it's a "general use" laptop.

depending on your needs. Let's say if all a person do is turn on the puter, get on line, surf the net, watch youtube, post at forums, and drink tea...I just described moi...LMAO.......

that computer is fine. Acer was a cutting edge puter for a few years but their fire had kinda died down.

They are now making a lot of puters geared toward the price consious customers.

Cause of my work, I need workhorse puter (I do some other stuff besides surfing the net, watching youtube, and post and forums. LOLOL)

now, if you are thinking about playing with photos and video editing, you'll either have to soup up this puter or get a workhorse.

there is also a cheaper one at Buy.com

check out the price on this one (same puter)

PS, if they offer you another gig of ram at a good price, go ahead and get it, IMHO