About the Acer AS5742374G32Mn - (Price $999.00)
Basic notebooks need to be priced well to compete with their dedicated graphics equipped allrounder notebook brethren, and this one doesn't.
The Acer AS5742374G32Mn basic notebook is confusingly priced at $999, as there are notebooks with dedicated graphics cards and larger hard drives that cost the exact same amount.
It does have a fast Intel Core i3-370M (2.4GHz) processor that can play HD movies, so that’s a positive. A negative is having only onboard Intel HD graphics; it should be at least $200 cheaper without a dedicated graphics card. The 4GB of RAM is good though, but you’ll only be playing casual games on low settings.
A 15.6in (1,366x768 resolution) screen is always welcome, as you won’t have to squint to see what you’re doing. Another bad surprise is the 320GB hard drive, as it really should have a 500GB hard drive for the money being asked. There’s nothing unusual physically, as it weighs 2.6kg and measures 34mm thick, 253mm deep, and 381mm wide.
This is an average, notebook, with not a great deal to recommend it but on show-stopper downsides either.
| Spec Label |
Spec Data |
| Graphics system |
Onboard |
| Drive 1 Capacity () |
320 |
| Processor series |
Intel Core i3 |
| Processor model |
Intel Core i3-370M |
| Processor speed (GHz) |
2.4 |
| Standard Memory (GB) |
4 |
| Drive 1 type |
HDD |
| Optical drive |
In-built |
| Ethernet |
Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) |
| Wi-Fi |
802.11 b/g/n |
| Battery (cells & type) |
6-Cell |
| Screensize |
15.6 |
| Dimensions(WxDxH) |
381x253x34 |
| Weight (KGs) |
2.6 |
| Reads |
CD/DVD |
| Writes |
CD/DVD |
| Native Resolution |
1,366x768 |
| Operating System |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
| HDMI |
1 |
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