Acer Nitro V Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Octa-Core AI Capable Processor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU | 16″ WUXGA IPS 165Hz Display | 16GB DDR5 | 1TB Gen 4 SSD | Wi-Fi 6E | ANV16-41-R5J0

Phenomenal machine: fast and highly functional
 The GOOD: This is a highly capable machine geared toward gaming so it has a crazy fast processor and an excellent video card. I started this up and launched Prime Video to watch our family’s favorite movies and there was absolutely no loading. It was astonishing after dealing with a legacy Dell and cheap HP that are just not capable (possibly through planned obsolescence). This thing is fast. Videos played great and I launched my favorite game Civilization, which is typically very heavy and slow on this Nitro and it has performed expertly. There is very little delay and it handles the map zooming and panning along with the action extremely well.The BAD: I’m not a fan of the more square-like monitor. Not sure if this is a “gaming” aspect ratio, but it feels a little limiting. The Windows 11 OS also has its issues with the pathetic native Windows apps and their false restrictions (see the notice in the pictures on the Brave Browser alert). Also, they claim a free Xbox game pass but it required credit card—I think it’s a free month maybe.The UGLY: When I first opened it up I wanted to get started right away so I clicked what I thought was the power button but that didn’t work. I thought it might need to be charged, so I plugged it in but there aren’t any lights on the adapter to indicate it was charging. My wife pointed out that there is a light on the right side to indicate charging and charged. But the next day, when I tried it again, it still didn’t work. My wife suggested that I read the instructions and voila, there was a power button on the keyboard. The button I thought was the power button is the “mode” button but I’m not sure what that does really. It doesn’t seem to do anything.All in all, this is a phenomenal machine. It’s not cheap but it performs.