This is a medium sized laptop with a 15'6" screen and a gorgeous dark-blue and fairly robust exterior frame.
Acer are well known as being a cheaper alternative brand from the Sony's and Packard Bell's of the world, but have a mixed reputation in terms of how well they deliver when it comes to their laptops.

PRESENTATION
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As you would expect from a low priced machine, you have the basics but the top end of the basics. It looks stunningly smart but in an understated way, which is how I'd like a laptop to be if I were using it in public.
Lifting it reveals that this is under 3KG and is easily portable. The keyboard has well defined buttons that make typing easy, and the screen is fantastic for dvd viewing - with it's mid-hi-definition resolution capability.
The mouse pointer button and left-click/right click keys are conveniently placed towards the bottom left of the keyboard, rather than dead centre. I personally like this, and find it easier for typing but some don't - this is a matter of preference, and so could be a pro or con depending on your perspective.
The screen is stunning in its brightness (depending on power setting selected - be aware battery life varies in accordance with this), and so it's easy to see why it's called 'Crystalbrite'. All in all, impressive stuff so far.

While this is due to the memory, it's also got just as much to do with the AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor. Dual-core is standard in many laptops and desktops now, and thankfully this is one of the better ones. It makes everything seamless and user-friendly, without the frustrations of slow-loading programs that used to be a factor in laptops of only a few years ago.

Games??
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This laptop is designed for use with programs such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player, playing cd's and dvd's etc - but not generally games.
You can certainly play games on there, but the graphics-heavy ones of recent years will not look the greatest and may not play at all in certain sections.
This is due to the 'shared' graphics, which in effect means that the laptop doesn't have a graphics memory of its own and so shares it with the other functions and overall processor.

Overall, the Acer Aspire 5536 is a fantastic laptop for fast, basic uses and for viewing DVD's on a gorgeous bright LCD screen. It will be reliable when using it for internet browsing and getting the all important university homework done. The battery is the industry standard of around 3 hours, which is average - no more, no less.
Don't go expecting to be able to play Modern Warfare 2 on this laptop, as you'll be disappointed. But then, this isn't promoted as a games laptop anyway.