From afar, you might mistake the Acer Aspire 5 laptop for an older variant of Apple’s MacBook, thanks to a few shared design elements.
The laptop is currently on sale at Amazon as part of the Prime Day "deal of the day offer". Available at $280, it carries a discount of almost 25% on its original price tag ($360).
However, the laptop has a few flaws which, depending on what you want to do with the device, may impact negatively on performance.
At the heart of this laptop is an AMD Ryzen 3 3200U, a dual-core processor that can run at up to 3.5GHz, which is paired with Radeon Vega 3 mobile graphics. There’s also 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD, which is just about enough to run Windows 10 and a few applications.
However, we usually recommend a quad-core processor (Core or Ryzen) with 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage at a minimum for a decent Windows 10 user experience.
It’s worth noting that this laptop is Amazon Alexa-enabled, which is a much better option than Microsoft’s Cortana and far more versatile as well.
Other worthy features include a full HD IPS display (no TN here), nearly eight hours of battery life, a backlit keyboard and a dedicated numeric keypad.
On each side of the A515-43-R19L are three USB ports, one HDMI connector, an audio port and a Gigabit Ethernet port. But it's a shame there’s no microSD card slot nor a Type C connector.
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