Acer Aspire V7 Ultrabook Full Review

Acer Computers generate a lot different laptops, so it’s hard to pick which one represents a specific line. Some became a special emphasis on the design aspects, such Aspire S7, while others are aimed at those exciting experiences, such as hybrid Aspire R7. But they have in common specifications and not express their uniqueness.

While the design of the Aspire V7 basically nothing exciting, but the inside is the surprise, The 14-inch ultra-thin laptop is equipped with Intel Core i7 processor, an NVIDIA GeForce 750M graphics card and hybrid hard drive of 1TB capacity, including 24GB SSD. This configuration is equivalent price is $ 1199, but at lower configuration version, the price could drop to $ 899.

You can spend extra $ 50 to buy a MacBook Air 13-inch Core i7 chips, but this Acer laptop has more RAM, more storage space and a graphics chip. Dell XPS 15 is a little bigger and have a nearly equivalent configuration, only cost about $ 1,900, depending on the version.

Acer Aspire V7 lack of accents designed to look sleeker, keyboard and also contributes to reduced satisfaction for users. Anyway, this is still a good choice for gamers who want to own a thin laptop.

Designs:

The Aspire V7, inner and outer body is made of aluminum material. Part are covered with black plastic and contour display and the buttons are black, giving the feeling of a combination of two colors. This design is characterized by the office PC, although obviously that a typical gaming laptop.

While the internal components are worth, the user interface is somewhat down. The keyboard is quite familiar form of all Acer laptops, while the buttons are large and illuminated, they are quite shallow and feels less tactile feedback. The keys are well when users type in to create a feeling quite annoyed.

Large touchpad has enough space to perform the hand gesture strokes to move, but sensitivity when using 2 fingers unstable. In the application compatibility, such IE10, it works smoothly, but in the Chrome browser, the movement is quite clumsy. Touchpad using forms designed click pad, there is no clear distinction between the left and right mouse click, so you will have more area than the sensor, and software Synaptic Touchpad drivers also have many options to tune the Sensitivity and movements.

Features:

14-inch touch screen with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels, although there are also versions with lower screen resolution. Acer Aspire V7 screen displays bright and sharp, and wide viewing angles, although the same economic class has high reflectivity. On many laptops running Windows 8, feature induction is very important, invaluable support in handling and movement tasks in Windows 8 interface combined with the high resolution screen, you will feel enjoyed it while enjoying HD movies and gaming.

Connectivity:

Acer Aspire V7 is not only equipped with many useful ports that are also classified into two machines side. Each side has one USB 2.0 port plus an SD memory card slot and headphone jack on the right side, while the back side has a mini-HDMI, USB 3.0 port and an Ethernet jack.

Performance:

The Aspire V7 works as expected, scores nearly equal to the higher level systems like the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro Core i5 and Dell XPS 15 Core i7. Aspire V7 processor is powerful enough to perform everyday tasks, such as opening the multimedia files, surf the web, work with office applications and viewing HD videos. When used daily, we do not notice the any lag or hang at all.

The actual performance of the Aspire V7 from the game. With graphics, you can replace the PC so long his. But note that the GeForce 750M is still not the most optimal choice for gamers. However, the structure of whole outlook still works very well, is not inferior to an Alienware laptop. With resolution of 1920×1080 pixels, Aspire V7 runs at a frame rate of 23.3 fps, a little tweaking, we will achieve more than 30 fps numbers.

Battery life:

Not only good gaming, battery life is also very long of Aspire V7. You can watch continuously play a video, the result is a battery life of up to 7 hours 55 minutes, surpassing Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro. This result is thanks to Nvidia’s Optimus technology automatically turn off the function of the graphics card when not needed.

Final Word of Acer Aspire V7:

The gaming has always been a serious problem for gamers. The Razer Blade ultra-thin is too expensive, and Alienware is too bulky to be carried away. Acer Aspire V7 ultrabook will be a good choice, not only is the processing routine applications, but also capable of playing the latest games.

Design and keyboard may reduce the level of user interface, but highly configurable offset those problems there, and will bring the user experience enjoyable.

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