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Acer Book RS Series

Acer Book RS Porsche Design AP714-51T-59ZVProcessor: Intel Tiger Lake i5-1135G7, Intel Tiger Lake i7-1165G7
Graphics Adapter: Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs, NVIDIA GeForce MX350
Display: 14.00 inch
Weight: 1.25kg
Price: 1800, 2200 euro
Average Score: 80.9% - good
Average of 10 scores (from 20 reviews)
price: 60%, performance: 91%, display: 90%, mobility: 90%, workmanship: 80%, ergonomy: 82%

 

Acer Book RS Porsche Design AP714-51T-57D6

Specifications

Acer Book RS Porsche Design AP714-51T-57D6Notebook: Acer Book RS Porsche Design AP714-51T-57D6
Processor: Intel Tiger Lake i5-1135G7
Graphics Adapter: Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.25kg
Links: Acer homepage
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Reviews

Porsche Design Acer Book RS review: This stylish, blazingly fast laptop lives up to its name
Source: Good Gear Guide English
We have our quibbles about the new Porsche Design Acer Book RS: The screen ratio is starting to look outdated, the speakers are so-so, and the touchpad occasionally goes glitchy. But the Book RS has it where it counts when it comes to speed, design, portability and price, making it one of the most attractive laptops now available at this price point.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/04/2021
Porsche Design Acer Book RS
Source: PC Mag English Archive.org version
The Porsche name may be alluring to some, or you may just like the look, but it’s also difficult to point to one thing that would make you choose this machine definitively over the other top options. The lid is indeed unique, but it doesn’t feel elite-level premium, so that alone won’t separate it from the pack for most, and the rest of the machine is a bit plain. The super-compact and premium designs of the Editors’ Choice-winning Dell XPS 13, Razer Book 13, and Apple MacBook Air are very attractive at the 13-inch screen size, and the 14-inch Lenovo Yoga 9i offers convertibility. Still, if you personally prefer the look of the Porsche Design Acer Book RS, go for it: We can endorse it as a good alternative in a very tough field.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/17/2020

Foreign Reviews

A Porsche Design és az Acer bemutatta a Porsche Design Acer Book RS-t
Source: Laptopkalauz HU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Impressive design; solid workmanship; waterproof; tough device.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/28/2020
Acer și Porsche Design lansează un ultrabook de lux: Acer Book RS, construit din metal și carbon
Source: Go4it.ro →EN Archive.org version
Positive: Impressive design; solid workmanship; metal case; powerful hardware; high performance and mobility.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/25/2020

 

Acer Book RS Porsche Design AP714-51GT-71A4

Specifications

Acer Book RS Porsche Design AP714-51GT-71A4Notebook: Acer Book RS Porsche Design AP714-51GT-71A4
Processor: Intel Tiger Lake i7-1165G7
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce MX350 2048 MB
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.25kg
Price: 2200 euro
Links: Acer homepage
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Average Score: 81.13% - good

Average of 8 scores (from 13 reviews)

 

Reviews

80% Porsche Laptop AP714-51GT
Source: Gadgetspeak English
This is a very powerful and also rather expensive offering but when you get a boot at six seconds and shutdown at two seconds this immediately tells you it will not be ‘cheap’ so what exactly does this latest offering from Porsche and marketed by Acer offer.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 06/04/2021
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 100% workmanship: 80%
80% Porsche Design Acer Book RS review
Source: Techradar English
The Porsche Design Acer Book RS is a great laptop for people who command style with their substance, but its unique appearance and prestigious branding make it a poor investment for most.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/09/2021
Rating: Total score: 80%
80% Porsche Design Acer Book RS 17 review: A fast and beautiful laptop at a premium
Source: Expert Reviews English
As it stands, though, the Porsche Design Acer Book RS I7 doesn’t have a big enough engine to win the premium ultraportable race. It stands out with bold looks and a colour-accurate display but ultimately cannot match its competitors for sheer graphical horsepower – at this price, The Acer Book RS 17 needs less Cayenne and more 911.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/05/2021
Rating: Total score: 80%
Porsche Design Acer Book RS Review: Worth The Name?
Source: Unbox English
While the Porsche Design Acer Book RS certainly looks unique and looks the part of a high-octane laptop, it sadly doesn’t have the performance that I was expecting. Judged as a regular Evo-certified Intel-powered ultra-portable, the Porsche Design Acer Book RS has enough performance under the hood to satisfy most people. But it’s not a regular ultraportable. Its performance doesn’t really do justice to the name attached to the lid, and you’re paying for a hefty premium to lug around a laptop with Porsche Design’s name attached on the front.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/23/2021
70% Porsche Design Acer Book RS review
Source: Laptop Mag English
For better or worse, the Porsche Design Acer Book RS is a unique laptop. Of course, great performance, stellar endurance and a comfortable keyboard push it along. However, it costs a pretty penny for a not-so-pretty design. Plus, the display and speakers could certainly be better. Our advice? Save a few bucks and get the Yoga 9i. You’ll get a Core i7 CPU, double the RAM and a great speaker packed into a seamless 2-in-1 chassis. Or if design matters most, get the Spectre x360 14, which does luxury better than this Porsche. However, if you actually like the Porsche Design Acer Book RS’s design, it does have some positive aspects, especially its 13+ hour long battery life.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/14/2021
Rating: Total score: 70%
80% Porsche Design Acer Book RS review: Racing pedigree or distracting body kit?
Source: Pocket Lint English Archive.org version
A surprise launch indeed, bringing some more standout - maybe outlandish, depending on your viewpoint - Porsche Design design language to Acer's laptop line-up. That 'RS' badge is warranted, too, given the specification on offer. But it sure isn't cheap.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/02/2020
Rating: Total score: 80%
Porsche Design Acer Book RS initial review: Racing pedigree or just a distracting body kit?
Source: Pocket Lint English Archive.org version
A surprise launch indeed, bringing some more standout - maybe outlandish, depending on your viewpoint - Porsche Design design language to Acer's laptop line-up. That 'RS' badge is warranted, too, given the specification on offer. But it sure isn't cheap.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/21/2020

