Acer Aspire 5740-6378 Review

Do you want to buy a Intel i5-powered notebook? The Asus Aspire 5760-6378 is a good choice. It's under $1000! The highest price we see is $749. There are some store that sell it at $649. Amazing price for a i5 notebook.

Acer Aspire 5740-6378 has 2.26GHz Intel Core i5-430M with a 1,066MHz front side bus and 3MB of L3 cache. With i5 processor this Aspire can handle multitasking processes with heavy multimedia contents. 4GB of fsat 1,066MHz DDR3 memory is enough to run newest operating system like Windows 7. Acer Aspire 5740-6378 has dedicated 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon 5650 graphics. It's a powerful graphics card for an under $1000 notebook.

With 15.1 x 9.8 x 1.5 and 6.2 pounds weight, it's a heavy notebook. With this weight it will be not suitable for carry it in a backpak for long periods. The competitors are only 5.2-5.5 pounds.

Aspire 5740-6378 delivers complete ports and slots. It features a multiformat memory-card reader (supporting SD, MultiMediaCard, xD-PictureCard, and Memory Stick cards, four USB ports, VGA and HDMI ports, LAN, modem, headphone, mic, a 8x multiformat DVD burner, bluetooth and 802.11b/g/n. Unfortunately it don't have eSATA port and ExpressCard expansion slot. A 320GB hard drive is large enough for notebook. There is also a Kensington lock slot.

Acer's Crystal Eye 2-megapixel webcam is good enough for Skype. It's grainy with low light environment, but its quality is acceptable.

Aspire 5740-6378 has 16-to-9 wide wide 15.6-inch CineCrystal display with 1,1366x768 resolution. It's 720p HD with LED backlighting. It a pleasure to watch movies on this notebook.

The audio is superb. The 5.1-channel surround Dolby Home Theater speakers delivered excelent audio quality. A litle bit distortion at max volume. It is acceptable for below $1000 notebook.

The 103-key Acer FineTip keyboard comfortable to use. The slick 3.3x2.0-inch touchpad supports multitouch gesture, including pinch-to-zoom and two-finger scrolling.

Acer includes 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium, Acer also includes Microsoft Works SE, NTI’s Backup Now and Media Maker tools, and the McAfee Security Suite.

The Acer Aspire 5740-6378 is not a perfect laptop, but it's the best i5 notebook for the price.

The 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium operating system is the main software serving included with the system. Acer also includes Microsoft Works SE, NTI’s Backup Now and Media Maker tools, and the McAfee Security Suite. We're relieved not to see loads of unnecessary apps preloaded onto the system. As for the warranty coverage, Acer backs the machine with a one-year international plan, which is standard for this class of laptop.


Specification
Processor: 2.26GHz Intel Core i5-430M
Memory: 4GB RAM
Storage: 320GB hard drive
Optical Drive: DVD±RW
Screen: 15.6 inches (1,366x768 native resolution)
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 (1GB)
Weight: 6.2 pounds
Dimensions (HWD): 1.1x15.1x9.9 inches
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

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