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Acer Aspire L5100 |
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28/03/08 (1051 review reads) |
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Advantages: Everything you could want, particularly amazing multimedia handling.
Disadvantages: Gamers beware
The Acer Aspire L5100 is an economical, yet complete package for the everyday home computer user.
Behind it's small, ultra-compact chassis lies a powerhouse in entertainment; the latest spec for modern home theatre, AMD LIVE!, boasts exceptional and smooth management of your multimedia, the main atrraction for me of this Acer product.
It exudes elegance and chicness in an understated manner; it measures 25cm by 20cm by 6cm and looks fantastic. It therefore feels and looks right at home in a minimalist, stress-free environment.
Due to its cheap price tag of roughly ~£330 one would expect corners to have been cut, but this is not the case.
It has an excellent dual-core AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ / 2.2 GHz processor, an adequate 500GB harddrive to store all your music, films, and videos on, 2GB of RAM, and all the other gimmicks one would expect, even from a top of the range computer:
1 x serial A integrated storage controller
DVD RW
4-in-1 card reader that supports Memory Stick, MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card, xD-Picture Card
1 x integrated ATI Radeon X1250 Shared Video Memory (UMA) graphics processor with Digital Visual Interface (DVI) and High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Software including NTI CD-Maker Gold Edition, Adobe Reader 7.0, Acer Empowering Technology, Microsoft Works 8.5, Norton Internet Security 2007 (90 days subscription), Acer Arcade Live, Microsoft Office 2007 (60 days trial).
If you are not necessarily a gaming addict (top end games could be problematic as the graphics card is not supported by nvidia), but enjoy watching movies and listening to music, as well as using your computer for work, then you get all this through the exceptionally priced, fashionable Acer Aspire L5100. I whole heartedly recommend it.
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Summary: A great package for even greater value
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- 19/01/09 good post |
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- 29/03/08 Could be a bit more detailed, but over a good review.
For gamers, this system wouldn't be any good without the installation of a dedicated graphics card, and probably a better CPU, but from the specs you have given, would be perfect for what it's designed for - a multimedia system.
BTW, just because it is an ATI card, doesn't mean it wouldn't be good for gaming. That particular card wouldn't be as it is a lower end intergrated graphics card.
Good review though. |
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