Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook - i5 Processor, 4gb Ram, 13.3" Screen @ Currys - £550.99 Delivered using code
Been looking around for a laptop/ultrabook for the last few days and this price jumps out at me. £120 cheaper than amazon for a "budget" end ultrabook at just 1.35kg with generally good reviews and 4 - 5 hours battery life
Yes there are other laptops around with better specs like the Asus, Lenovo etc but they cost an awful lot more.
To get the price listed use the code FIVE to get 5% off price. also 1.5% cashback on quidco and topcashback obviously. Expires 23.59 on Thursday 26th April.
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-2467M processor 1.60 GHz
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 bit
RAM 4GB DDR3
Graphics card UMA graphics card with 128GB memory
Screen type Acer CineCrystal™
Screen resolution 1366 x 768 pixels
Screen size 13.3"
Screen features LED
Hard drive 320GB
Memory card reader 2 in 1 Card Reader
USB 2 x USB 2.0
WiFi Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
Video interface 1 x HDMI
Audio interface 1 x 3.5mm audio in
1 x 3.5mm audio out
Sound Optimized Dolby® Home Theater® v4 / Two built-in Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers
Webcam 1.3mp HD
Keyboard & Mouse Low Profile
Battery Lithium-polymer battery
Up to 7 hours battery life
Size (W)218.5 x (D)323 x (H)13.1 mm
Weight 1.35kg
All Comments (12)
Jump to unread Post a CommentI've put a real SSD (this apparently has a 20GB SSD for hibernation duties or something, I put a Crucial M4 in) in mine though as I don't need all the storage and it's super fast. This ultrabook can take 2.5" 7mm SSDs as opposed to the mSATA SSDs that the MBA, Samsung Series 9 (NP900X3A) and the Toshiba Z830 uses which means you can upgrade it easily. (Samsung 830 and Crucial M4s come as 7mm drives. Most Intel SSDs and the Crucial C300 and standard M4 have a 2.5mm spacer which you can take off).
EDIT: Btw, the i5 2467M is brilliant. It has stock speed of 1.4Ghz, and Turbos up to 2.3Ghz. I can play League of Legends on high with shadow on low with no lag at all.
Here's a screenshot of WEI:
Edited By: Ulti on Apr 25, 2012 15:08: .
If it came with a hybrid hard drive it would be even hotter.
If it came with a hybrid hard drive it would be even hotted.
Not seen any laptops with hybrid hard drives (and those have been out since 2010 or so) --
I wonder why
Like many of these it is also awful for upgrades so bear that in mind.
Edited By: lohsmith on Apr 25, 2012 15:47
Edit:
Slightly smaller screen - 11.6" but this may be a better deal..
Samsung Series 9 900X1B
£617 with FIVE code, and I believe you can claim the VAT back through samsung?
Edited By: Matty18 on Apr 25, 2012 16:50: Changing post
Ah well ... I guess there is a reason why this is that much more expensive!
*edit - just been looking up the viability of video editing on the Fusion platform. It seems that some of the video editing programs are offering Fusion GPU optimised software;
http://blogs.amd.com/fusion/2011/01/03/corel-and-amd-knocking-down-the-hurdles-to-video-editing/
http://www.umpcportal.com/2011/04/ultra-mobile-video-editing-part-4-%E2%80%93-lenovo-s205-brazos-video-editing-tests/
Edited By: lohsmith on Apr 25, 2012 16:57
Not much of a saving then :)
Not much of a saving then :)
Aye, probably not! Although 10 goals throughout would be a great saving :P