Acer as always bring the best from their side and this time they again make a good notebook for the users.The value of a budget laptop can be interpreted in two ways: sheer processor bang for the buck, or whether it has an attractive, functional design at an aggressive price. Hopefully, your laptop will have both, but in the case of the Acer Aspire V3-571G-9435, the
value of the system's high-end quad-core Intel processor and Nvidia graphics comes at the price of high-end design.Specially Nvidia GT 640M with 2GB DRR5 memory is really awsome.
The Acer Aspire V3's internal specs compare favorably with those of a higher-end 15-inch laptop, at least on the inside.
A quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and very good dedicated Nvidia GeForce GT 640M graphics offer performance that normally costs well north of
$1,000.There are downsides to a budget machine, however; in the case of the Acer Aspire V3, they're the lack of extras and a generally cheap Both Blu-ray and just DVD drive options are available a lackluster low-res (1,366x768-pixel) 15.6-inch display, a subpar keyboard and touch pad, and an overly glossy plastic chassis will keep you from discussing the V3 in the same breath as superior systems.Those looking for a lot of power, and perhaps planning to plug in an external monitor or keyboard, should consider the Aspire V3; it's a solid back-to-school pick for students who need the horsepower.The notebook measured a cool 84 degrees Fahrenheit on the touchpad. The space between the G and H keys and the underside of the notebook registered 83 and 87 degrees respectively. These temperatures are well below our 95 degree threshold of comfort, which
allowed us to use the Aspire V3 in our laps for well over an hour in relative ease.1.3 megapixel webcam inside the Aspire V3-571G-9435 delivered warm and rich color in natural lighting with a surprising level of sharpness. However, we noticed a bit of washout under florescent lighting. The webcam can capture stills and images in 1280 x 1024 via the Acer Crystal Webcam software.USB 2.0 ports, a tray-loading DVD player and a Kensington lock sit on the right side of the notebook. The left side houses a USB 3.0 port, HDMI, VGA, Gigabit Ethernet, jacks for headphones and a microphone and the AC adapter port. A 4-in-1 card reader is located along the left front lip of the notebook.
The notebook offers a full size 'Chiclet' style keyboard complete with a dedicated numeric keypad. Thought this keyboard supports all of the bells and whistles, it is a chore to use. The shallow key compression and lack of tactile feedback makes it difficult for users to tell when they have fully struck the desired keystroke. Furthermore, there were several instances where the keypad failed to read my keystrokes at all. Additionally the exceptionally wide keyboard, which almost uses the entire width of the notebook's 15-inch frame, can make entering functions such as ctrl + alt +delete far more difficult than on other keyboards. Also the strangely spaced keys makes it difficult to navigate to some of the more estranged keys, such as the insert key which is not only oddly placed, but difficult to hit due to its reduced size. While this is fine for average use, if you plan on doing something more extensive such as gaming you will certainly want to use an external keyboard.
The touchpad, (which uses Elan drivers in place of Synaptics) is probably the weakest point of the entire machine. The touchpad by design appears sound, offering a scroll section located to right and dedicated right and left click buttons at the bottom of the pad.
However, the touchpad is anything but responsive as it constantly lags or even worse fails to read input all together. Furthermore, thought the machine has a quarantined scroll section, I found myself unintentionally scrolling both horizontally and vertically on pages while simply attempting to move the cursor. It's true that most touchpads occasionally misread input such as this, but the pad
on the V3-571 G was far too inconsistent to be overlooked. The pad will work for simple pointing and clicking; but if you want to do anything else, such as enlarging images or highlighting text, I'd highly recommend using a USB mouse instead.
Battery Life
Its battery lasted for about 346 minutes.
value of the system's high-end quad-core Intel processor and Nvidia graphics comes at the price of high-end design.Specially Nvidia GT 640M with 2GB DRR5 memory is really awsome.
The Acer Aspire V3's internal specs compare favorably with those of a higher-end 15-inch laptop, at least on the inside.
A quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and very good dedicated Nvidia GeForce GT 640M graphics offer performance that normally costs well north of
$1,000.There are downsides to a budget machine, however; in the case of the Acer Aspire V3, they're the lack of extras and a generally cheap Both Blu-ray and just DVD drive options are available a lackluster low-res (1,366x768-pixel) 15.6-inch display, a subpar keyboard and touch pad, and an overly glossy plastic chassis will keep you from discussing the V3 in the same breath as superior systems.Those looking for a lot of power, and perhaps planning to plug in an external monitor or keyboard, should consider the Aspire V3; it's a solid back-to-school pick for students who need the horsepower.The notebook measured a cool 84 degrees Fahrenheit on the touchpad. The space between the G and H keys and the underside of the notebook registered 83 and 87 degrees respectively. These temperatures are well below our 95 degree threshold of comfort, which
allowed us to use the Aspire V3 in our laps for well over an hour in relative ease.1.3 megapixel webcam inside the Aspire V3-571G-9435 delivered warm and rich color in natural lighting with a surprising level of sharpness. However, we noticed a bit of washout under florescent lighting. The webcam can capture stills and images in 1280 x 1024 via the Acer Crystal Webcam software.USB 2.0 ports, a tray-loading DVD player and a Kensington lock sit on the right side of the notebook. The left side houses a USB 3.0 port, HDMI, VGA, Gigabit Ethernet, jacks for headphones and a microphone and the AC adapter port. A 4-in-1 card reader is located along the left front lip of the notebook.
The notebook offers a full size 'Chiclet' style keyboard complete with a dedicated numeric keypad. Thought this keyboard supports all of the bells and whistles, it is a chore to use. The shallow key compression and lack of tactile feedback makes it difficult for users to tell when they have fully struck the desired keystroke. Furthermore, there were several instances where the keypad failed to read my keystrokes at all. Additionally the exceptionally wide keyboard, which almost uses the entire width of the notebook's 15-inch frame, can make entering functions such as ctrl + alt +delete far more difficult than on other keyboards. Also the strangely spaced keys makes it difficult to navigate to some of the more estranged keys, such as the insert key which is not only oddly placed, but difficult to hit due to its reduced size. While this is fine for average use, if you plan on doing something more extensive such as gaming you will certainly want to use an external keyboard.
The touchpad, (which uses Elan drivers in place of Synaptics) is probably the weakest point of the entire machine. The touchpad by design appears sound, offering a scroll section located to right and dedicated right and left click buttons at the bottom of the pad.
However, the touchpad is anything but responsive as it constantly lags or even worse fails to read input all together. Furthermore, thought the machine has a quarantined scroll section, I found myself unintentionally scrolling both horizontally and vertically on pages while simply attempting to move the cursor. It's true that most touchpads occasionally misread input such as this, but the pad
on the V3-571 G was far too inconsistent to be overlooked. The pad will work for simple pointing and clicking; but if you want to do anything else, such as enlarging images or highlighting text, I'd highly recommend using a USB mouse instead.
Battery Life
Its battery lasted for about 346 minutes.
- Core i7 Quad Core high Performance Processor.
- Nice GPU.
- Good Reachable Price.
- Runs cools.
- Comfortable keyboard.
- Dolby Home Theater 4 utility for tweaking audio.
- Battery life should be a little better.
- Stiff touch pad-click buttons.
- Poor touch pad.
- Core i7 Quad Core high Performance Processor.
- Nice GPU.
- Good Reachable Price.
- Runs cools.
- Comfortable keyboard.
- Dolby Home Theater 4 utility for tweaking audio.
- Battery life should be a little better.
- Stiff touch pad-click buttons.
- Poor touch pad.
