Comment on a second machine. No lights (alim ..) will lit on the first, no reaction on A / M. Replacement Demand Amazon / Immediate forward alongside my forwarding / Received two days later. Effective.
This one works well (fortunately!):
+ Large touchpad, pleasant to use
+ Proper keyboard, keypad
+ Glossy screen but still nice
+ Many USB connectors and jacks (HDMI + VGA)
+ Silence, does not heat
= The presence of a CD / DVD (It's increasingly rare) ... but very capricious - I believed him down, because he refused to read my CD / DVD and ancient especially installers programs. But it reads and writes very well MDisc CD. I finally read my few software to install after you have copied to MDisc ... curious! USB Solution also ...
- As stated in many reviews: impossible to remove the battery, change the RAM (ie 2 slots filled (4 + 2) or change the disc with an SSD without completely dismantling the rear cover Having said this. does not insurmountable, it's just a little more stressful than opening a door ... And above all it will lead many people to return to their store for some simple operations. I do not mean the replacement the battery in a few years ... The advantage against, making easier the dust in a few months when the fan starts making noise.
- The software side, the presence of many free side ... a few days. Making the unscrupulous household.
= The backup system crashes WIn (always!) But Acer offers a subset of Nero that makes a backup of the machine.
+ Pokki installed for those who have trouble with WIN 8.1
Conclusion: interesting machine for its price and for the use of 80% of the public (excluding players or graphic), sharply improvable by replacing the original drive with a SSD (512) in a few months when prices have fallen again (