It's an Acer.

I'm pretty sure 8gb, 1080p and a quad core 7-series CPU are perfectly fine and matched to the graphics to be honest... so I'm not sure why you cant understand the spec being "gaming"

Depending on what work you do of course, that spec would be higher than anything Ive ever seen at any workplace. So, if you have a higher spec for the laptops you deploy for users at work, they must all have 16gb and 7-series i7's... never seen that in normal work

edit: this was in response to a now deleted comment, just to make some sense cheeky

Does anyone have a code for this? Showing £849.99 on ACER site.

Seems like a good deal, this would easily run any game out there on medium (apart from PUBG in its current state) with a decent frame rate. If this is going to be a secondary gaming machine for on the move or if you are just wanting some casual gaming this would be ideal. a 1050ti or 1060 would be better obviously but good luck finding many at a similar price.

Heat :smile:

AO.com says it has an IPS screen plus they also price match So you can further knock £40 off bringing it to £724.99. Won't find anything cheaper. HOT

Going to weigh in on this - good deal. I don't know where the dislike is coming from, personally I think it is well rounded spec wise and going to be the best value in this price range really. Look at it this way - 7300 - low to mid range quad core cpu, 8gb - middle tier amount of good speed ram, low to middle tier dedicated gpu, ok main storage and has a adequate sized ssd which considering prices for them recently is a great addition at the moment. Only letdown really is the screen, a continuing feature with lots of acer laptops, but it's not awful.

Overall I think it is a great deal. There is no single component this is disproportionately powerful compared to the rest of the machine, and decent value overall. How it looks...guess that is up to you. In conclusion - heat added.

What would you recommend for mobile gaming at £750 that would do 1080p at a solid 60fps?

A 1050 can't even do 1080/60 at medium graphics on new games https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-Notebook.178614.0.html
I would expect atleast this on a "Gaming" laptop.

Seems like the price these toy computers should be. Nothing special, price or spec wise.

1 TB HDD + 128 GB SSD

Seems a good price for the spec, especially with a laptop.. What's the catch?

Acer, spec-wise they seem decent, but so badly put together you have problems a year after purchase, good deal for short term needs, but not worth it imo

GTX 1050 is a low end GPU. I certainly wouldn't call it a gaming laptop. You want atleast a 1060 for 1080p gaming.

Guys it's a gaming laptop. A proper "low end" gaming laptop. Yes a 1050ti version is the minimum spec for VR gaming but for any other 1080p gaming this is fine. This laptop Its cheaper than 960m machines with a better gpu! My Mac book has a 970m which is only slightly better than the 1050. It plays games from the last few years with medium graphics. Admittedly the rest of the hardware is better. But factor in the "quad core" i5 cpu, 128mb SSD and because it is a modern gpu it has more recent drivers for newer games then this looks like a genuine bargain.

Sorry, what? The graphics card is probably the weakest part of this machine when it comes to gaming. HQ i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 1080p TN panel all perfectly fine for games. 1050 will push enough frames at 1080p for a good experience, however you ideally would want to have at least a 1050Ti for a "gaming" laptop. At this price though the spec is decent.

Consider that the Dell XPS 15 comes with a 1050 in a much sleeker chassis and you start to see it's not really a gaming GPU.

I have this laptop and it is great for gaming on the go. Don't expect to run games on ultra but most games are good on mid to high settings. The screen is not IPS so is a little underwhelming but displays fine for 1080p gaming on the go.

Price is best I've seen so heat added. I don't understand people stating it's not a gamimg laptop as it runs a lot of modern games with no issue. What exactly is the criteria to meet to be a gaming laptop?

Nice Spec, nice price!

Here's good take on the laptop.

https://www.cnet.com/products/acer-aspire-vx-15/review/

Well that's subjective, depends on what you want from a machine. I couldn't justify spending £750+ on a machine that has a rubbish screen that I'll be viewing the actual game on, specs are nice but if you're playing high end games on a sub-standard screen what's the point. 1 year warranty, whereas you can pick up an open-box gaming laptop from John Lewis which will come with warranty and they automatically knock off another £40/50 if you ask for extra discount.

I picked up a brand new Lenovo Y700, 960m I7 6700HQ 4k screen for £900 because of it being a return, knocked off £50 instantly at checkout making it £850 with a 3 year warranty.

1050 is good and that, but unless you're going for just specs, I'd skip this entirely. A lot of money for sub-par a screen which is what you're going to be looking at.

Is this a good computer for general work? Photoshop, word, email etc. Would use an external monitor via hdmi.

If not any suggestions?

Same review mentions;

'But keep an eye out for special offers on the Acer, because any price cuts will make this a good-value machine.'

They reviewed it @ £900. Considereing that, its a good value for money whether its a good gaming machine or not.

Nice spec but agree with the above the looks don't do it for me.

Review here:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/acer-aspire-vx-15-review

Good build quality but very poor screen, which is a shame.

Screen is bad, look at reviews. Lenovo Y700 is probably the best screen for any gaming laptop, I got the 4K one and even though I chose to go for a 960m instead of a 1050 Acer/HP Omen/Dell, I am glad I did because of the quality of the screen. Wouldn't ever go for a crappy TN panel with awesome specs, because we do more than play games nowadays

I'm pretty sure 8gb, 1080p and a quad core 7-series CPU are perfectly fine and matched to the graphics to be honest... so I'm not sure why you cant understand the spec being "gaming"

Depending on what work you do of course, that spec would be higher than anything Ive ever seen at any workplace. So, if you have a higher spec for the laptops you deploy for users at work, they must all have 16gb and 7-series i7's... never seen that in normal work

edit: this was in response to a now deleted comment, just to make some sense cheeky

i wish they didn't make gaming laptops look so bad.

This seems like a really good price!