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what was the model of the acer ? I have an asus 1015e that is my favorite computer I've ever had, but it's very old at this point and essentially unusable because its disk is so slow and it has very little memory.

I'd love to replace it with something more usable.

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It's an Acer Aspire ES1-132 series N16Q6. I don't think it's still for sale. I also would not recommend it, the screen is really bad (though was to be expected for the low price), the trackpad is quite bad also.

I run Linux on it with i3wm, so I don't bother with the low hardware specs, I rarely use the trackpad. A better screen would be nice though, hence that I am interested in the StarLite.

I have a similar one that I bought for exactly the same reasons - something I wouldn’t be too sad if ran over by a car.

It’s now with my daughter, as her homeschooling computer (schools have since returned to normal where I live, but the kids still use Teams and other apps to keep in touch). It’s definitely recommended.

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