Acer V5 Touch
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When I received the test unit to carry out this analysis, I was pleasantly surprised that the equipment is the evolution of my usual work equipment , which supports a hard daily treatment without giving me the slightest problem.
Thus, based on first-hand knowledge of a similar device, I am going to explain the capabilities and virtues of this touchscreen laptop from the Taiwanese company: the Acer V5 Touch .
Features
| Acer V5 Touch | |
|---|---|
| Screen | 15.6", CineCrystal Active Matrix (TFT) LCD |
| Size | 382mm x 253mm x 21/23mm |
| Weight | 2, 4 Kg. |
| Processor | Intel® Core i5-3337U Dual Core (2.7 GHz, 2 cores) |
| Graphic card | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
| RAM | 4GB |
| Disk | 500GB SATA |
| O.S.Version | Windows 8.1 |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, Lan (RJ45) combined with VGA via cable Y |
| Cameras | Front VGA WebCam |
| Ports | USB 3.0, USB 2.0, HDMI, MMC/SD card reader |
| Optical Drives | DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM |
| Standard Battery | 37Wh, 4 cells |
Inputs
The first thing that catches my attention is the 15"> screen with the ability to detect 10 contact points.
This laptop follows the path of current devices, where the thickness has been greatly reduced, being quite thin, but not for that reason outstanding in lightness, far from the featherweights of ultrabooks .
The most striking thing about the laptop is the keyboard backlight, which gives the feeling of having been designed in the 21st century… but with a rather retro look, like when we thought we were going to wear silver.
Curious thing is that it only has one Windows key, the left one. The one that should be on the right, has been replaced by a key that displays the secondary menu, as if you were pressing the right button of the pad/mouse.
It doesn't have a particularly nice touch, but it works correctly enough to write this article you're reading. If anything, I find too soft and the keys are small; which doesn't make much sense because there's plenty of room.
There must be something in its construction, because with the model I use at work, I'm more comfortable. I feel like the keys are more robust and heavy. On the other hand, this one gives me a “plastic” feeling.
Checking from the sides
The ventilation is quite efficient and quiet. Just a murmur below the sound of the keyboard in the still of the night. Not becoming annoying at any time.
Connectivity is not bad at all. 3 USB ports on the left of the chassis, one of them in version 3.0, followed by the HDMI port and the proprietary port for connection to LAN and VGA (the cable is included in the reviewed unit).
However, in these times of 128Gb flash drives. for less than €60, and the massive use of ubiquitous internet connections, it is rare that they have included a DVD reader/recorder, one unit high ( slim calls), which is already worth little.
The battery is nothing to write home about either. Feeding my smartphone, it does not reach three hours of continuous use. Which is not bad for a laptop, but it becomes very scarce before 9 or 15 hours of the current tablets, hybrids and ultrabooks.
Power and display
The i5 moves programs freely when we interact by touch, or for management programs or even for games that don't require much hardware. If anything, the use of an integrated Intel graphics card limits the capabilities of the subsystem and restricts it mainly to an office or business orientation.
The touch screen feels a bit flimsy to me. Holding the laptop by the screen, I leave my fingers marked for a while; which does not happen with any of the touch devices that I am reviewing lately.
Conclusions
The design is nice, but it's also nothing groundbreaking or strikingly elegant. The general feeling is that I am looking at a lower-middle-range product, within touchscreen laptops with Windows 8, and that it can be considered that you get what is fair for your price
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