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Manufacturer: Acer Part number: LX.RSF02.079
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- Bottom Line:
- The Acer Aspire S3 is the closest you can get to the look and feel of a MacBook Air for less than $1,000, but it requires a few compromises.
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CNET editors' review
Acer Aspire S3 price range: $899.99
- Reviewed by: Dan Ackerman
- Reviewed on: 10/13/2011
The good: With a slim, MacBook-Air-like design at a reasonable price, the Acer Aspire S3 is an example of how the Ultrabook laptop category can work if done right.
The bad: The construction is a step below superpremium, connectivity is limited, and battery life is on the low side of acceptable.
The bottom line: The Acer Aspire S3 is the closest you can get to the look and feel of a MacBook Air for less than $1,000, but it requires a few compromises.
User reviews
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Best product from Acer!!
by 23_adit on June 19, 2012
Pros: Best product from Acer!!
Cons: Best product from Acer!!
Summary: Best product from Acer!!
Summary: Best product from Acer!!
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**The first condition is the price**
by nimachapol on March 30, 2012
Pros: color and body shape.
Cons: battery life and performance weaker than expected.
Summary: Good price+Good shape-[Weak battery+performance]=one of the best ultrabook
Summary: Good price+Good shape-[Weak battery+performance]=one of the best ultrabook
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Another half price MacBookAir with half the performance
by phoib0100 on January 4, 2012
Pros: Cheap and cheerful
Cons: and slow and useless
Summary: What is the point of these cheap and slow ultrabooks?
Summary: What is the point of these cheap and slow ultrabooks?
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cheap but not worth it long term
by cookie3373 on December 29, 2011
Pros: cheaper than other brands ..
Cons: short lifespan hard ware failure after one year and repair cost is more expensive than purchased price and laptop discard because it is more worth to buy other brands..
Summary: I bought Acer desktop and laptop before as the price is cheaper compared to other brands but my laptop had hard ware problem after one year warranty and quoted repair ...
Summary: I bought Acer desktop and laptop before as the price is cheaper compared to other brands but my laptop had hard ware problem after one year warranty and quoted repair cost is higher than my purchased price of my laptop I rejected the repair quotation and i discarded my acer laptop after 1 year as it is more worth it to buy a new laptop than to repair it. and purchased a more expensive HP and it had no problem at all after 3 years usage. After my bad experience with Acer I will not buy Acer products anymore although it is cheaper as the life span of the product is too short . Acer products is not recommended anyway if you ask me
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Sticky Keys, Battery life is not as rated
by RickLines on December 19, 2011
Pros: cheaper than a Macbook Air
Cons: This battery lasts 3.5 hours at the most. The ONLY way I could see it lasting 7 hours is if you turned it down so dim that you couldn't see it. For normal operation, this battery is only good for 3.5 hours.
Summary: The keys are sticky, the space bar is sticky. Navigation is not as smooth as a macbook air. Battery life is not what it is advertised.
Summary: The keys are sticky, the space bar is sticky. Navigation is not as smooth as a macbook air. Battery life is not what it is advertised.
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Our Acer is a lemon.
by bhollencnet on November 11, 2011
Pros: Beautiful screen, when it works, which has been less than half of the time we've owned it.
Cons: Acer won't stand by it's product or service. We got a lemon and they won't honor the warranty because it broke 5 days after the warranty expired. We spent $200 to have it fixed, and it broke again, less than 4 months later. They want to charge us another
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This is a greats ultrabook
by pokindra on October 31, 2011
Pros: Good desire,mobility but need to hight durability body
Cons: I think need to increasing SSD drive to 256 Gb is enought for long time business and operation
Summary: need to compettition by macbook air but durability and body should be strong
Summary: need to compettition by macbook air but durability and body should be strong
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Small & handy just what it is with good performance
by skreamnight on October 22, 2011
Pros: Small, Cheap, Handy, Reliable and Fast
this has 2nd gen intel core i5
it captures the looks of the macbook air and very sleek finish
has a good battery life 6 hours +Cons: Doesnt use and video card its uses intel HD Graphix with 128 MB of Dedicated Memory
Summary: actually this is great for a child to have and its very nice if your just a normal user not a gamer and its very handy though and can be ...
Summary: actually this is great for a child to have and its very nice if your just a normal user not a gamer and its very handy though and can be used in business
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**** this cheap piece of ****!!!!
by JJNickel2011 on March 27, 2012
Pros: Nothing!!!!
Cons: Everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: This is the worst piece of **** you can buy. DO NOT BUY THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they will rip you off!!Summary: This is the worst piece of **** you can buy. DO NOT BUY THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they will rip you off!!0 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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its very good product
by anonymousindia on October 14, 2011
Pros: good battery life
Cons: more business productivity along long lasting battery life
0 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Acer
- Part number: LX.RSF02.079
- Description: Acer Aspire S3 is the first ultrabook with the option of enormous hard disk storage, as well as the instant-resume performance and fast response times of a solid state disk. Enjoy instant and enduring gratification with the Acer Aspire S3, sharp performance featuring instant on, quick connectivity, and long battery life in an ultraaerodynamic design.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- System Type Ultrabook
- OS Provided Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
- Notebook type Ultraportable (Under 4 lbs.)
