Acer Aspire V3-771G-9441 17.3-Inch Laptop (Nightfall Gray)

• Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor 2.4 GHz (6 MB Cache)
• 8 GB DDR3 RAM
• 1 TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
• 17.3-Inch Screen, NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M, 1920x1080 resolution
• Windows 8, 3.5-hour battery life

I am a fan of smaller laptops if you plan to actually carry them around. This is a pretty good sized machine, but I wanted it to use in place of a Desktop system, so it will seldom move from the top of my computer table. The screen is great -very, very clear at 1920x1080 native resolution. I actually run it with a second, 24" monitor connected, and it has no problem with the dual monitor setup.

While not a barn-burner, it is pretty fast. The experience index numbers are: Processor, 7.8, Memory. 7.8, Desktop Graphics, 5.8, Gaming Graphics, 6.7, and Primary HDD, 5.9. It also doesn't get hot at all -very cool running. The reason for two graphics scores is because it has two graphics controllers. It uses the IBM controller for most applications, and switches to the Nvidia for games and other more graphics intensive software.

We actually bought two of these. My wife uses here for Photoshop, Lightroom, Office, and also plays World of Warcraft. She says it is plenty fast for WOW, and the graphics are very smooth. When not playing games, we both tend to have a lot of programs open at once. We both teach college, and when we are working on class stuff it is common to have Word and several browser windows open at once. If I am doing research, I may have as many as a dozen sources open in browser windows. It handles this with no issues. I teach photography, and do professional work as well, so it would be common for me to have Adobe Lightroom open and also have a dozen or so photos open in Photoshop at the same time. These are 18 MP photos, so they aren't small files. Again, it keeps up with no issues.

All in all, we are very happy with these Laptops. To make it better, we bought them before the price went up a couple of hundred dollars, but they are still an excellent computer at the current price.

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My last laptop was an Acer Aspire 7741G-7017. I loved it! We were burglarized and my laptop was stolen. Despite having the Serial number and everything, we never recovered my previous laptop. I was debating between this model and the 1199 model. After a lot of thought, we purchased this one. I love the screen. It's got great viewing angles, full 1080 HD, and is a vast improvement from the last one I had. The laptop comes with 8 GB RAM and can be upgraded to 16 GB. It also has Dual Hard Drive support. I don't regret my decision at all.

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It seems like a great buy, but Amazon needs to fix the specs for screen resolution. In the Item Description, it lists screen resolution as 1920 x 1080 pixels. But in the Product Description it mentions Max Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 pixels.

This makes it difficult to purchase a computer because there is another item that is cheaper than this one but also lists 1600 x 900 pixels as the Resolution. I do not know if amazon made a mistake, or if it really is only 1600 x 900 pixels.