Acer Aspire S3-951-2464G24ISS
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Average of 6 scores (from 8 reviews)
Reviews for the Acer Aspire S3-951-2464G24ISS
Source: PC Pro
Archive.org versionUltimately, there’s plenty of room for improvement with the Acer Aspire S3, but there’s no question that this budget Ultrabook still holds plenty of appeal. While far from the last word in refinement, Acer has built a solid, attractive Ultrabook for much less than any of its competitors – and that, we suspect, will be reason enough for many to settle for second best.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/12/2012
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 83% performance: 67% features: 50% ergonomy: 50%
Source: Maximum PC
Archive.org versionRIPE APPLE Sub-$1K; attractive, sturdy lid; decent performance. ROAD APPLE Plastic insides don't match aluminum outside; no USB 3.0; uses HDD; narrow vertical viewing angle.
Comparison, online available, Medium, Date: 02/06/2012
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Maximum PC
Archive.org versionWhen Ultrabooks were first announced it seemed doubtful that manufacturers could turn out these wannabe MacBook Airs at the sub-$1,000 price Intel was promising. Acer put those doubts to rest with the Aspire S3, which debuted at $900. Given its relative affordability, it’s not surprising that the Aspire S3 makes a few compromises in its Air aspirations
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 01/13/2012
Rating: Total score: 70%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Tom's Hardware
DE→EN Archive.org versionComparison, online available, Long, Date: 01/26/2012
Source: Arturogoga
ES→EN Archive.org versionNegative: Vertical viewing angle and the resolution of display.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/08/2012
Source: Techno Zoom
IT→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/27/2011
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 90% performance: 80% workmanship: 80% emissions: 80%
Source: NotebookTV.hu
HU→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/16/2012
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Notegear
KO→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/23/2011
Rating: Total score: 91%
Comment
Series:
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 3000: Integrated graphics card in the Intel Sandy Bridge processors (Core ix-2xxx). The HD 3000 is the faster (internally GT2 called) version with 12 Execution Units (EUs).
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
2467M: Power saving ULV processor clocked at 1.6-2.3 GHz due to Turbo boost. Offers an integrated HD 3000 clocked at slow 350 / 1150 MHz and a DDR3-1333 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