Processor / Chipset
- CPU Intel 2nd Gen Core i5 i5-2467M / 1.6 GHz,
2 - Max Turbo Speed 2.3 GHz
- Number of Cores Dual-Core
- Cache L3 cache - 3 MB
- 64-bit Computing Yes
- Chipset Mobile Intel UM67 Express
- Features Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0,
Intel AES New Instructions (AES-NI),
Intel 64 Technology,
Intel Smart Cache,
Hyper-Threading Technology Memory
- RAM 4 GB,
( Provided memory is soldered ) - Max RAM Supported 4 GB
- Technology DDR3 SDRAM
- Speed 1333 MHz / PC3-10666
- Form Factor SO DIMM 204-pin
Storage
- Floppy Drive None
- Hard Drive 320 GB,
HDD / 5400 rpm - Interface Serial ATA-300
- SSD Cache 20 GB
- Hard Drive (2nd) - Green Instant On
- Storage Removable None
- Optical Drive None
- Hard drive type Standard|Solid state
Display
- Type 13.3 in
- LCD Backlight Technology LED backlight
- Max Resolution 1366 x 768 ( HD )
- Widescreen Yes
- Image Aspect Ratio 16:9
- Features HDCP,
CineCrystal Audio & Video
- Graphics Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000
- Memory Allocation Technology Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0
- Camera Yes
- Resolution 1.3 Megapixel
- Capture Resolutions 1280 x 1024
- Sound Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers , Microphone
- Compliant Standards High Definition Audio,
Dolby Home Theater v4 Input
- Type Keyboard,
Touchpad - Features Acer FineTip keyboard,
Multi-gesture touch pad Communications
- Wireless 802.11n,
Bluetooth 4.0 HS - Wireless Controller Acer InviLink Nplify
- Features Acer SignalUp
- Compliant Standards Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
Battery
- Technology 3-cell Lithium polymer
- Installed Qty 1
- Capacity 3280 mAh
- Run Time 6 hour(s)
AC Adapter
- Voltage Required AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
- Output 65 Watt
Connections & Expansion
- Expansion Bays None
- Slots Memory,
Memory card reader - Interfaces 2 x USB 2.0,
HDMI,
Headphone/microphone combo jack - Interfaces 2 x USB 2.0 - USB 2.0,
1 x Display / video - VGA,
1 x HDMI,
1 x Microphone-in/Headphone-out - Memory Card Reader 2 in 1 card reader ( SD Memory Card ),
( MultiMediaCard ) Software
- Software Included Bing Toolbar,
McAfee Internet Security Suite (60 days trial),
NTI Media Maker,
Norton Online Backup,
eSobi,
Microsoft Office 2010 Starter,
New York Times Reader,
Skype,
Nook,
Microsoft Silverlight,
Acer clear.fi,
Aupeo,
Windows Live Essentials,
Acer Updater,
Acer Identity Card,
Acer Registration,
Acer Crystal Eye,
Adobe Flash Player 10.1,
Adobe Reader 9.1 - Microsoft Office Preloaded Includes a pre-loaded image of select Microsoft Office 2010 suites. Purchase an Office 2010 Product Key Card or disc to activate preloaded software on this PC.
Miscellaneous
- Color Silver
- Features System password,
Hard drive password,
Administrator password,
Acer Green Instant On,
Intel Identity Protection Technology (Intel IPT),
Intel Rapid Start Technology - Compliant Standards ACPI 3.0
Dimensions & Weight
- Width 12.7 in
- Depth 8.6 in
- Height 0.7 in
- Weight 2.98 lbs
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Traveler warranty - 1 year
Sustainability
- ENERGY STAR Qualified Yes
- Greenpeace policy rating (Nov 2011) 2.9
- Greenpeace policy rating (Nov 2012) 5.1
Accessories
- Centon DataStick Keychain MLB Boston Red Sox Edition - USB flash drive - 4 GB (34554831)24.95
- Centon DataStick Keychain MLB Philadelphia Phillies Edition - USB flash drive - 4 GB (34554834)24.95
- Action Sport Drives Birdhouse SkateDrive Ptero - USB flash drive - 16 GB (35141986)17.99 - 19.99
- Sony VAIO VGP-BMS10/S mouse (33749203)46.99 - 69.99
- Targus Bluetooth Mini Mouse with Bluetooth Adapter mouse (31114510)29.99
- Cooler Master CM Storm Spawn mouse (34580173)27.97 - 44.99
- Cisco Linksys E4200 v2 Maximum Performance Dual-Band N900 router (35098697)149.99 - 216.92
- Asus RT-N56U Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless-N Router (34200558)115.24 - 143.89
- ASUS RT-N12 B1 - wireless router - none - 802.11b/g/n - desktop (35025047)39.99 - 70.00
- ASUS WL-330N - wireless router - 802.11b/g/n - desktop (35224227)
- Belkin N300 Wireless N Router - wireless router - none - 802.11b/g/n - desktop (34859949)38.35 - 39.99
- Belkin N750 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router - wireless router - 802.11 a/b/g/n - desktop (35190485)99.09 - 149.66
- Belkin N900 Dual-Band Wireless Router - wireless router - 802.11n - desktop (35262637)195.99 - 299.34
- Cisco 881 Fast Ethernet Security Router supporting EVDO/1xRTT - router - cellular modem - 802.11b/g/n (draft 2.0) - desktop (35026157)886.99 - 907.99
- CradlePoint CBR400 Compact Broadband Router - wireless router - 802.11b/g/n - desktop (34846899)190.45 - 216.40
Manufacturer info
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- Manufacturer:Acer
- Address:
333 West San Carlos Street, San Jose, CA 95110 - Phone: 1-800-368-2237
