acerSpin 5 Convertible Laptop, 13.5" 2256 x 1504 IPS Touch | 10th Gen Intel Core i5-1035G4 | 8GB LPDDR4 | 256GB NVMe SSD | WiFi 6 | Backlit KB | FPR | Active Stylus | Windows 10 Pro | SP513-54N-58XD

Was really easy to set up with minimal bloatware. Windows Updates happened quickly over the wifi-6. Not much bloatware to remove - Norton Antivirus, Amazon and one or two others with some just being pinned to taskbar. The machine is VERY fast and the touch-screen is very responsive and beautiful. Backlit keyboard, integrated stylus and fingerprint reader are very nice options.

Downgrading from 4 stars, to 2 stars in Oct 2023: Screen failing after less than a year. Display replacement is technical and pricey. On youtube, I think I could tackle SOME screen replacements. I couldn't find any videos showing how to remove the Spin screen. My Aspire has lasted longer (using it now) but has occasional issues clicking and typing some letters, and ABYSMAL speakers, degraded battery, etc.. So I have ordered a Swift and need to choose a "distro" to install on it. Having used first Mint & then Fedora, considering Debian. I don't think "Acer" is a bad manufacturer, but I wish I hadn't bought the Spin. I'll leave my initial review notes, may help you if you are switching to Linux.Original 4 star review: Encourage you to leave MS and try Linux. Also keyboard illumination timeout option in BIOSAfter seveal years of increasing frustration with MS update methods, I made the jump to Linux on an Aspire and Swift. I wanted another Swift but couldn't find good price, got a Spin.Three tips:1) During setup, tell it you don't have internet if you want to get started without MS account.2) When using F2 to get BIOS, some options are greyed out until you set a supervisor password. I think this is necessary to change boot order from Windows to USB.3) To enable Linux installer to find the (nmve?) hard drive, hitting "control s" while in BIOS will un-grey a necessary option on the BIOS screen with ACSI or RAID or something like that.... Not sure if the supervisor password is necessary for the control s to work, because I was trying different things that didn't help, at overlapping times. You can search internets for more specifics (like whether secure boot needs off, or fast boot), but not knowing the "control s" thing set me back a couple hours.Mint is one of the distros that's made to be comfortable for someone used to Windows, and that's how I made the jump from Windows, happy with it for several years. Needed kernel updates to get HDMI working was the only issue I remember being stuck on, and occasional mysterious issues with wifi needing restart. Trying to get further away from legacy, I am trying Fedora, which seems to be more true to Linux developers, rather than a pretend Windows. Howeer, I am NOT liking it, the GNOME "desktop" is maybe love it or hate it, but I am trying to learn it anyway.The fact that you "must" have or create a MS account to start using this computer is outrageous, but 99% just say "okay sure." I hope you part ways with MS.Oh yeah, if you want the keyboard to stay backlit when you turn on the backlight, rather than go dark, there is an option in BIOS. I don't remember finding the option in Windows or Linux settings. BiOS is easy - just hit F2 right after turning on computer. There is an option clearly related to keyboard backlight. If you don't like the change, you can go back and switch it. I'm sure it has effect on battery life, and wish there were variable times rather than "on or off" but it's worth trying. After all you can turn it off yourself with the F8 key.

I have had this Acer Spin 5 for a few weeks now and have been very pleased. I use it for all my computing needs, but the biggest thing I use it for is I am a musician and I have all my music on it. I bought it to replace an earlier model of the same product which had worked great for years until it fell off my music stand when I was adjusting the height of the stand. I was very happy to see that the product was still available. This new one has some great features that the older version didn't have, with the best being the fact that the new one has a magnet in it, so the accident that caused the demise of the previous one is not likely to happen with the new one because with the magnet it attaches itself to my stand! It also now has a stylus that works for writing on my music.

I was in the process of selling everything in order to travel the world and realized that I should get a new laptop, instead of the heavy, clunky, old one that I had.I researched on light weight travel laptop and this Acer kept coming up.I'm not a very technical person and I use it mainly for surfing the web and email, so, I can't speak for all of the technical aspects. I've also never had a tablet, so, I can't compare. But I mostly use it standing up as a tablet and love it.

I bought Acer computers years ago because they were cheap, maybe the cheapest, so I was a bit skeptical when I first saw the listing on Amazon. But it's a an awesome laptop, great quality. Totally worth it. I didn't bother booting MS Windows, and installed Kubuntu right away. Who still runs MS in 2022, anyways. Maybe in a VM. Linux runs great on this laptop, no issues with hardware at all, the Iris Plus Graphics and the AX200/201 wifi operate without any trouble. Battery life is amazing. This is one you could leave in the morning without your charger and not worry about having enough battery.