21 Good Reasons to Buy the Acer Aspire AS5755 Notebook and a Quick Review of its 7 Negatives

Highly Recommended Notebook for those looking for a Feature Rich Notebook which Bulldozes Competition.

Highly Recommended Notebook vis-a-vis Competing Notebooks with 15% /- Pricing.

This Notebook is equipped with Latest Features, which CANNOT be upgraded later. Most of these Features are “Not Available” on Competing Notebooks at equivalent Prices from other Brands.

Some Good Reasons to buy this Notebook are:

1. Inbuilt USB 3.0 (10 times faster than USB 2.0). Very Useful Feature for Super Fast Backups on External USB Hard Disks. Not Available on most competing Notebooks.
2. HD (1.3 MP) Web Camera vs. VGA Web Camera on most competitive Products. Not Available on most competing Notebooks.
3. Dolby Advanced Audio (Version 2) with Virtual Surround Sound. Not Available on most competing Notebooks.
4. Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbps) LAN Port vs. Megabit (10/100 Mbps) LAN Port on most competitive Products. Useful for Users on Enterprise LANs.
5. HDMI Port for connectivity to LCD TVs. Not Available on Toshiba Notebooks.
6. Battery with 30-40% Higher Back-Up vs. Competing Notebooks.
7. 3 USB Ports (Total) vs. 2 USB Ports (Total) on Toshiba Notebooks.
8. Combo Audio Jack for connecting Headsets with a Single Connector.
9. Large and Comfortable 15.6″ Display. (However, it is not Anti-Glare. Most Competing Notebooks also have Displays with Glare/ Reflection).
10. Full Size well spaced Keyboard with separate Numeric Key Pad (similar to Keyboards on Desktop PCs)
11. Huge Storage Capacity of 500 GB.
12. Genuine Windows 7 Home Basic 64Bit OS & MS-Office 2010 Starter Software
13. Easy-to-Use Factory Recovery DVDs & Driver DVD Creation Software from Acer.
14. Easy-to-Use Backup Management Software from Acer.
15. Bluetooth Suite and Basic Games from Acer.
16. Decent Carry Case/ Backpack
17. Glossy and Impressive Top Cover and Keyboard and Palm Rest Base
18. Better and Impressive Build Quality vs. other Acer Models like AS5750 & AS5750G.
19. Promotional Offer of TATA Photon USB Modem @ Rs.750/- with 1GB/Month Free Data Usage for 5 months (optional).
20. Windows Experience Index.

Upgraded to 4GB DDR3 RAM. Highly Recommended for All Users for Faster Performance.

The Windows Experience Index (WEI) for this Notebook is given below. The Windows Experience Index is a broad benchmark to check how well Hardware Components run.

Windows 7 :

• Processor : 6.5 out of 7.9 (This is 12.1% Higher than Toshiba Notebooks with a Pentium Dual Core Processor – 2.3 GHz)
• RAM : 5.9 out of 7.9 (5.8-5.9 is standard on all 4GB configurations not withstanding the Processor & Motherboard Chipset. The WEI on RAM is lower with 2GB RAM)
• Graphics with Aero : 3.6 out of 7.9 (63.9% Higher than Notebooks with an Intel GL40 Chipset)
• Gaming/3D Graphics : 3.3 out of 7.9 (39.4% Higher than Notebooks with an Intel GL40 Chipset)
• Disk Transfer Rate : 5.9 out of 7.9 (5.8-5.9 is standard on almost all current Hard Disk configurations)

The Overall Performance of this Notebook for Day-to-Day and Office Productivity Applications is Excellent.

This review has been written just after a few Hours of usage and is not a detailed review of the Negatives of the Notebook. However, some of my observations are:

1. The Keyboard of this Notebook is different from conventional Notebook and Desktop Keyboards and the spaced Keys may take some time for the User to get used to.
2. The “Enter” Key of this Notebook is smaller and different from Standard Keyboards and will take some time for the User to get used to.
3. The Touchpad Left & Right Buttons appear to be Fragile. The Touchpad Buttons on Toshiba Satellite C600 series and HP-Compaq Notebooks are much Better.
4. Since the Display is large enough to watch Videos/ Movies from a distance, the Maximum Speaker Output/Volume could have been Higher.
5. The Display has to be adjusted by moving it Up/Down (Tilting) to get a good Viewing Angle for watching Pictures/ Videos/ Movies.
6. The Display does not have a Wide Viewing Angle for multiple people watching Pictures/ Videos/ Movies. Although this can be considered Good for User Privacy in Non-Multimedia Applications.
7. The Aero Glass Effects of Windows 7 cannot be used on this Notebook because of the Home Basic edition of Windows 7. It would have been better if Acer would have pre-installed Windows 7 Home Premium instead (even if it would have cost marginally higher).

CONCLUSION :

A Notebook with Outstanding Value, Features and Performance. Will recommend this Model to anyone wanting to purchase a Notebook in a budget of Rs.30,000/- for running Day-to-Day and Office Productivity Applications.

Also strongly recommend upgrading the System RAM from 2GB to 4GB for Faster Performance (will cost under Rs.1000/-) and an Internet Security Application (Kaspersky Internet Security 2012-Single User approx. Rs.500/-).