Acer Swift 3 SF315-52 Slim Laptop in Gold 8th Gen. Quad Core Intel i5 up to 3.4GHz 24GB (16GB Optane + 8GB DDR4 RAM) 1TB HDD 15.6in Full HD Fingerprint Reader (Renewed)

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It is too early yet, since has been less than 24 hours from receiving the laptop, but everything is perfect so far: 1) Package was delivered ahead of schedule. I have to say, though, that pure luck had something to do with it, because my wife was arriving home at the same moment the truck driver was standing in the sidewalk with the box in his hands and looking a bit lost. I live in a community of four stories buildings with secured doors. Community official rules for delivering packages is that companies like FedEx and UPS request from management access to a smart locker room where the driver enters the destination apartment number and places the package in a box, and the system notifies the resident. This Amazon driver, obviously wasnt aware of the procedure. 2) Packaging itself was very well done, and laptop condition is pristine, absolutely looking like New. There is no sign at all that suggests it is refurbished. 3) Luckily this package had additional instructions that another one I bought recently (Acer re-certified too, not in Amazon) and had to send back because couldnt start it. Instructions said to fully charge the battery first for eight hours, before doing anything else. I left it plugged to AC Adapter overnight, for more than 12 hours. This morning, unplugged the laptop from power and when pressed the Power button, the laptop instantaneously came to life, with the usual Windows 10 desktop screen. The initial setup doesnt ask for any password to log in, but that is something you can do in a couple of minutes, as I did. 4) First thing I connected my HP wireless USB 2 mouse adapter to the left side port of the laptop. Was recognized and the mouse started working immediately. Connecting to my building WiFi network was a breeze: the fastest I have seen compared to all other computers (a few) I have. After that, downloaded and installed Chrome, synchronized with my personal account, downloaded and installed LibreOffice and finally my 15 years old favorite strategy game, that of course knows nothing of the new 1920 * 1080 resolution this laptop features, but Windows 10 and this laptop were kind enough to bear with it and allowed to play it at the max resolution possible: 1400 x something else. One of the installs above needed my (not so new) USB 3.0 40 GB flash drive inserted to one of the blue USB ports in the right side, to copy some 1.5 GB of files and it was done pretty fast. 5) Steps 3/4 above were started minutes after 6:00 am. A bit after 7:30 am everything was done, and I put the laptop to Sleep about 8:00 am. At that moment the battery icon was telling that there were like 4.5 hours more left on it. 6) Laptop is really thin and light, and has a great looking overall. For less than a day of use, I think this is a pretty ample review. Shall something important need to be added in the future, Ill do so. April 14, 2019. Adding a couple of comments more. 1) This laptop runs surprisingly fresh, taking into consideration its Hard Drive (1TB) is a conventional/mechanical one. 2) The combination of the 1TB Hard Disk Drive with the 16 GB cache memory (Inter Optane) seems to be as good as advertised, delivering the best of both worlds: size and price from the HDD side plus speed, silence and low/none heating from the SSD side.

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OK - I know NOTHING about computers - hey, Im 60-ahem yrs old - so dont ask me technical stuff. That being said - I had ordered a returned computer from the Warehouse that turned out to have "brain issues" (kept turning itself off). I had been dreading learning a new system and having a bad memory (computers, not mine) only made my apprehension worse. Thank you Amazon for your return policy. I reordered this Swift 3 which at least had been reconditioned. Im in love...... Its stunningly fast compared to my old Windows 7 laptop (and half the size, thickness-wise). The monitor is crystal-clear and the sound is nice. Its a cute color - bonus! While I was waiting for it to arrive, I watched a couple of videos on how to use Windows 10, and when the Swift arrived yesterday, I set about making it "mine". Its pretty intuitive and seems willing to warn you before you do something dumb. Today I edited a bunch of photos and moved them to a different location. Its kind of a PITA moving everything from one computer to the new one, but Im managing without much hassle. Im really happy with this laptop - feel it was a great value for the price.

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The Acer Swift 3 SF315-52 Slim Laptop I received had instead of 3.4GHz, as advertised, only 1.8GHz, and instead of 16GB Optane + 8GB DDR4 RAM only 8GB memory. Moreover instead of 802.11ac Network Device the Laptop came with an inferior 802.11n card. Others reported the same problem, so it can hardly be a "mistake." Presumably others have been fooled, too. Otherwise the Laptop looks good.

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This laptop doesnt support GEforce , why u put sticker on it. ? ?? I got my laptop yesterday...

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Just like new I will update my review when I use it for a month

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Great laptop with minor problems, I bought mine refurbished as I had luck with those products in the past, initially everything seemed to work well, then the screen brightness changed and when I adjusted the settings nothing happens, other issues I had were the laptop froze when running more than 2 programs at the same time, eg. Virtual DJ and a DMX program.

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After removing the default and Acer accounts from the computer and adding my Microsoft account, setting this puppy up was easy and intuitive. Cant wait to see how it runs the software I need for work :)

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When I was looking for a lightweight laptop, this one came across. I am glad I gave it a try. So far its giving me what I was looking for, and it is very light. The only complain if any is the screens brightness is not enough when in a light environment.

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I never leave reviews but I had to leave a review on this lap top. I needed a good lap top for school. My old acer lap top was over 15 years old and could no longer hang lol. I love all things apple but the specs on the mac book did not compare to this and for a fraction of the price. This thing looks and runs amazing.

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Can’t run Fortnite on low settings without bugging out no complaints elsewhere

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