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Its premium carbon-fiber construction and semi-rugged design hold up well to the rigors of travel
Relatively inexpensiveThin and light design
Runs coolResumes from sleep in two seconds
Execution of multitouch on the trackpad
Battery lasts a long time
Great price-to-performance ratio
CPU power to spare. Blazing fast RAID storage on a svelte notebook. Good connectivity options including Thunderbolt. Lightweight frame
Thin and light
Less expensive than competition
Good performance
Compact and light
Low priced for an Ultrabook
Thin
Light
Core i5 processor and 4GB memory provide potent performance
Combination of spinning hard drive and SSD provides larger storage capacity without losing speed
More affordable than competitors
See Also
Intel Unveils Skinny New ‘Ultrabook' Laptop
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Apple's New MacBook Air
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With a slim
MacBook-Air-like design at a reasonable price
The Acer Aspire S3 is an example of how the Ultrabook laptop category can work if done right
Amazingly thin
Sleek design
Nearly instant-on from sleep mode
Moderate pricing
Low starting price
Ultrathin size
Decent performance
The editors didn't like
The ultrabook has a low-resolution display with mediocre brightness
Build quality could be better at this price point. Terrible screen quality
Very short battery life
Cheap plastic chassis
Slow hard drive
Stiff keyboard
Limited viewing angles
Poor audio
Limited number of ports
Poor audio quality
Truction feels cheap
Two USB ports may mimic the MacBook Air
But it's still not enough. Performance is average at best. Surprisingly loud and aggressive fan. Stuffed to the gills with shovelware (When's the last time you saw an eBay icon on the desktop?)
CPU power to spare. Blazing fast RAID storage on a svelte notebook. Good connectivity options including Thunderbolt. Lightweight frame
Build quality could be better at this price point. Terrible screen quality
First, I have to address the storage system in the S5. A single 256GB solid state drive would have been just fine with me but Acer went above and beyond with a RAID0 system consisting of two 128GB Lite-On SSDs. Sure, two storage drives increases risk,...
Its premium carbon-fiber construction and semi-rugged design hold up well to the rigors of travel
The ultrabook has a low-resolution display with mediocre brightness
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 is a solid business ultrabook, but maybe not the best fit for retail shoppers. The semi-rugged carbon-fiber design holds up well for road-warriors, but some may balk at the lack of basic ports and the muddied display.Le...
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Published: 2012-02-10, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
The Ultrabook world is continuing its rise to glory as the Acer Aspire S3 (here with the Core i7 processer inside) runs the thin show at .68 inches at its thickest point. This is by no means the thinnest notebook on earth, nor is it the Ultrabook with ...
Abstract: You’d have to actively be avoiding the tech media over the past several months not to have heard about Ultrabooks. Their coming has garnered a boatload of buzz, fueled in no small part by Intel’s $300 million fund to get hardware and software makers ...
The Acer Aspire S3 looks very nice in the product photos, and it is often associated with Ultrabooks because this type of design, which is inspired from the Macbook Air, has been used by many PC manufacturers in their recent designs. I like the new look v...
execution of multitouch on the trackpad, Battery lasts a long time, Great price-to-performance ratio
Pre-installed software is abundant, in-your-face, Body is cartoonish and feels cheap, No USB 3.0, Ugly, Speaker is terrible, "Professionally tuned" stamp? Really
Abstract: When Intel initially put out the idea of the ultrabook as a new type of laptop, I admit harboring plenty of skepticism—isn’t the ultrabook just a gussied up rebranding of an ultraportable? Unfortunately, being a skeptic/cynic has served me well ove...
