Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.7 / 5.0

Very Pleased:

I've had it for about a week now and I'm very pleased. It's small and light and best of all, half the price of a Sony! I've seen both good and bad reviews for this item so I was hesitant to buy one. The construction seems good and it feels nice and solid. The keyboard layout is a little odd, but I'll get used to it. I wish they could remove those stupid "Windows" keys and make the space bar a bit wider. I plugged it into a desktop monitor and was surprised to see it supported up to 1600 x 1200 resolution...... more info

Impressed with Averatec:

First and foremost, I too was hesitant about buying this laptop given it's mixed ratings. I'm pretty tech savy, so I do my research and I make sure I'm getting a good product before I buy ANY PC. So after reading reviews, I took the plunge, and I myself became a skeptic; the one I took home from a local store had a keyboard that was messed up, typing two characters for each key (talk about weird typing).

However, since buying mine about a month ago, I've been pleased with it's results. I've given serious... more info

Finally a light, inexpensive laptop:

I was tired of lugging heavy laptops around; to work, on trips. I didn't wnat to pay $2000+ for a 512 MB laptop. The IBM is light but expensive and you don't even get an optical drive. This laptop has a DVD/CD-burner built-in. This Averatec has been a value purchase. I took it with me to Macedonia on a Northwest Medical Team mission and was able to download digital pictures and recordings then select and burn mini-cds to give to our hosts.

The battery does not last 3 1/2 hours; more like a little over 2.... more info

Accessories:

Targus PA410U DEFCON CL Notebook Computer Cable Lock from Targus

Sennheiser MX-500 Stereo In-Ear Headphones (Blue) from Sennheiser

Portsmith USB Port Replicator Supporting 10/100 4 USB Mouse from MOBILITY ELECTRONICS

Kensington Microsaver Slim Security Cable Upgraded Version of Mircosaver from Kensington

Targus PA090U USB Mobile Port Replicator with Ethernet from Targus

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