Had this for a month now.Although I bought it when the price was 449.00. So really pleased i got it before this price hike.Good Clear Screen but highly reflective so you may have difficulty reading it outside,Something i have not tried yet.I generally use this as a mobile desktop rather than a fully mobile laptop as A) it's large,B) heavy,C) large power draw.You could get around 3 hrs in full power save mode,but thats about the best you could achieve.4) Screen flex is a bit worrying and the keyboard also flexes when you type on it.Yes the Machine generates some heat so don't block the vent ducts near the CPU.The Power Block also generates a fair bit of heat.Regarding an upgrade from Vista to windows 7.Firstly the upgrade disk could have been bough for 12.50 from the Acer Website.However this upgrade option was only valid for machines bought before 31st Jan. So that route is no longer valid for new purchases.Regarding drivers for Windows 7.I see that recently Acer has put a full set… more »

Had this for a month now.Although I bought it when the price was 449.00. So really pleased i got it before this price hike.Good Clear Screen but highly reflective so you may have difficulty reading it outside,Something i have not tried yet.I generally use this as a mobile desktop rather than a fully mobile laptop as A) it's large,B) heavy,C) large power draw.You could get around 3 hrs in full power save mode,but thats about the best you could achieve.4) Screen flex is a bit worrying and the keyboard also flexes when you type on it.Yes the Machine generates some heat so don't block the vent ducts near the CPU.The Power Block also generates a fair bit of heat.Regarding an upgrade from Vista to windows 7.Firstly the upgrade disk could have been bough for 12.50 from the Acer Website.However this upgrade option was only valid for machines bought before 31st Jan. So that route is no longer valid for new purchases.Regarding drivers for Windows 7.I see that recently Acer has put a full set for windows 7 for download on its web site so i assume that Blue Ray under windows 7 should not be a problem.I am still using it under Vista as everything is currently running as sweet as a nut.Oh by the way.You can play windows games on it at low res.For the record i am playing Batman Arkam asylum at the default screen res of 1440x900 at low settings and am getting a just playable 17 FPS on it using new Nvidia Drivers i picked up on the Nvidia web site.All in all for 450-500 with the spec and a blue ray drive built in and despite the few critical comments above i still consider this machine is still a bargain.I hope these comments Help you all.