- The Acer Aspire AS5251 Notebook offers powerful AMD V-Series performance, the latest connectivity technology and rich media features at practical price
- AMD V-Series Processor and 3GB DDR3 Memory accelerate all your daily needs with the multitasking performance and responsiveness needed to download music, launch movies, chat and complete your daily tasks.
- Enjoy today’s best high-definition entertainment and stay productive on the cinematic 15.6-inch HD widescreen display with true 16:9 aspect ratio and hear movies and music come to life via built-in stereo speakers
- Connect to the Internet anywhere, anytime; 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED conveniently delivers rapid and reliable wireless connectivity from your home, at work or on-the-go
- The Aspire notebooks modish yet practical design brings a slenderized look. The mesh-patterned cover bring a rich appearance and prevents fingerprints and scratches
Product Description
Acer Aspire AS5251-1805 Notebook comes with these specs: AMD V-Series Processor V120, Windows 7 Home Premium, 15.6-inch HD Widescreen CineCrystal LCD Display, AMD M880G Chipset, 3072 MB DDR3 1066MHz Memory, ATI Radeon HD 4250 Graphics with 256 MB of Dedicated System Memory, 8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive, 250 GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, Built-In HD Webcam (1280 x 1024), Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader, High Definition Audio Support, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CER… More >>
Don’t buy this piece of junk! Their is no indicator light for either the caps lock or the num lock! Try creating a password on one of those places where what you type immediately is replaced by dots! It’s a nightmare! You will wind up with a password that will not work unless you are extremely careful. Num lock especially is an experiement every time you want to use it. Hit the number key and nothing happens. Oh, I guess it’s off.
The engineer who created this got his diploma from a Cracker Jack box!
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought Acer AS5251-1805 on one of the lightening deals that Amazon has these days that are valid for a short period of time…
The packaging was secure and the shipping was free and uber-fast. The item arrived in 2 days upon ordering!!!
About the actual laptop
Pros: Price/Value, Windows 7, HDMI out, discrete graphics, 250 GB HDD,
At $379, the laptop is of tremendous value. I should not even talk about its cons but here it goes:
Cons: Battery Life, a tad bit slow for a new laptop
The processor is the new 2.20 GHz AMD V Series V120 single-core processor. This could be a bit slow for a student but for my mom, it is super slick. However, you can add another GB of Ram to make it slicker! (for around $40 more)
It did take me a few hours to remove all the bloatware but I am not complaining…
Rating: 4 / 5
Seems stabl, has a great display, keyboard layout is great, Really just couldn’t beat this price! Now only if I could figure out how to fill it’s RAM capacity….
Rating: 4 / 5
With a price tag of a netbook, this fully-fledged notebook is a steal. I purchased this notebook as a desktop replacement, and so far it has been a pleasure to use. The 15.6 inch display is very bright, which makes text and images a pleasure to view on the laptop. The build quality on the notebook is top notch. Nothing on the laptop feels cheap, and is what you would expect from a mid-range product. One feature I particularly liked about this product is that Acer opted for a non-glossy finish on the lid of the laptop. I can easily handle the notebook without worrying about greasy fingerprints covering my computer. The large keyboard with the much needed number pad makes typing a breeze.
I have no qualms on the other features of the laptop. The inclusion of HDMI and gigabit ethernet is a big plus. Wireless works flawlessly on the laptop. I can easily connect to the wifi network in the house. Sound quality on the Acer is better than I expected. Obviously, sound on the laptop lacks bass, but otherwise sounds great. The processing power of the Acer isn’t anything to boast about, but is more than adequate for common activities such as web browsing, viewing movies, writing papers.
Pros:
-Nice design and build quality
-Value
-Plenty of features
-Keyboard
Cons:
-A tad bit on the heavy side
-Battery may be lacking for prolonged usage away from power source
Rating: 5 / 5
This is not a $800 laptop, people need to keep that in perspective. Yet for $379 it is a fabulous buy. After a day of playing with it, two things stand out, the keyboard and the screen quality. The layout of the keyboard is similar to that of a much more expensive laptop, with a full numerical pad on the right. The positioning of the touchpad offset to the left takes a bit getting used to, but makes sense when one realizes that the keypad is only occasionally used. The feel of the keys is good, although after a couple of years I’m not sure they would hold up well with a typist who pounds the keyboard hard (such as a non-touch typer).
My expectations were the LCD would not have the most crisp picture, but so far the images are clear and bright. I have a two year old 20″ Acer monitor, and the notebook has a better picture.
A few misc. comments:
-The wi-fi card seems faster than other devices I have on my home network. This is an anecdotal observation, not from a real through-put test.
-The touchpad needs a lot of configuring. Out of the box it seems slow to react. Playing around alot with the controls help, but so far I have not set it to personal perfection yet.
-The physical presence is quite attractive, but it has a pretty big footprint (due to the large keyboard). The specs say it weights about 5.8 lbs., which I have no reason not to believe, but it feels heavy.
-Written documentation from Acer is bare bones, and there is no backup disk.
-Connection ports on the sides of the notebook are too close to the front. If you were hooking up monitors (espcially to the HDMI port) and a bunch of USB devices the notebook would look like a rats nest. It would not interfere with typing, but ain’t going to be pretty. There are no ports in the rear.
-Case seems well built. The only part of the physical shell that looks weak is the plastic strip running across the bottom of the LCD. When I pulled off the protective clear tape, the strip separated from the LCD a bit. The plastic dropped back into place without a problem, but this part of the build is sub-standard
-Hard drive does not appear to be the fastest one I’ve ever seen (using the testing program in Win 7), but is made by Hitachi, which gives me a level of comfort.
Rating: 4 / 5