I have an Acer Spire 9410. Mine also broke by the hinges. I called Acer and they said that they have not received any other complaints about this problem and they refuse to fix the proble. I bought from Circuit City and got an extended warranty to it. They are also getting away with it by saying that was abuse, not normal use. The normal use of a laptop is by opening and closing the lid when you are going to use it and put it away. Something needs to be done legally because there is a lot complains in different forums for the same problem. Not to count the performance issues that this model has (slow down speed, 20-30 minutes boot up, the hard drive seems to be doing something all the time which slows the aplication you want to use, etc, etc, etc) The machine is really a peace of junk. Customer service is almost un-existant. I will never buy from Acer again, Never.

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