I have an Acer Nitro 5, it’s motherboard got fri3d the other day. Thankfully it was under warranty. But I wonder is acer laptops generally more unreliable than others?

Basically which laptops are reliable?

  • Johnny Wishbone@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Acer are middle of the pack with hp at the bottom, dell and Lenovo are probably the best. Golden rule, never ever ever buy anything made by hp, problems after problems especially their printers.

    I prefer Lenovo to be honest but dell are good as well.

    I have been repairing computers for 20 years.

    • CptEnder@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Also re: Dell if you don’t like the look of RGB gamer laptops, they put the same hardware in their XPS line which is more designed around MacBook looks (aluminum, minimal).

  • Thatuserguy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I tried to do this research years ago and my impression was that acer was near bottom of the barrel in reliability these days unfortunately.

    That said, it also seems in general that laptop quality and reliability are a total crap shoot, even within the same company.

    So your best bet imo is to just find a model that has the specs you like and research the hell out of it before buying.

  • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    My mom had one go to shit in like 3-6 months, have avoided them ever since (granted that was like, 15 years ago)

  • LongboardingLad@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I have two Asus gaming laptops. My G74SX from 2011 is still trucking along great. It’s not much for games anymore but great for Stardew Valley, browsing, and movies. My Zephyrus M16 is good overall with some complaints. I will throw out that for the same price of a gaming laptop, you can build a PC that is more powerful. You can even get a pre-build that will last you longer than a laptop. If you’re dead set on the laptop though, I’d recommend an Asus. The hardware is great but the software fights you a bit