Acer AS7741-7870 17.3-inch Notebook (Black)
Acer AS7741-7870 Notebook comes with these specs: Intel Core i3-370 million processors, Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit), 17.3 “HD + CineCrystal wide screen with LED backlight, Mobile Intel Express Chipset HM55, 4096MB DDR3 1066MHz memory, Intel HD graphics, 500GB 5400RPM SATA hard disk drive, 8x double-layer DVD-SuperMulti, Integrated Webcam 1.3MP high-definition (1280 x 1024), Multi-in-1 card reader digital media support High Definition Audio, 802.11b / g / n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, 3 – USB 2.0 ports, HDMI port, multi-gesture touchpad, 6-cell Lithium Ion (4400 mAh), up to 3.6 hours battery, £ 7.26 | 3.3 kg (system unit only.) AC power adapter, AC power cable, wireless card settings, registry and limited warranty card, Microsoft Office Starter 2010, McAfee Intern
List Price: $ 679.99
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Acer AS7741-7870 initial impressions…., October 31, 2010
By Robert R. Payette (Preston, CT USA) –
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This review is from: Acer AS7741-7870 17.3-Inch Laptop ( Black) (Personal Computers)
My Acer AS7741-7870 was purchased from Amazon was delivered at noon yesterday October 30th. We ordered it on late Thursday with next day shipping by FedX. We had ordered a similar model (the AS7745-5632) from Wal-mart, using their site to store shipping. It came in on time but DOA…would NOT turn on ‘. We had mentally “geared up” to the new computer and the work that’s involved in switching, which is why we did a direct shipment using Amazon the 2nd time out. I’m a moderately experienced PC computer user. I’ve had a blog for the last several years, have designed and implemented the local Town website, and currently do the websites for our local Parish and two camping clubs. The computer this new Acer is replacing is a Toshiba notebook that’s about four years old…it was designed for Windows XP, but was upgraded to Vista shortly after purchase. That was a pretty basic Satellite but she provided good service over the years. Regarding the Acer: We spent several hours setting up the various programs I use. Everything worked with the exception of a legacy Daytimer 2000 which didn’t surprise me as I think this is a 16 bit program. We had shoe-horned it into running on Vista, but Windows 7 64 bit was having none of it. All other legacy programs to include Adobe Acrobat 6 and NetObjects Fusion installed and work just fine. This machine was a bit light on included software, but it was also light on bloat-ware so it evened out. I’m very impressed with the keyboard “feel”..it’s a pleasure to type on with good tactile feel and response. The “delete” key in front is a tad small and not where I’m used to but it’s just a learning curve thing. I’m happy with the visuals, but did notice in running some YouTube video’s that they weren’t as sharp as I’d hoped they’d be. The programs load quickly and it seems to have enough horse-power to do anything I’ll be doing. That includes the manipulation of some graphics, multiple programs running and uploading to servers for the websites. I’d have preferred it to have some USB ports in the rear of the machine…it has two on each side. It also does not have a volume wheel in the front which I had gotten used to with the Toshiba; you have to use the Volume on your external speakers or up and down arrows on the number pad. All in all: VERY happy with the machine and with the service from Amazon. For the price ($679.99) it’s a lot of computer and I feel a good value for the money. Robert R. Payette, October 31st, 2010 [...].
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
Grandma loves it!, December 26, 2010
By Millan S Patel –
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This review is from: Acer AS7741-7870 17.3-Inch Laptop ( Black) (Personal Computers)
Bought this computer ($600) for my mother-in-law for Christmas 2010 as her old Acer Inspire 5000 was getting quite finicky after 5 years. She loves it! I am typing this review on it’s best feature – the keyboard…its keys click quietly but enough to let you know exactly whether you hit the key or not. Most computer keyboards don’t give you this quality of tactile feedback resulting in a lot of missed typos. It also has a number pad to the right which I like. The screen is extra wide which is Grandma’s favourite feature – along with the mouse pad having an actually useful scrolling thingy down the side and being sensitive to zooming and pinching with your fingers. The screen is just as tall as her old laptop which is a relief (watch out, some of the wider screens scrimp on height and don’t tell you since they only report the diagonal dimension). The laptop takes 2 minutes to boot up, no dead pixels on the screen, is very fast for everything, Windows 7 is much better than previous versions and the wireless worked flawlessly the first time out of the box. Negatives: underneath warmth is not as great as with many other laptops but my left leg still gets toasty; the palm rests are warm which kind of bugs my wrists after a while; speakers produce tinny sound, screen colours are sensitive to vertical angle so you have a narrow zone of about 15 degrees up or down where everything looks normal (side viewing angles are wide). Bottom line: ready to go almost right out of the box, fast machine, great keyboard, monitor viewing angles need improvement on otherwise excellent screen.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
First time Acer Owner, December 28, 2010
By Ray C (Arizona) –
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First time Acer owner. For years I’ve owned nothing but HP units, and for years I put up with the same old problems. What stands out most for me is the “speed” of this processor. From complete shutdown to up and ready to go is at least three times faster than what I’m used to. Keyboard took a little getting used to as the layout is different than HP’s,but feels solid. Very quiet and runs cool. Haven’t used it as a “laptop” so can’t comment on battery life, only drawback so far is that I don’t have a wireless printer and the USB ports are near the front on either side. The printer cord competes with my wireless mouse for space, but is a minor nuissance and will be corrected once I upgrade my printer. So far this Acer has proven to be an excellent unit, especially for the price.
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