Acer Gateway NE56R NX.Y1USI.010 Laptop (Pentium Dual Core 2nd Gen/2 GB/500 GB/Linux/128 MB)

The laptop was delivered within 2 days of placing an order. 'Seriously amazed' at the speed of delivery. The laptop came in state-of-the-art packing. Better than the my Dell Xps ordered from Dell.co.in directly. The courier folks were respectfull and very co-operative with my repeated enquiries, so also were the phone-support team. Now the laptop. One shinny glossy piece,I tell you. But a helluva fingerprint magnet. Looks very classy and elegant. The fit and finish of the ports,hubs, hinges, screen and keys were good. Loved the way it looked. Pros: *A total looker. Uber sexy looking. *The best VFM machine. Even the Toshibas dont match its configuration at this price point. Total killer. *Comes with 30days replacement warranty and 1 year extended warranty. Cons: *Fingerprint magnet. Will need regular cleaning. *Keyboard is cramped/crowded. Will need getting used to. Now the personal bit; My system's software is conked. The preinstalled Linux isnt loading. Worse, the booting of Win Xp from CD is crashing mid-way. Haven't seen the homepage even once. New laptop+corrupt hardware=pathetic feeling. Have lodged a complaint with Flipkart. The end result might be a replacement (something I really am hoping not to go through). Will put up a review again. For now I'll hold my recommendatio ns untill my laptop's problem is resolved. Stay tuned! Twitter id: @PrakashSolanki Date of Delivery: 29th October, 2012. Price: Rs20,890/-. Regards!

"Hi All, This is my first acer laptop and here is my opinion abt the laptop. I bought this laptop mainly to do my app support on win xp(win xp will not work with this laptop.)The pre installed linpus linux is a lite version of linpus linux(only text commands ll wortk.no GUI).so i downloaded linux 12.04 from net and when i try to install through pen drive,it doesnt work(pen drive installation is not supported).so i found a dvd writer and burnt the installation iso. Installation is also very bad(since this machine is built to support windows 7&8)it took 4 hours to figure out wrong things in installation and sort out.after 2 days of working with linux i got frustrated(most app wont work with linux).then finally i downlaoded win 8 trial version and installed.win 8 is bit slow but no errors and al. getting 4.30 hr battery life on 0% brightness.keyboard is bit crowded.sometimes my palm touches keypad and moves the cursor(bad placement of the mouse pad)speakers are not even audible if your environment is bit louder. finally i am not able to register the product in acer(it shows null pointer exception).acer customer care is just but bunch of idiots.even flipkart ppl don know what to do... win xp installation tells as hardware corrupted.USB ports are also slow only.if you insert local dvd,then the drive will start vibrating like anything.also don know how to extend ram(there is a seal saying you void your warranty if you open it)don know how to expand the warranty overall i am disappointed"