15.6 inch Acer Aspire V3-572PG-50X5
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Platinum silver Acer Aspire V3-572PG-50X5 is a slim and lightweight 15.6 inch touchscreen laptop with decent performance of 4th generation of the Intel i5 processor and the multitasking power of 8GB of memory, long- 7 hour battery life, great surround-sound simulating Dolby Sound, a good variety of modern connectivity options like USB 3.0 with power-off charging, HDMI and Bluetooth- so it is suitable for both entertainment and work.
Acer Aspire V3-572PG comes with the very low voltage Quarter 2 2014 release dual core Haswell Intel i5-4210U processor (3MB Cache) at 1.7 GHz speed that moves up to 2.7 GHz with turbo boost function and also hyper threading to handle 4 threads in parallel, 8 GB DDR3L SDRAM that can be upgraded to a max of 16GB, 1 TB Serial ATA hard drive as spacious storage for all your videos, songs, photos at 5400 rpm rotating speed + AcerCloud for your more important files and 64-bit Windows 8.1 operating system that gives you the option to use the more familiar Start screen and button with slightly different functions with left and right clicks.
15.6 inch HD CineCrystal LED-backlit Active Matrix TFT Color LCD widescreen touch display that supports multiple gestures- 10 finger, with 16:9 aspect ratio, 1366 x 768 pixel max screen resolution and NVIDIA GeForce 840M dedicated graphics card with a 2 GB of VRAM memory, uses ‘Direct Bonding’ to provide better viewing angles and enhanced viewing and readability outdoors. It has an advanced HD webcam (high pixel density with 1280 x 720 resolution and 24 fps) with built-in digital microphone for the best Skype chats with friends and family and live conferencing with work colleagues. NVIDA 840M is a 2014 release mid-range graphics card that is 30% faster than the NVIDIA GT 740M and lets you play many of the latest games at medium to high settings. You get cinema-style sound with the optimised Dolby Sound which simulates surround sound and the two integrated stereo speakers.
Elegant platinum silver Acer Aspire weighs 6.06 pounds with measurements of 15.02 x 10.08 x 1.24 inches (1.04 inch thick at the front). It doesn’t have an optical drive but a good range of connectivity options such as 802.11a/b/g/n wireless with with Acer Nplify- MIMO technology (2.4 and 5GHz dual-band), Bluetooth 4.0, Gigabit Ethernet with RJ-45 connectivity, 2 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x USB 3.0 port with power-off charging, Digital Media Card Reader - Secure Digital (SD), an HDMI port with HDCP support to view everything on your large screen HDTV with a single HDMI cable for sound and video, a VGA port, an Audio Line Out and 2 Memory slots. It comes with a full-size comfortable Acer FineTip keyboard with 10-key numeric pad on the side to crunch numbers quickly and a responsive Acer Precision touchpad so you can switch between keyboard, touchpad and multi-touch display to complete your tasks quickly and efficiently on Windows 8.1 OS.
Conclusion: Acer Aspire V3-572PG-50X5 is a decent performer in both daily tasks and more demanding stuff like gaming and multimedia editing- suitable for use for work, home office or home entertainment purposes with its superior sound and video quality. The 2014 model i5-4210U has a Passmark Benchmark score of 3574 and it is normally used for ultra books but still offers snappy performance on any laptop, also with the help of a larger system memory that allows for great multitasking of several apps and programs. It is an ultra low voltage CPU with a thermal design power of 15 W and its 6-cell lithium ion battery (2500mAh capacity) gives you 7 hour of battery life in average use.
It has both the integrated Intel HD 4400 and the new mid-range discrete NVIDIA Ge Force 840M for gaming and multimedia power. You will be fine with many of the 2013-2014 games at medium to high settings but the most demanding games like Battlefield 4 can be played at lower settings. A powerful Haswell processor, generous amounts of memory and hard drive, mid-range dedicated NVIDIA graphics card, superior sound performance with Dolby Audio and stereo speakers and more.. offered at a reasonable price. Very much recommended!
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