Acer vivobook

[Ghostinthemachine]

Hello thinking about getting an acer vivobook with windows,anyone on here got one and if so would you recommend it?thanks in advance

 

[Judge]

FYI, Acer makes the Aspire. Asus makes the Vivobook.

 

[maleonolo]

Hello thinking about getting an acer vivobook with windows,anyone on here got one and if so would you recommend it?thanks in advance

I have one and I wouldn't recommend it unless you use it for art or draw on the screen. It's still a decent laptop otherwise

 

[Ghostinthemachine]

I have one and I wouldn't recommend it unless you use it for art or draw on the screen. It's still a decent laptop otherwise

Hello thank you for this I am planning to use it for python coding and some art stuff and storing music and photos and basic offic stuff would it be good for that?

 

[Ghostinthemachine]

FYI, Acer makes the Aspire. Asus makes the Vivobook.

Thank you sorry I always get the two mixed up

 

[Judge]

Thank you sorry I always get the two mixed up

If you search "Best laptop computer 2025" you'll likely find the Acer Aspire listed more often than the Asus Vivobook. At least in terms of "best budget laptop".

 

[maleonolo]

Hello thank you for this I am planning to use it for python coding and some art stuff and storing music and photos and basic offic stuff would it be good for that?

Yes

If you search "Best laptop computer 2025" you'll likely find the Acer Aspire listed more often than the Asus Vivobook. At least in terms of "best budget laptop".

That may be because of the touch digitiser on Vivobooks which adds to the price while reducing space for other components and I think most people don't use it that much

 

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Hello thank you for this I am planning to use it for python coding and some art stuff and storing music and photos and basic offic stuff would it be good for that?

I agree with Maleonolo's suggestion that you should avoid all the expensive fancy features that you'll never use.

If you're in to coding then you're likely to mostly only use a simple text editor, and everything else you mention is only very basic as far as computer functionality goes. I'd go for a cheap laptop but a full sized one - 16 inch screen, this is because of the size of the keyboard. Nothing worse than a dicky little keyboard if you have man sized hands.

Music, movies and photos should be backed up to an external drive as well. I used to do a lot of file recovery for people and I know how heartbreaking it is for them when they think they've lost everything. Always make a second copy. With movies you also have the added bonus of being able to plug the external drive in to your TV and watch the movies there.

 

[maleonolo]

I agree with Maleonolo's suggestion that you should avoid all the expensive fancy features that you'll never use.

If you're in to coding then you're likely to mostly only use a simple text editor, and everything else you mention is only very basic as far as computer functionality goes. I'd go for a cheap laptop but a full sized one - 16 inch screen, this is because of the size of the keyboard. Nothing worse than a dicky little keyboard if you have man sized hands.

Music, movies and photos should be backed up to an external drive as well. I used to do a lot of file recovery for people and I know how heartbreaking it is for them when they think they've lost everything. Always make a second copy. With movies you also have the added bonus of being able to plug the external drive in to your TV and watch the movies there.

I bought the vivobook initially because of the glossy screen (and the touch functionality which I ended up not using) which was beautiful but terrible to use outdoors. Some programmers like to have more RAM if they have many websites like stack exchange open. I don't work with Python but HTML can have incredibly long lines so a wide screen is useful for that. Might be very heavy though

 

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I bought the vivobook initially because of the glossy screen....

That's a trap for young players. Great if all you want to see is reflections of everything around you. Easier to keep clean but what good is that if you can't see it?

 

[maleonolo]

That's a trap for young players. Great if all you want to see is reflections of everything around you. Easier to keep clean but what good is that if you can't see it?

Yep but I did wonder why standalone monitors are all matte since the lighting in homes are fixed. It makes watching movies kinda dull for peasants who can't afford a real TV

 

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Yep but I did wonder why standalone monitors are all matte since the lighting in homes are fixed. It makes watching movies kinda dull for peasants who can't afford a real TV

I'm hardly a peasant but I've never in my life owned a TV. Lost interest in it when I was still a teenager living with my parents. I occasionally watch a few movies and shows on my computer but not all that often. What I can't watch is TV news presenters, and most adverts do the same thing to me as well, it's the hype and fake emotion in their voices, I find them extremely stressful to listen to.

 

[maleonolo]

I'm hardly a peasant but I've never in my life owned a TV. Lost interest in it when I was still a teenager living with my parents. I occasionally watch a few movies and shows on my computer but not all that often. What I can't watch is TV news presenters, and most adverts do the same thing to me as well, it's the hype and fake emotion in their voices, I find them extremely stressful to listen to.

Oh yeah I have the same issue with those 'animal fighting' videos on YouTube. The narrator always puts on a very macho, tough guy, exaggerated accent and it's really embarrassing to watch. Not sure if you've heard them before but yeah