Acer Aspire R 13 (R7-371T) review – an odd 13 inch convertible

7 Comments

  1. Sean Rosenberg

    May 12, 2015 at 7:44 pm

    Nice review, I just received my R13 last Friday from Microsoft Store and love the device except for 2 things. The touch pad (likes to move a bit after leaving finger) and more largely, the keyboard. You mention the issue in your review, but on my unit if you don’t press right in the middle of the key it won’t register the key press.

    Are you saying this really isn’t an issue for you? Would love to keep this device as it stands but I can’t with the typing situation and will be sending back. The question is do I contact Acer for support or just return to MS and be done with it…

    Thanks,
    Sean

  2. syed

    May 14, 2015 at 7:15 pm

    hi, Andrei,

    big fan of your reviews, i purchased the r13 two months back, and am in love with it, didn’t have any issues with the keyboard, i type approximately 1000 words a day, can you please update the review considering the lates broadwell based processor, mine in full hd, i5,5200u, 8gb, 256 gb ssd(super-fast, boots up the moment i open the lid), it says 10hrs of battery, i can manage around 8 to 9hrs with medium load and 4 hr max when doing simulation.

    awaiting latest review

  3. Don Monaco

    June 26, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    Hi Andrei,

    Your review was excellent and after spending a huge amount of time reading reviews decided to order the Acer R13 with i7-5500U and 256GB drive since that was the configuration available. Could you elaborate on the prying method used to remove the bottom cover to gain access to the drives. I see that there are 12 screws. Do you take a credit card and run it around the seem to pop the cover off?

  4. Michael Heyman

    October 18, 2015 at 4:04 pm

    Received this laptop on 9/11/2015 and find it’s the worst laptop I’ve ever used. Keyboard layout is funky, you need the function key to go home or to the end. The delete key is down by the space bar. The keys are unresponsive and now the touch screen stopped working; a know issue and on line tech support couldn’t fix it. Never buy from the Acer store as you can only return it within 15 days not 30 like most stores.