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.

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

It has a big screen and good quality works good when it warms up. Takes a long time to load and dies quickly and flashes when the plug gets loose takes a long time to download and get to websites. You have to wait 5-10 minutes for it to work good. Overall, i would give the Acer Aspire 1640. 6 out of 10

I got this laptop for my birthday in June with a 1 year warranty. In July of the following year the AC adapter broke and I did not bother fixing it. My Mum brought the same series and after the warranty expired hers also broke the exact same way.

I won this in a competition so it was a good price. But came with a useless amount of ram and had to upgrade. A few months ago its would not turn on or react in any way. I tried everything, and no response. So took it to a computer shop and was told it was a HDD error or coruption or something and would need to pay $$250 for new HDD and labor. So decided to buy my own HDD and do it myself. Upon arriving home my laptop was in its laptop bag and the metal clip broke and the laptop fell from about my waist hight onto the ground. so took it out and tested it, and love a behold it worked perfect and have not had a single problem or complaint since!

The problems are the software thats loaded on the Aspire 5633.
Combined with Vista I think its useless. So Ive decided after a call to Acer that this thing isnt worth the bother.
I think the Aspire is got to be worth the starting price of 0.99p on ebay if I am lucky for spares. After clocking up just over 32 hours of use.
Good riddens to my Acer laptop.

Wish I had bought an Acer model w/ a smaller screen.

And sometimes when I am using the laptop it's stops working and it is strange because I have to remove the battery and plug it on ac power.And I recommend you not to buy it.