Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Acer Aspire 5742Z Review

Good Quality Laptop
Acer Aspire 5742Z



 Product Type: Acer laptops    
Description: Brand: Acer / Size: 15.6 inch Notebook / Processor: Intel Pentium P6100 2.0 GHz/ RAM: 4GB / HDD: 500GB HDD /Features: DVD, Webcam, Wireless


  Advantages: Good value for money
Disadvantages: Poor battery life
The Acer Aspire 5622 WLMi laptop is perfect for anyone wanting to keep the cost of their laptop to a minimum, while not compromising on either performance or the quality of the product as a whole. The 1Gb of RAM kind of makes up for the 1.66Mhz Centrino dual processor. If you are looking for a decent gaming laptop, put away that £2000 you were going to spend on that Alienware and get one of these. It can easily cope with most things you can throw at it, such as Far Cry, Counter Strike Source, World of Warcraft; even Doom 3 works on this machine, with no, or minimum lag! The wireless internet connection is also worth mentioning; as the connection will stay connected more or less wherever you are in your house. I spent at least £40 on wireless adapters for my PC upstairs; which stays connected at a maximum for about 5 minutes at a time, whereas I have been connected to the internet successfully with this laptop since I received it!

The only faults I can find with this particular laptop are the fairly poor battery life and the integrated mouse. Firstly, the battery has a life of about 2 - 3 hours from being fully charged (not the longest for most people). I say this, as most people that will be looking at this kind of laptop are either gamers or people who take their creative work seriously; such as 3D modellers and Photoshop artists; which brings me to my next point...

The integrated mouse on-board the laptop is decent enough, but when you go towards the lower part of the mouse pad it has a tendency to be a little sensitive and seems to sometimes automatically left or right click, which can be frustrating when you are making a 3D model or editing work in another program. However, this can be remedied with an external mouse, so all isn't lost!!

Overall, this laptop is excellent value for money, whether you are considering it for media use, gaming use, or even used as a really over the top word processing machine; it will suit all of your needs while keeping your purchase cost effective. I would definitely recommend this product to anyone who needs power on the move!
Summary: A great laptop with very few faults
Processing/Quality:     Processing/Quality
Reliability:     Reliability
Ease of use:     Ease of use
Installation:     Installation
Battery life:     Battery life
Features:     Features

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