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1.0 out of 5 starsIssues with graphic drivers and windows updates. Also, should cost half
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2019
I had too many software issues that you can read about below. In case you get lucky, please pay attention that this thing is worth like 100$. It's got N4200 Pentium, 64GB eemc - not even SSD, 270 nits screen. That's 150$ max, and that's how much I paid for it refurbished. It's been a year and such HW is probably worth even less. Must be crazy to pay 300-400$ for this. That money buys you much better hardware.
Windows update can't do anything as it's stuck on Intel drivers. Intel drivers can't be installed even manually as they say there is Manufacturer Custom graphic driver. It says so even after removing Acer driver and going with Windows default one. I only suspect Acer abandoned their own driver during this year and probably the update path was valid for a short time. also, Intel switched their drivers for some new system which seems to require careful update.
Acer update program offers no solution.
The latest driver from Acer website are newer than what I had so clearly, Acer Update program is not applicable to this system anymore.
Clearly, Acer abandoned their SW on this machine, yet they left old version running.
Major Windows update, 1803, cannot complete. MS Forum has instructions how to do it manually, but it fails on the fist step - disabling windows update. After some messing arround got update to run through the Update Assistant, not the Windows Update. Seemed it installed the update 1803 but Windows Update doesn't acknowledge - it still is stuck trying to do that update.
After some heavy work this thing started working. But had to buy wifi dongle as wifi inside didn't work. Asked for 50$ refund so got this laptop for 100$. That's about right for this hardware.
