The keyboard has full-pack keys complete with a Numpad. It also has engraved Intel Core and “Post Consumer Recycled” logos. When you open the lid, you’ll see the chiclet-style keyboard and the touchpad with a fingerprint sensor. Its unique finish also doesn’t attract fingerprints and smudges, which is nice too. The laptop’s cover is nice and bare, and it only has a minimal engraved Acer logo. The chassis is also paint-free that’s why it has a typical grainy look, and it looks similar to a hard paperboard. Instead, it delivers a distinct, environmentally-friendly design with its “Volcanic Gray” cover with some yellow pigment dots.Īccording to Acer, 30% of the chassis is made of PCR plastics, and the keyboard caps use 50% PCR. Even at first glance, you’ll see that the laptop’s lid isn’t like the usual. She was getting permission errors while opening certain folders, and a lot of the folders were hidden.Looking at the Aspire Vero, you’ll immediately notice its design that represents its eco-friendly approach. Upon further discussion with her, I found out that the laptop was not only slow, but was infected with some sort of a malware. I decided to investigate the reason for slowness, and possibly fix the problem itself. I’m sure I’d be able to find alternatives for the above, but it’d be too much of a learning curve for her, plus setting up a KDE machine from scratch would take some time. I debated whether to shift her to a clean KDE based Debian machine and she agreed as long as her desktop looked nice but I changed my mind when I saw the software she was using – As you’d expect I didn’t have a Windows 8.1 setup disc or ISO lying around. Previously I was dual booting between Windows and Debian in-order to play DOTA 2 with my friends, but since Valve released DOTA 2 on Linux, I’ve had little reason to open my Windows installation. I’ve been using Debian for the last 3 years. She wanted me to format it and install a new copy of Windows 8.1. So last weekend my sister came to me with a slow performing Windows 8.1 Acer laptop.

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