For all the non tech-savvy people out there; if you're in the market for a laptop, don't ever buy an Acer laptop, and don't let anyone you know buy one either.
as an e-waste professional, I heavily concur with the suggestion to buy a used/refurbished business laptop in good condition. they are generally made much better than the consumer laptops; they're more sturdy, and they're designed to be serviced. we refurbish these at work, along with the consumer ones, and the business laptops have a much lower incidence of coming back later with problems.
even the fancy/high-end consumer laptops (XPS, HP Spectre, etc) are generally more shoddy than their business counterparts.
