Amazon’s Alexa will be preloaded on Acer’s new laptops

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  1. guest

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    Amazon’s Alexa will be preloaded on Acer’s new laptops
    May 21, 2018
    https://www.theverge.com/circuitbre...2/amazon-alexa-acer-laptops-aspire-nitro-spin
     
  2. mirimir

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    Play safe with those laptops, people :)
     
  3. Krusty

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    I'll never own another Acer after their poor customer support and my repeated opt-out of marketing emails being ignored forcing me to block them.
     
  4. roger_m

    roger_m Registered Member

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    I'd never buy Acer, as the quality of their cheaper laptops, is often not very good.
     
  5. guest

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    Acer laptops are not so bad; i have one it works very well. About Alexa , i dont care, i always do a clean install after i purchase a computer :D
     
  6. hawki

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    "You Can Soon Own a HAL 9000 Replica That Uses Amazon Alexa to Control Your Home, Dave

    As I vaguely recall, 2001: A Space Odyssey might have been trying to tell us something about the dangers of artificial intelligence....

    For the first time in 50 years, you can own an absolutely authentic, fully-operational HAL 9000 computer interface. The Master Replicas Group Interactive HAL Computer uses Amazon Echo technology to control your home..."


    https://gizmodo.com/you-can-soon-own-a-hal-9000-replica-that-uses-amazon-al-1823648187
     
  7. Rasheed187

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    I was planning to buy a new laptop, so I guess I can scrap Acer of my list. :thumbd:
     
  8. reasonablePrivacy

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    Acer had a lot of cheap laptops in their offer. I have own one, because of that. I don't expect laptop priced less than other vendors to have as solid case/body as others. Mine is over 5,5 years old and still didn't required any repair, except replacement of build-in keyboard. I type a lot.
    I also always do clean install of OS and I would do that on any model and vendor of any laptop.
     
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