Gadgets Guide and Review

Acer AS4530-6823 14.1-Inch Blue Laptop

Featuring Acer’s eye-catching, award-winning Gemstone design the Acer Aspire AS4530-6823 14.1 inch blue laptop presents a cool, confident look and delivers powerful mobile computing. Designed for high-definition multimedia entertainment at home or on the go, the Aspire 4530 boasts a 14.1-inch CrystalBrite screen and an NVIDIA GeForce 9100M graphics card for excellent HD video playback and immersive 3D gameplay.

Key Features

• 14.1-inch WXGA (1280 x 800) LCD screen with Acer CrystalBrite Technology
• AMD Athlon X2 QL-62 dual-core processor with 2.0 GHz CPU speed and 1 MB of L2 cache
• 320 GB SATA hard drive
• 3 GB of installed DDR2 RAM with 667 MHz speed, expandable to 4 GB
• NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G Graphics with up to 1919 MB of TurboCache
• 8x Multi-format DVD±R/RW drive can also write to CD, DVD-RAM, and dual-layer (DL) DVD±R discs–which can hold up to 8.5 GB of data.
• Crystal Eye Webcam provides face-to-face online communications and even snaps still photos and video clips to share with friends and family.
• 802.11b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi networking with expanded wireless features to get more done in more places
• Ultra-fast Gigabit Ethernet wireed networking (10/100/1000)
• VGA video output
• Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers with high-definition audio support
• Windows Home Vista Premium 32-bit operating system
• Up to 3-hour battery life with 6-cell lithium-ion (4400 mAh) battery
• Dimensions: 13.35 x 9.57 x 1.14/1.54 inches (WxDxH)
• Weight: 5.29 pounds

Pros:

• The computer has a full size keyboard, so that is a good start.
• It does not come with lots of bundled software
• It boots fairly quickly
• The screen is clear, fairly bright, not reflective
• It is fairly light weight
• The webcam is really sensitive to low light conditions, so you can chat with the lights off in your room and illuminate yourself with the light of the screen.
• Microphone is good.
• Speakers are loud

Cons:

• Keyboard feels less solid
• Battery life is around 2 – 2:30 hours
• Does not have bluetooth

Bottom line, I am very impressed with this laptop, and although hesitant at the beginning for the price “too good to be truth”, I would definitely recommend this computer to anyone; it is fast, lots of memory, good ram and great video experience.

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