I needed to replace the old laptop I use when traveling.  I was looking in the upper low and lower middle price range.Because of work, in the past I always looked at Dell and HP but while browsing the Amazon reviews this caught my eye.Besides the ratings score I also look at the:  •  4+5 stars combined % and  • 1 star % totals.On this Acer Aspire 5 the 4+5 stars totaled 87% which is great.  The one stars were a bit high at 7%, so I read them.The recent 1 star reviews had a lot of stupid (IMHO) reasons like:1.  The keyboard isn't backlit.  Actually it is, you just have to read the manual to find which key to press,2.  User was trying to get it to work with Lynx and didn't like Acer support,3..One unit DOA and he missed the 30 day return window by 2 days,4.  User registered unit online and didn't receive confirming email, etcSo I decided to get it.  For less than $500 this is really good machine.  The speed, dislpay and overall quality are very impressive at this price point.  Plus the keyboard is much easier for me to use than similar Dell & HP models.I'm pleased