Hello friends, acer aspire e1 531 is a good for a budget buyer. I would say it is a reasonable price for it. but is would suit for low performing laptop category. if you looking for higher performance notebook then you should avoid it. before purchase please see its processor which is low. its hdd is just 500 gb which is not too low but not a decent size too. but its ram is also low. it comes with windows 8 what need some more performing hardware to perform well.