Acer TravelMate B117-M-C661

Specifications

Acer TravelMate B117-M-C661 (TravelMate B117 Series)

Processor

Intel Celeron N3150

Graphics adapter

Intel HD Graphics (Braswell)

Memory

4096 MB 

, DDR3L

Display

11.6 inch 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixel 135 PPI, TN, glossy: yes

Storage

128 GB SSD M.2.

Connections

1 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 HDMI, Card Reader: SD

Networking

802.11 b/g/n (b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4), Bluetooth 4.0

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 23 x 291 x 211 ( = 0.91 x 11.46 x 8.31 in)

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit

Weight

1.4 kg ( = 49.38 oz / 3.09 pounds) ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)

Links

Acer homepage
Acer notebook section

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Reviews for the Acer TravelMate B117-M-C661

Acer TravelMate B117-M-C661. Portátil 11,6" competente (299 €)
Source: Ofertaman ES→EN
Positive: Compact size; good price; high autonomy. Negative: Poor display; weak hardware.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/21/2017

Comment

Series:

Intel HD Graphics (Braswell): Integrated graphics card in the Intel Braswell series (Celeron and Pentium) processors. Based on the Broadwell architecture (Intel Gen8) supporting DirectX 11.2. Depending on the processor offers 12 or 16 shader cores (EU) and different clock speed.

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.

N3150: Soc with an integrated quad core Atom processor clocked at 1.6 - 2.08 GHz, an Intel HD Graphics GPU and a dual channel DDR3L-1600 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

11.6":

This screen diagoal is quite large for tablets but small for subnotebooks. Some convertibles are also represented with that size.

Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.

1.4 kg:

This weight is typical for big tablets, small subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles with a 10-11 inch display-diagonal.

Acer: The company was founded under the name of Multitech in Taiwan in 1976 and renamed to Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors and televisions. Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell also belong to the Group and sell their own laptops.

While Acer still had the third largest global market share in the notebook segment in 2008, it ranked 6th in 2016 with a market share of 6% after they had continuously lost market shares.

There are dozens of Acer laptop reviews per month, the ratings are average (as of 2016). Gateway, which has an own laptop line-up, has also belonged to the Acer Group since 2007.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.