Acer TravelMate P453 Series

Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4000, NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
Display: 15.60 inch
Weight: 2.5kg, 2.6kg
Price: 649 euro
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
Acer TravelMate P453-M-53214G50Makk
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 3210M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Price: 649 euro
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
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ThinkPad Edge rival. Matte case, matte screen, ExpressCard slot, Intel's Core i5 processor - the TravelMate P453-M53214G50Makk sounds like the perfect office machine on paper. Our review reveals if this is true.
Acer TravelMate P453-MG-33114G50Mikk
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i3 3110M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebook.cz

Positive: Good mechanical processing; comfortable keyboard; easy access to advanced management features and security. Negative: Short battery life; the fan runs constantly.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/19/2013
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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.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
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.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M:
Multiple models based on various chips of the Fermi generation. Specifically, the GT 630M exists in GF108/GF106/GF116 variants, but are all essentially renamed GeForce GT 540M or 555M GPUs. A 28nm GF117 variant exists as well with reduced power consumption.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i5:
3210M: Fast Ivy-Bridge-based dual-core, includes HD 4000 GPU, core clock 2.5 - 3.1 GHz
Intel Core i3:
3110M: Ivy-Bridge-based dual-core, 2.4 GHz core clock (no turbo), includes HD 4000 GPU
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.5 kg:
Usually, old laptops with 14-16 inch display-diagonal weigh as much.
2.6 kg:
In former years, this weight was representative for laptops with a 14-16 inch display-diagonal. Nowadays, 17 inch laptops weigh less than that.
82%: This rating should be considered to be average. This is because the proportion of notebooks which have a higher rating is approximately equal to the proportion which have a lower rating.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.