The 5536-643G50Mn's 500GB hard disk is slightly faster than the 6530-623G25Mn's 250GB drive. This led to a slightly higher PCMark05 benchmark score of 3,906, compared to the 6530-623G25Mn's 3,715. This score indicates that the 5536-643G50Mn can ably cope with the kind of programs that home users are likely to run, from word-processing to video-editing apps.
The 3DMark06 scores are within a whisker of each other: 1,299 for the 5536-643G50Mn and 1,329 for the 6530-623G25Mn. The 5536-643G50Mn is only good for 3D gaming if you keep resolutions and detail settings low.
Battery life doesn't differ much between the laptops either. The 5536-643G50Mn lasted for 59 minutes in Battery Eater's intensive Classic test and 3 hours and 14 minutes in the less-demanding Reader's test. This should equate to over 2 hours of typical use with Wi-Fi enabled. That's not great, but it's enough for catching up on some work in the garden without reaching for the mains extension lead.
Conclusion
Although it costs about £50 less than the Acer Aspire 6530-623G25Mn, the Aspire 5536-643G50Mn has essentially the same specification. As a result, it's a better deal. It's also smaller and lighter, making it a good all-rounder for anyone seeking an affordable laptop with a big screen and keyboard.
Edited by Charles Kloet
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Dylan John Ritchie 6 January 2012
Good: Wide screen, looks good, and is very fast.
Bad: Can get very hot, poor graphics card for gaming and keyboard
Comment: I've had this laptop since 2009. It's still going strong and is mostly in good condition, apart from the mouse pad, now I have never had any problems with it, it's decent, but the glossy paint that it's coated in has over time worn off to a blackish colour, just wear and tear I guess.
The laptops 4GB of RAM still keeps it going strong and fast.
The keyboard however is a burden, although the keys feel very nice, they are somewhat annoying to catch materials and debris underneath them which can cause a crunching or sticking motion when typing other than that the keys are nice and fluid.
The laptop can also get very hot reaching temperatures of 95C, so hot that the plastic air vent - some of the grid restraints have broken off.
(Just ordered a laptop cooler)
All in all this laptop as excellent if you need something for work, student life & all round day to day things, obviously bad for gaming.
7/10
dazzz2937 10 July 2011
Good: full keyboard hdmi socket cheap
Bad: cheap ,mouse pad
Comment: I have the one with 500gb hdd and 4 gb of ram which has now also died on me after 20 months .But up until then I have not had two many problems other than mouse pad placement when typing.It was fast and smooth running and is a good cheap laptop which can also be it's downfall .
Henrique Diogo 5 May 2011
Good: Decent specs
Bad: constant failures
Comment: I've owned this machine for nearly 2 years and every 10 months or so the hard drive has a catastrophic failure do to overheating, i have tried many techniques to keep it cool, but it gets hot very quickly. Aside from the Disk Errors every so often it runs rather smoothly, but having a heart attack every ten months because of fear that i've lost my lifes work isn't worth the trouble, wont be buying acer again...
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