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Acer Aspire S3 ultrabook user reviews

Acer Aspire S3 ultrabook

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Richard Bates's avatar
4.5 stars out of 5

Richard Bates 17 November 2012

Good: Fast Boot, Build Quality

Bad: Multi-gesture track pad

Comment: I previously owned a macbook air and wanted my replacement to be similar in size and specificaton, the Acer Aspire S3 ticked all those boxes, which a consierable price difference!

The acer S3 matches the specification of a macbook air in terms of processor speed, memory (with the advantage that this has a bigger hardrive). Sound quality is good and the build quality is very durable and aesthetically pleasing. Lets put the apple comparisons to one side for a moment and look at the ultrabook in comparison to it's bigger brother the Laptop and its baby brother the notebook. In a nutshell, the performance is just the same as a laptop with the added bonus of reserved memory for tht instant boot up, the only negtive is tht its too thin to support an optical drive, but lets face it the age of physical media is a thing of the past!

To put it up against the notebook, you'll be suprised how light the ultrabook is and you'll be more than happy to pop one of htese badboys in your bag for whenon the move.

I own it
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ajkeuropean 6 January 2012

Comment: Price suits me for the performance.

I want it
racer09's avatar
5 stars out of 5

racer09 16 December 2011

Good: Everything! Specs, Value, Looks!

Bad: Nothing

Comment: Love my S3 - really great product at a great price. Nice specs, very slim! Would recommend to anyone - dont know what the other reviewers are going on about!

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0.5 star out of 5

Anonymous 5 November 2011

Good: the style

Bad: everything lse is bad

Comment: i have one d it is **** if i were you i woudnt buy it <br />
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i am trying to sell it

I own it
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2 stars out of 5

Will Dawson 1 November 2011

Good: Slim, Light, A valiant first effort at the Ultrabook

Bad: Not cutting edge, needs to work on the asthetics

Comment: Just buy a macbook pro/air and put bootcamp on it...

Not for me
Denny Setiawan Ds's avatar
2 stars out of 5

Denny Setiawan Ds 1 October 2011

Comment: mac book air is the best

Not for me

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