I am a little surprised because I am actually quite fond of Acer’s laptops. That’s because I repaired two of them and I was delighted how easy they were to work

I am a little surprised because I am actually quite fond of Acer’s laptops. That’s because I repaired two of them and I was delighted how easy they were to work with and how cheap the repairs were. On the last one (a 2016 Acer Aspire E5) I replaced its IPS panel twice because the owner (my GF) had repeatedly stepped on it. That was pretty easy: Removing the screen bezel, scan the panel’s QR code revealing its part number, ordering replacement on ebay (€70, delivery from one day to another), loosening four screws and replacing the old panel. The second time I additionally had to replace the panel’s housing and transfer hinges (bending one back into form), cables, camera modules and WiFi antennas which was done in under an hour. Again, all modules and individual parts carried a QR code for easy sourcing of replacements. The replacement housing had cost me only €30. I also replaced the laptop’s battery before (after 2.5 years of intense usage) — €50, the battery was not even screwed in or glued but just held by the casing. So easy peasy replacement. In the end we sold the poor and unloved thing — repaired, well-working and 4 years old — for €200 on Ebay. Just because my GF longed for a MacBook Air for over 1400 bucks that surely looks great but is neither upgradable nor well repairable … I must admit I never tried to change the boot order on these systems, so I might have overlooked the crippled BIOS. But ever since I’ve been recommending mid-range Acer laptops for the great price and repairability and been thinking of replacing my Fujitsu Siemens business laptop with an Acer. Photos from the last repair: https://www.facebook.com/1483420419/posts/10224056908918861/?d=n https://www.facebook.com/1483420419/posts/10224056908918861/...