Acer via eBay has
Acer Aspire 3 Laptop (A315-24PT-R288, Certified - Refurbished) on sale for
$239.99.
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Certified - Refurbished:- eBay has verified that this item has been inspected, tested, and cleaned by a qualified refurbisher
- Appearance: Pristine, like-new condition
- Performance: Works like new, meets the manufacturer's specifications
- Warranty: Two-year warranty serviced by Allstate
- Packaging: Comes in new, generic packaging with original or new accessories (if applicable)
Specs:
- AMD Ryzen 5 7520U (4-core / 8-thread, 2.80 GHz base, up to 4.30 GHz boost, 4MB L3 cache) Processor
- 15.6" 1920x1080 IPS Touchscreen, 60Hz, Anti-glare, 250 nits Display
- 16GB RAM Memory
- 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD Storage
- AMD Radeon 610M integrated graphics
- Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax + Bluetooth
- 720p webcam with built-in microphone
- Non-backlit keyboard; numeric keypad
- Ports:
- 1x USB-C
- 2x USB-A
- 1x Headphone jack
- 1x Microphone input
- 1x Media card reader
- Windows 11 Home
- 40Whr Li-ion Battery w/ 45W AC power adapter
- 14.29" x 9.35" x 0.74" (3.92 lb)
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This should play League of Legends. I still run League on a laptop that's 12 years old.
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How is the brightness of the screen at 250 nits? OK in an office environment?
Thanks.
How is the brightness of the screen at 250 nits? OK in an office environment?
Thanks.
Main problems (real world problems, not the one you are afraid of by just look at the specs):
- Charging port is too fragile and will get damaged unless you never touch it while charging. Damaged charging port will have connectivity issue. I can't use it while charging. I need to find the correct angle to charge it and leave it alone.
- battery is not big enough. Combined with the charging issue, this is a pain. I gets about 3 hours use.
- No usb-c.
- case is flimsy and plastic will break at the screw hole. Yes, I may have over-tighten it, but I don't consider this to be user error because I am always careful not to over tight screws. This is not a big problem because I'm not using it like a macbook or thinkpad.
If you search some teardown vid, you will find that it has so much unused space, unpopulated functions on the pcb. Mine has space for 2.5" ssd but the sata connector circuit is unpopulated.It has 2 sodimm ram slot and 2 m.2 NVME slot, one gen3 one gen4, I believe. Mine is not touchscreen. I'm considering to convert it to a NAS since because the bad charging port. YMMV.
a) I didn't see a media card reader in the photos on eBay? Was that mentioned somewhere and I missed it? (And are photos potentially of a different laptop?)
b) Does anyone have experience with returns from Acer on these? (Seems you have to get an RMA). Are there any challenges? (I'd also like to run Linux on this--but if there are challenges I'd like to return the laptop--and it may be fine running Windows so worried they may say "hey it runs fine so no returns". Anyone have any direct experience? Reason I'm concerned is I'm currently returning an Acer laptop that was unable to run Linux (primarily as there was no way to control screen brightness in Linux on that hardare).
c) Anyone running Linux on this (I know someone mentioned running on an HP with similar specs). Would love to hear from anyone running Linux on Acer (and particularly with this laptop / specs).
Thanks--
1. its chassis is not built to take abuse, its plastic not a metal frame like a business class machine would be
2. its 200 dollars for a reason, yes it is last year or even the year before level equipment
3. the specs are not terrible 16 gb of ram and a 1tb NVME drive are pretty decent starting spots for any laptop
4. buy the insurance, its cheap just like this machine is. spend 30 bucks and when it breaks not if, the will likely refund your purchase price. That is usually the end result on this kind or insurance claim. Here is your refund, no need to return it often just throw it away. Then you strip out the SSD and the ram, buy a Dell Business class machine with no ram or low ram, that support the same kind of ram, upgrade it out of the box and you get a laptop with max ram and SSD for cheap.
ask me how I know. lol I just gutted my cheap laptop for parts, for a dell business machine missing all the parts I removed.
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