the most basic tasks.
Crashes are often and to be honest I wouldn't recommend this for free.
Acer Aspire 3 – Acer are nothing but a bunch of theives ripping people off for absolute garbage that doesn't work. Nearly an hour it takes for a brand new one to boot.. Garbage! Show details
Multitasking? Speed? Get something else – This laptop seems to struggle handling its operating system, let alone any other program that you are trying to work with. The touchpad lags, typing lags and this is after removing the many bloatware programs that Acer force feeds the machine. You'll end up buying another laptop in 18 months time - do yourself a favour and spend twice as much on a better system from the start instead of messing about with substandard products like this one. Show details
Absolute pile of crap worst laptop ive ever owned – Takes hours to boot up very glittchy crashes all the time never worked well from start. Never buy again laptop need an axe in it and dripping into the sea. Show details
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Don't buy Acer - faulty laptop not fixed – I bought an Acer Aspire 3 from JB HiFi a couple of years ago. It's connection to my Wifi fails and drops out every few minutes. I took it back twice to JB HiFi within the warranty period. It was not fixed but they claimed it was. Acer said there was nothing wrong with it. I checked my WiFi. My Wifi works for other laptops and for phones and a… Read more
printer. My experience is Acer doesn't back up its products, and JB Hifi won't solve this problem. I'm now going buy another laptop, but never an Acer again. Don't buy Acer - they're useless.
DO NOT BUY THIS LAPTOP!! ASPIRE ASPIRE 3 – This is the 3rd Acer lap top I have purchased. The last two were so long ago that I actually forgot that I had previously purchased/used these APPALLING laptops. First of all the white letters on the keyboard simply come off after just a few months of using the laptop. This is the SAME problem that I was getting before! I have had to resort to… Read more
'stick on' small letters from Officeworks to glue onto the keyboard! This laptop also only has two portals at the side. I have had to purchase 'add on' products such as a USB hub, plus a CD insert separate device to play my music. The sound is also appalling on this laptop, so I have had to purchase additional speakers (which I can't use because there's nowhere to plug it into the laptop). HATE THIS ACER LAPTOP WHICH WAS SOLD TO ME BY HARVEY NORMAN HERE ON THE GOLD COAST. JUST A PIECE OF CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't waste your money – Absolute rubbish laptop. Takes forever to load anything. Slowest PC I've ever had. I wasted my money. If you expect a response to even simply scrolling or selecting something then expect to wait minutes. Everytime I try and use it my stress levels skyrocket. It's infuriating to use. Show details
The "integrated" graphics don't integrate – Makes video files stutter, makes online videos lag even at 50Mbps speeds. I bought this as a cheap online study machine but when your study videos stutter and lag, both on or offline, it can be very frustrating. Even Netflix has video issues and Amazon won't even play when, as mentioned, download speeds are at around 50 Mbps. Loading files and… Read more
apps off the hard drive with what are supposed to be 8GBs of RAM is slower than my 1GB RAM tablet. I have cleaned the caches and have auto-defrag running and have cleaned it several times but this keeps happening anyway. If I could afford it I'd set the machine alight and throw it out a window. I really would.
Super slow!! – At the beginning it was somewhat ok for what I needed it for, but a few months later, it's gone super slow and takes forever to load websites and open documents. I wouldn't recommend this laptop, waste of money! Show details
So frustrating – This laptop was really good at the start, I was so excited to use it for tafe and for my learning. After a few weeks I started to notice that the screen when turning on went black and wouldn't show the screen so I had to hold down the power button until it turned off and try again. From there the battery life went down hill quickly and cant even… Read more
last 2 hours without being attached to the power chord now. The whole laptop is so slow now and cannot keep up with my needs as I need to be doing multiple things at once. Wouldn't recommend as there has been issue after issue
Could be better – The software is fine. The hardware is a different story. The usb ports are too loose, the battery overheats all the time - after a while I can't even type because the keys get hot from the battery. The port for the charger got worn out super fast: I had to break the tip of a toothpick off inside the port in order to connect the charger.
This Is My Last Acer – Never again. I will say that again NEVER AGAIN. This "computer" is slower than a Ford Model-T on it's worst day. I can't believe they call this a computer. I bought this computer at Best Buy during the lockdown thinking it would help my child in school. This was my mistake. Honestly, a Commodore Vic 20 would be better and probably faster than… Read more
this alleged "laptop computer". It's will soon be used as a paper-weight or a foot rest in our house house.
Worst laptop I've ever used – It was slow from the start.. the worst. I bought this to replace a 5 year old HP of similar price but it was 5x slower than the HP. Surprising because the Acer I had before the HP was good. Show details
Terrible, terrible, terrible – Slowest, most useless computer ever, Acer should have paid me to take it off their hands and shame on you good guys for selling this trash. Now that I have that off my chest, this laptop is slower than the first computer I ever bought in 1994. It cannot do any task without long delays in processing so stay away from it! Show details
Trash – I bought the Acer Aspire 3 from Officeworks because of the specs. Don't be mislead it is so slow and can't watch video properly. Rubbish computer, apps crash on me Show details
fails to meet even the lowest expectations – I wasn't expecting much for the price tag but even then I was disappointed. Acer should not market products which can't do the basics, it can't even run windows properly! So I partitioned the hard drive and installed Ubuntu on the other partition. It runs Ubuntu quite nicely so I boot to Linux 90% of the time and windows only when I absolutely have to. Show details
Inferior – Resolution so poor thought eyesight was failing! Hopeless brilliance and contrast levels. Starting up very slow. Touchpad poor design. Battery life inferior. Really nothing much positive about this bad buy. Strongly not to advise to buy this laptop! Show details
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