Acer Aspire S3-391-73514G12add
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Reviews for the Acer Aspire S3-391-73514G12add
Source: Gadgetspeak
Archive.org versionliked the aluminium chassis which keeps the weight down but still give you a robust feel to the unit. I found a full battery charge (while off) took just over the hour. Two days with no use when I was away meant only 2% battery loss. As always I viewed the odd movie these were downloaded – no optical drive – and both on the screen and then exported via the HDMI socket to a larger screen they were fine. Inbuilt speakers have the Dolby name.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/05/2012
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Source: Notebookinfo
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/01/2012
Rating: Total score: 84% performance: 95% display: 70% mobility: 90% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 85%
Source: PCM
NL→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Solid and nice design; Fast starting. Negative: Relatively low battery life; Performance; Software pollution.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/26/2012
Source: 3DNews.ru
RU→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Elegant and Graceful design; durable and lightweight magnesium case; Surprisingly good color gamut display Negative: Cooling system; Uncomfortable keypad; Weak battery; Inarticulate speakers; Glossy screen; Inconvenient location of the ports.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/01/2012
Source: Notebook.cz
CZ→EN Archive.org versionPositive: High-performance; energy-saving components; good mechanical processing. Negative: Battery life could be higher.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/10/2012
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The Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook was one of the first ultrabooks to hit the market. The idea of the Ultrabook was introduced by Intel but not much of marketing had been done by them. As one of the firsts, all it had was the ‘Macbook Air lookalike’ identity. This isn’t that good to start with for the Aspire S3 as it doesn’t look as thin as the Macbook Air. The Aspire S3 also has the option to use a mechanical hard drive which gives it a significant disadvantage due to the inferior performance offered by a solid state drive offered by other manufacturers. The asking price is another unjustifiable issue. The Asus Zenbook and Dell XPS 13 are also priced around the same price range but they have much more to offer. Another issue with this ultrabook is its plastic-feel construction compared to the aluminium chassis on the Zenbook and carbon fiber feel of the XPS 13. The lack of a USB 3.0 port and backlit keyboard puts it behind most 13 inch ultrabook out there.
Being one of the earliest Ultrabook certainly has its downside. However, it’s not all bad. The Aspire S3 has a display that can tilt far back, more than any other ultrabooks that we’ve seen. It looks very much like the MacBook Pro but is much lighter and has the excellent boot time of Ultrabooks. It can wake up from sleep mode in about less than 2 seconds.
Intel HD Graphics 4000: Processor graphics card in the high end Ivy Bridge models. Offers a different clock speed in the different CPU models (ULV to desktop quad core) and therefore a different performance.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
3517U: Fast Ivy-Bridge-based ULV-CPU in Q2 2012. Offers a core clock of 1.9 - 3.0 GHz and an HD 4000 GPU (350 - 1150 MHz). The TDP is rated at 17 W.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