Foreign Reviews

85% Análisis: Porsche Design Acer Book RS, un ultraportátil de gran diseño
Source: Geektopia Spanish ES→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/26/2021
Rating: Total score: 85%
Mi Experiencia Con El Portátil Ligero Porsche Design Acer Book Rs
Source: Tuexperto Spanish ES→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/02/2021
88% Acer Book RS Porsche Design, análisis y opinión
Source: Computerhoy Spanish ES→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/10/2021
Rating: Total score: 88%
86% Ноутбук Acer Porsche Design Book RS: Обзор
Source: Product Test RU→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/28/2021
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 82% display: 90% mobility: 90% ergonomy: 82%
Обзор ноутбука Porsche Design Acer Book RS: дорого-богато
Source: 3DNews.ru RU→EN
Positive: Powerful processor; high performance; long battery life; nice display; good cooling and silent system. Negative: High price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/24/2021
Review Porsche Design Acer Book RS: Laptop Premium ala Mobil Sport
Source: Pemmzchannel ID→EN
Positive: Powerful processor; excellent display; compact size; Thunderbolt 4 port.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/13/2021

 

Acer Book RS Porsche Design AP714-51T-59ZV

Specifications

Acer Book RS Porsche Design AP714-51T-59ZVNotebook: Acer Book RS Porsche Design AP714-51T-59ZV
Processor: Intel Tiger Lake i5-1135G7
Graphics Adapter: Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 1.25kg
Price: 1800 euro
Links: Acer homepage
 Acer notebook section

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Average Score: 80% - good

Average of 2 scores (from 3 reviews)

 

Reviews

80% Porsche Design Acer Book RS review: This stylish, blazingly fast laptop lives up to its name
Source: PC World English
The second time’s the charm for the Porsche Design Acer Book RS, a slim, light, and Porsche-branded laptop that lacks the flash of its predecessor but nails it in the performance department.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/04/2021
Rating: Total score: 80%
80% Porsche Design Acer Book RS review: Sports car on the outside, sedan under the hood
Source: CNet English Archive.org version
Acer makes some of the best inexpensive laptops you'll find, as well as interesting premium models that are more about design than being a good bargain. With the name Porsche Design stamped on the lid of this one, I'm guessing you can figure out which group this falls into. Built from carbon fiber and magnesium with diamond-cut edges, the Acer Book RS certainly makes an impression and is something different -- at least on the outside.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/22/2020
Rating: Total score: 80%

Foreign Reviews

Porsche mezi notebooky: Test notebooku Porsche Design Acer Book RS
Source: Zive CZ→EN
Positive: High performance; elegant design; slim size; light weight; Thunderbolt 4 port.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/21/2021

 

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Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.

Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.


Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs: Integrated graphics card in Intel Tiger Lake G7 SoCs based on the new Gen. 12 architecture with 80 EUs (Execution Units / Shader Cluster). The clock rate depends on the processor model. The Tiger Lake chips are produced in the modern 10nm+ process at Intel.

NVIDIA GeForce MX350: Successor of the MX250 and most likely a renamed GeForce GTX 1050 based on the Pascal GP107 chip with 640 shaders and a 64 Bit memory bus for GDDR5.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Tiger Lake:

i5-1135G7: A quad-core, mid-range processor of Tiger Lake product family designed for use in ultra-light laptops. The i5 is manufactured on Intel's second-gen 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin and features an 80 EU Iris Xe G7 iGPU. Core i5-1135G7 has a base clock speed of 2.4 GHz as long as it is allowed to consume 28 watts.

i7-1165G7: An upper mid-range, quad-core processor of Tiger Lake product family. The i7 is designed for use in ultra-light (yet actively cooled) laptops; it is manufactured on Intel's third-gen 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin. The CPU cores run at 2.8 GHz (base clock speed @ 28 W TDP) to 4.7 GHz (single-core Boost frequency). This i7 features the 96 EU Intel Iris Xe G7 iGPU; it was the second-fastest CPU of TGL-UP3 line-up when Intel initially launched the series in 2020.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


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14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact. 

In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers. 

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


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80.9%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

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Stefan Hinum, 2020-12-18 (Update: 2020-12-18)