The Acer Aspire S3 seems to be a notebook in the Ultrabook design with such a twist. It’s not only lightweight, compact, and attractive, but it does have a specialized graphics chipset, giving this solitary of the computers inside its category that can be classified as a game console.
And what’s the cost of such adaptability? At release, the Acer Aspire S3 only with Nvidia GeForce 735M was priced £799 (about a Billion U.S. dollars1280, AU$1470), on the other hand, that remained a several decades previously, and you can have it for a lot less though.
Continue reading to find out if the Acer Aspire S3 would still be a decent purchase throughout 2017.
The Acer Aspire S3 will be around for a couple of decades in many incarnations, nonetheless, the 2014 iteration is rather different. The latest Aspire S3 looks remarkably more like the Acer Aspire S7, the Ultrabook with a sleek marble top, than the old Aspire S3, which was correctly considered as a kind of a MacBook Air cheap knock-in appearance.
The Acer Aspire S3’s top is really not made from glass to make it cheaper, but it felt and looked like it stands. The aluminum chassis has been coated with many coats of shiny lacquer, giving it an appearance that is considerably different from the steel underlying.
The remainder of the Acer Aspire S3’s appearance is solid, albeit not as immaculate and flawless as the most expensive and attractive Ultrabooks. The presence of visible joints and the somewhat intermittent nature of the hefty display bezel indicate that it isn’t as durable as it appears.
In terms of reliability, the Acer Aspire S3 seems excellent. It evaluates 1.55kilograms and has a thickness of 17.8micrometres now at the widest part. The S3 isn’t as small or lightweight as the smallest or cheapest Ultrabooks, and that’s due to a few purposeful design options.
The first is devoted graphical: the great majority of compact laptops have processor architectures built into the primary CPU architecture. Underneath, also there is a memory kind.
The combination disk within the Acer Aspire S3 delivers 500Gigabytes of conventional hard disk drive space plus 16Gigabytes of solid-phase storage to lubricate the game’s gears for the type of immediate efficiency that Ultrabook users demand. Hard disks are, on average, larger than SSD devices (Solid-state drives). However, if you buy them in bulk, they are much less expensive.
Even if the only notebook in the running for the money is a 13.1 inches MacBook Air that is substantially smaller at 1.35kilos, the minor size compromises aren’t worth overthinking. Even now the specialized Graphics card, External hard drive Samsung Ativ Book 9 Lite weighs 1.44 kilo’s measures 17 millimeters in thickness. Is there a clear distinction? Certainly, though not in a big way.
For with an Ultrabook, the connectors you receive on the chassis are solid. Two USB connectors and one USB 2.0 port will be included, as well as an HDMI connector for connecting to a screen. Also, there is an acrylic plug on the Memory card port to avoid contamination while not in operation. All of the attachments will be on the flanks, with a heating output upon that rear.
Unfortunately, there really is no Ethernet connection. However, an Acer Conversion connector, a unique connector, is available. One could make it into a VGA connector or an RJ45 OR VGA OR USB 2.0 combination using an additional (not provided) connection. What’s wrong with this picture? A Micro DisplayPort seems to be the most apparent option.
The Acer Aspire S3’s exterior is nice, but not really up to outstanding status. With the display, that’s the same scenario.
A 13.34-inch 1080p Intrusion prevention system display with such a brilliant brightness, vibrant colors, and the superb seeing aspects that IPS is known for is included. It’s a powerful panel, far superior to the TN kind panel found in prior Aspire S3 models. The display has a nice tone to this now, providing whites a somewhat yellow tint which distorts the hues. However, this is not overly severe, and the screen’s appearance is quite pleasing. The field of view is also excellent.
The display also flips a filled 180 °, in order to make it easier to spread the screen – but it’s certainly not as versatile as a detachable display touchscreen combination or individual that flips 360 ° such as Lenovo Yoga. In this regard, it’s a ‘typical’ notebook display.
 Keyboard
The keypad of the Acer Aspire S3 is characteristic of a lightweight and compact notebook. It has sleek buttons with deep actuation that peek thru the solitary aluminum keypad casing.
Whereas the regular letter buttons remain wide enough to accommodate comfortable writing.