Acer Aspire 1640

I've had this laptop for quite sometime and it has worked it's way through out these years but now since the battery's dead I constantly have to make sure that my system doesn't overheat so most of my programs don't crash in the making but I'm soon getting a replacement battery, hopefully one with a longer battery life, so that should resolve the problem. The laptop is VERY durable and rarely breaks, I have a chip in the back of the screen where it turns to open and close but it still runs perfectly fine. Overall the Acer Aspire 1640 Series is a fine laptop but Acer could have done a better job with the battery and maybe a better fan for the system so that it doesn't overheat as easily as it does. I would not recommend this laptop to anyone other than those who wish to do some extensive hardware updates and changes, but if you do buy this laptop I would recommend getting a replacement battery, a good antivirus program (maybe AVG or Avas NEVER Norton, they create their own viruses), one of those portable cooling fans that you can leave on your lap, and a backup mouse cause sometimes the mouse just spazzes out.

well, its been 5 years i am using acer aspire 1640. Though speaker and battery have stopped working :-p but apart from that everything have served the purpose more than i paid for.

I am just waiting when this box will die so that i will buy a new one. It just keeps on working :-| good stuff...

The Acer Aspire 1640 has been an amazing machine for me!

I have droped mine millions of times nad It works fine! I have had it for over 4 years and its perfect. the reason you guys are having problams is because you use yours 24-7 and I use mine maybe 2-6 hours a day you are over doing the battery!!!

no I am writing the review from my laptop right now!!!!!!!

The Acer Aspire 1640 series is the worst thing I ever bought. Within a couple of months I had to take it to be repaired under warranty as the mouse pad wasn't working properly. The left button didn't click and the button had to be pressed really hard to use the mouse. Got it back again and the problem reoccurred. Then the connection to the power adaptor broke so that I couldn't even charge it. It had always had shocking battery life so I had relied upon being able to plug it in. Good thing I had taken out extra warranty so that i could send it away to be repaired AGAIN. I have got it back and now the cursor freezes so I can't use the mouse and to use the keys I have to press them really hard. I would not recommend this laptop to anyone. Am now going to have to send it away yet again to be repaired.

My Acer Aspire 1640 has a mysterious green line down the screen, power chord sounds like its going to explode when it's plugged in, very rarely charges successfully when plugged in. only 2 years old. just bought a Dell... never again Acer.

well, for me my Acer Aspire 1640 never let me down whether in home or aboard. to be honest i love my machine. when i had a heated argument with my girlfriend a year ago i smashed it on the wall. amazing thing is only the battary came off. it took 2 days for me to put my hand on my machine and guess what it was working as it was new. since the time i bought, its running 24/7 nd never made me disappointed. if anyone ask me for the recommendation i definately recommend for Aspire 1640.

I have a Acer 1640 and have had no problems the last 4 years i have had this! It runs 24-7 here at home and has been all over the world with me! I drove truck and this used to be sitting on my dash of the truck bouncing around and has never skipped a beat! Have upgraded my ram to the max 2 gig wich is plenty! You want more then get a more expensive laptop! For burning......well i have probably burnt over 400 cd/dvd and it still burns as good as day one. All in all a great lap top and has not failed me yet and if it does....well i have got my money worth and will for sure purchase another one!

Bad hardware, electrical problem, I will never buy another time an Acer laptop!

Good Specs for Price, Good Integrated Graphics. Nice screen in price bracket.Easy to swap hard drive out.Good size keyboard.Good power management software.Dual layer dvd writer a bonus at the time.

Good value laptop, with decent specs for the price.Plays games better than some more recent laptops in the price range.Not the most powerful laptop, but can stutter its way through more complex tasks.Ram upgrade to 2gb will improve performance I think.

The Acer Aspire 1640 series has worked rather well for me the past 3 years that I've had it. The only two real problems I've had is the pathetically short battery life and the power cord connection in the back of the laptop is bad for me (causes the screen to flash when attempting to connect to wall outlet). Therefore I do not recommend the Acer 1640 laptop.