We use some at work. Ok machines for the money. Nothing fantastic, but not as bad as people remember them from years past. The machine would be much more solid than the OS. 
Think Different ā an interesting juxtaposition, seeing as how the item is for a Vista PC
ThinkGeek?
vista + 1 gig RAM = Epic Fail
Is this computer good for gaming?
If I got this, I would put another hard drive in, and install XP, and dual boot between OSās.
I donāt think the computer will get past the boot screen running only 1 gb of ram.
You will need every bit of 3 IF NOT 4 gb of ram to make this machine run.
Vistaās a good OS, unless youāre a wimp.
ThinkDell ?
why does it always seem these deals are without monitors 
I CAN NO SEE MY SOLITARE IF I HAS NO SCREEN PICTURE VIEWER!
Iām gonna buy one
Iāve had my refurbād Acer since April of last year. Seems to still be working fine. Donāt think Iād like Vista, though. Iāve heard from way too many people about problems with Vista.
In a bit, someone is going to post a message to this forum, claiming they can build a better PC than this one for less money. A flaming gaming water-cooled PC with racing stripes, no less.
The reality is that most people donāt want or need a flaming gaming PC. All they want to do is read their email at home or finish working on a document they started at work that day. Maybe the kids need to do some homework assignments. This computer would probably meet the basic needs of a typical person or family. Itās not the fastest or the biggest monster truck on the block. Itās an Acer Athlon Desktop Computer.
I saw this and thought āGreat deal!ā ā¦ Then I saw Vista was on it. I was going to suggest it to a friend, but Iāll have to wait and have him buy something preferably without vista.
Just curious, what is wrong with Vista? Iām still using XP Proā¦
āTaiwan-based Acer acquired Gateway last fall in a $710 million deal that created the worldās third-largest manufacturer of personal computersā
VISTA requires at least 2GB RAM. I would avoid this until price goes down even more.
No.
Why? No discreet graphics. Any computer under $700 wonāt have good enough graphics for gaming.
Better than HP/Compaq and Gateway.
Definitely better in the notebook comparisons.
My first computer was an Acer Aspire 1812mā¦ it blazed with 32MB of RAM, a 2.1 GB HDD, and a K6 233 mhz processorā¦ I have built or refurbished since thenā¦ canāt help ya with this oneā¦
NO NO NO!!! that is eMachinesā¦ but itās basically still crapā¦
Acer:
The company was founded in 1987, its president is Teddy Lu. Part of ALi was separated as ULi Electronics Inc. in June 2003. ULi was acquired by NVIDIA in 2006 for $52 million.