taiwanese brand ACER is europe pc NO1 .
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Yes yes I had that experience. In my case, the display gave up first.Originally posted by ShutterBug:Are you guys aware that Acer uses ECS Elite motherboards which have leaky or substandard capacitors? They swell and leak electrolites within or after one year of usage, rendering the whole platform inoperable!
And the first thing that blows within or after the one year warranty period, is either the power supply unit, or the hard disk.
Sometimes, the graphic cards capacitors leaks as well!
Do you know how crappy that makes Acer??
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I mean, if you run a company selling computers, why the heck would you use cheap substandard hardware? Wouldn't component failures give your company a bad reputation?
I know lousy hardware costs less which results in better profit margins, but how long can one profit before consumers learns of the crappy hardware used?
Illogical...
As DELL, their hardware is average, but after sales service and support sucks royal! -
Since hardware is substandard and cheap, its cheaper to send it to service often.Originally posted by ShutterBug:I mean, if you run a company selling computers, why the heck would you use cheap substandard hardware? Wouldn't component failures give your company a bad reputation?
I know lousy hardware costs less which results in better profit margins, but how long can one profit before consumers learns of the crappy hardware used?
Illogical...
As DELL, their hardware is average, but after sales service and support sucks royal! Their profit margin comes from aftersales support, not mainstream. -
My freind, do you know how much they charge for just replacing a dvd-writer of a laptop???Originally posted by ditzy:Since hardware is substandard and cheap, its cheaper to send it to service often. Their profit margin comes from aftersales support, not mainstream.
>>> dvd-writer = $400
>>> labor charges = $80
Total: $480.00
And the warranty is 1 month!
So even if it's cheapo hardware for PC or laptop, they'll still cut your throat with a very rusty blade...
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of course . but they are also hua ren .Originally posted by dragg:are you proud of it?
acer is taiwanese. you are a PRC right? -
and a talking pillowOriginally posted by mr_sotong:singapore got a talking sotong.. 
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for my case after 1 year 2 to 4 months my keypad tio [too much stress on it] followed by my power supply which made me use a unauthorised charger and make my motherboard boom. but lucky got 3 year full warranty [including door service], so no cost involved.Originally posted by ShutterBug:Are you guys aware that Acer uses ECS Elite motherboards which have leaky or substandard capacitors? They swell and leak electrolites within or after one year of usage, rendering the whole platform inoperable!
And the first thing that blows within or after the one year warranty period, is either the power supply unit, or the hard disk.
Sometimes, the graphic cards capacitors leaks as well!
Do you know how crappy that makes Acer?? -
you racist?Originally posted by hellomotosxq:of course . but they are also hua ren . -
why should he be racist? He's a chinese too, and originated from the great motherland : People's Republic of China too!Originally posted by Mitsubishi hater:you racist? -
yea, my psu (power supply unit) burned outOriginally posted by ShutterBug:Are you guys aware that Acer uses ECS Elite motherboards which have leaky or substandard capacitors? They swell and leak electrolites within or after one year of usage, rendering the whole platform inoperable!
And the first thing that blows within or after the one year warranty period, is either the power supply unit, or the hard disk.
Sometimes, the graphic cards capacitors leaks as well!
Do you know how crappy that makes Acer??
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so, the moral of the story is do not buy oem computers. Buy a custom made pc because it's better and cheaper. You can also choose what you want in your custom built pc. Acer sux big time because i sent it for more than 3 times right after the warranty period ends. That was like 5 or 6 years ago.
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honestly, i dun find this news surprising. Acer has been growing for such a long time.
Is it only now that they got noticed? No.