I have a couple Acers 15.6" in the house (56XX series I believe); one has ran well for a year, the other for two years of heavy use. Both still working fine.

I use a wirelless keyboard/mouse combo that takes one port and works great. So laptop keyboard is often not an issue. I have never found a laptop keyboard I liked better than regular. Or touchpad .. I'd rather just grab a regular mouse.

That said, there are times when I use the laptop keyboard when mobile, and it is OK for me, but some don't like it because the numberpad sits to the right of the letters pretty tight.

I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
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