Any opinions?

admcfad

This laptop was posted in hotukdeals https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/acer-aspire-5-ryzen-5-4500u-3513622

I cant find any reviews on it, and was wondering if anyone here had any opinions on it? Or something else I should go for?

Budget E650, Metal chassis, backlit keyboard optical drive would also be a plus.
There are comments on hotukdeals on the above laptop but they seem to be for another very similar model number.

Thanks in advance

seems ok but out of stock

optical drives are not provided anymore for well over 90% of laptops so you have little choice - buy a usb one for cheap on ebay/ amazon for when you need one (€15 probably)

the well-recommended magicbook / matebook is a great alternative that's available in 14 or 15 inch (amazon, box, honor site)

enough power for the majority of users

admcfad

Thank you Glasso,

Yes it does seem to be out of stock everywhere, I spent too long dithering...
But I will take a closer look at your other suggestions.
Thanks for taking the time to reply

the magicbook / matebook d 14 and 15 have great build metal chassis quality.

the 3500u vs the 4500u is weaker but most users would not notice any difference in actual day-to-day usage for normal tasks to be honest

the 14 has a bigger battery than the 15 version oddly.

the cooling is excellent so the chip can run at full pelt unlike a lot of laptops where throttling occurs

btw, disregard what I said about over 90% of laptops without a dvd /optical drive these days, it's more like 98% :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqgBzWitd0w

admcfad

Yes, that is a reassuring review, will have a proper look over the weekend and on Monday order (probably from Honor direct as they have some deals)
Glasso, thank you.

admcfad

Many thanks to Glasso, I did buy the magicbook, which arrived today. I really like it so far.....