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Date First Available
June 23, 2013
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Finally, a light and lean computing machine for great value: the Aspire V5 Series. Thin as it is, the V5 still packs potent power and graphics.
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The new Acer Aspire V5 Notebook puts inspiring performance in a thin and light laptop. The choice of up to four suave colors adds to the personal charm. A HD display makes this the perfect Windows 8 companion breathing life into your entertainment, while four integrated speakers sweeten your enjoyment with great sound.
Key Features
15.6" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit Display: (1366 x 768) resolution; 16:9 aspect ratio
AMD Quad-Core A8-5557M Accelerated Processor 2.1GHzwith TurboCORE Technology up to 3.1GHz
Windows 8
AMD Radeon™ HD 8550G Graphicswith 512MB of graphics system memory
4GB DDR3 Memory
500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Digital Media Card Reader - Secure Digital™ (SD)
802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™
Bluetooth® 4.0+HS
HD Webcam(1280 x 720)
Optimized Dolby® Home Theater® v4 audio enhancement
Four integrated stereo speakers and integrated microphone
The new Aspire V5 Notebook is thinner than ever, and features a HD 15.6" display. At less than 1" thin, the V5 is slimmer than its previous design and is available in four alluring colors, including this model's Cold Steel. Choose a shade that best reflects your style.
The Converter Port keeps the design thin without sacrificing functionality. Just purchase an optional Cable and its easy to plug in an external VGA display without a hassle.
With the Aspire V5 Notebook, everyday activities like web browsing, communicating and playing videos are effortless thanks to powerful AMD Quad-Core processing, enriching what you see, share and create so your digital life is more vibrant. Experience fast HD browsing, watch online HD videos, play casual games or run mainstream software applications with responsive and energy efficient performance for everyday computing.
Enjoy great usability with features such as an independent Numeric Keypad and the masterful Acer ZoomPerfect touchpad, which enhances sensitivity, accuracy and usability in Windows 8. The intuitive gestures on the touchpad give the user the same incredible control of a touch panel display.
Windows 8 operating system has been re-imagined to be all about you. Put what matters most right on your Start screen. Get instant access to your people, apps, websites and more, so you can spend less time searching and more time doing. And with a combination of the touch display and Windows 8, you get a fast and fluid working environment.
Enjoy brilliant visuals on the stunning 15.6" HD CineCrystal™ Widescreen LED-backlit Display with a true 16:9 cinematic format. Extend your movies and the highest-quality content to your big screen television or external LCD easily with a single cable through the HDMI port.
AMD Radeon™ HD 8550G Graphics deliver crystal-clear images and brilliant color for the ultimate entertainment experience. Liberate the senses with rich audio that brings movies and music to life via two built-in speakers and audio support.
Want to go bigger? The HDMI® port extends your high-definition viewing experience to any HDMI-equipped high-def TV or digital monitor through a single cable.
The Aspire V5 has four integrated speakers plus Dolby® Home Theater® audio enhancement, so your movies, video chats and all your good times are accompanied by incredible sound. It's also easy to connect your V5 to your home theater system. And with the Dolby Control Panel you have total control over your PC audio settings.
Hop on your favorite social sites to keep up with friends, play games or just browse. Want some face time? Enjoy conversing with friends and family with the built-in HD Webcam.
UPDATE 10/16/13: I've had this system for a couple months now. It's still running really well, I'm glad to say. I've had no problems at all aside from drivers needing updating, so I stand firm on my 5 stars. Judging from other reviews people have given, there's a risk of getting a bad one, but that's a risk you ALWAYS take when buying computer hardware. The majority of problems people have appear to be software/OS issues (I've seen Internet Explorer pop up the most in these complaints, so people, please, don't use IE for anything other than getting another web browser. It's not worth the headache.) So once again, I highly recommend downgrading to Windows 7, or at the very least, install the updates for Windows, then update all the drivers, and make sure that's the first thing you do when you boot it for the first time. I think that would've solved a lot of problems people were having.
I also want to add that my battery life is CRAZY. I can sometimes get 6-7 hours out of it on a full charge. Since there have also been complaints about short battery life on this system, I don't know if I got lucky, or if they (again) just got bad units. Either way, I love this laptop and I'm very happy with it, so I still very much say if you want a good priced system with some power to it, this is it.
ORIGINAL REVIEW: I bought this laptop after two days of careful research. I know some people can't be bothered to read through a whole review, so here's a quick pros/cons list:
Pros: Lightweight, slim, very portable Great hardware, especially for the price Charges quickly Touch pad actually works well Four speakers, so the sound is pretty good
SSD installed and this thing is snappy and responsive (also lighter). This laptop only had space for a 7mm drive, so the 9mm case had to go (a little duct tape kept the SSD board from clattering around).
UPDATE 8/31:
Added a 4GB stick of RAM from crucial B005LDLV6S and got a nice bump in performance (653 vs 450 3dmarks in Firestrike test) and will add an SSD soon. Also the speakers are quite good! I lucked out and got this model when it was $420, but it seems to be a great deal still (if you are lucky and do not get a failure unit like the negative reviewers). I've taken this thing apart a couple times and taken it to a couple LAN parties and it keeps working flawlessly.
Original Review:
I finally got myself a new laptop for light general use and the occasional LAN party as well as older games. Having a pretty fast AMD APU was exactly want I wanted. The A8-5557M is only second to the A10-5757M. I was very surprised to find this fast a chip in such a cheap laptop. It's also amazingly thin and light.
However, the potent APU is let down by the single-channel 1333MHz memory (soldered to the motherboard, so you can't replace it with 1600MHz RAM) which is a significant handicap for the integrated graphics. However, it's easily upgraded! Taking back cover off allows access to the single SODIMM slot(unpopulated) as well as the Hard drive, so no need to pull the keyboard out to upgrade bits. I've already ordered a 4GB stick to double the memory as well as the bandwidth, and an SSD to really make it fly.
The battery is low capacity, as expected on a budget laptop.Read more ›
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UPDATE(13th Dec' 2013): So I've found the problem that has been plaguing this laptop. It turns out that there was a driver issue, preventing my WiFi from working properly and thus causing the laptop to freeze. All I did was disable the Ethernet driver, and so far about 3 weeks have passed and no problems, no hiccups, no issues what so ever, from what I can observe. Just putting this out there so that anyone who may have been experiencing the same issue, may be able to find a solution here.
First off I'd like to say that Amazon was very prompt in delivering this product at my Mailing address in the United States. Secondly I've been using this laptop for the past few hours since I've got it and so far it's operating great. One hiccup though, this the first time I'm on a Windows 8 machine so it's taking some time to get used to. I have not had any problems with the OS so far but I must say that it's hard to use a start screen instead of the usual start button we are all used to for like over a decade. Anyone who wants to buy a new laptop, I advise you to not be afraid of windows 8. I urge you that once you're computer literate, overtime u will get used to it. That's it for my review of this laptop, however over the course of the next few months I'll try to update this review so that customers can be better informed.
UPDATE: Still enjoy using this laptop. It performs pretty well and remains fluid when switching from app to app or program to program. Tested out the Graphics card with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The quality is great it can play the game between medium and high settings. When Anti-Aliasing is on high, the frame rate drops though. The speakers on this laptop are beeeeeeeeeeeast!Read more ›
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