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| Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 |
The Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 ($ 469.99 list Costco) is the cheapest of the cheap: laptop construction of the budget statement, a bargain-bin in the processor, and features a little 'tacky. Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 is not a terrible performer in every area, which actually exceeds the same system with a deal, but it shows that the lower price does not always guarantee the best value. If you are short of money, this Aspire is a bargain, but you can take more than $ 170 Editors Choice 'for Asus U56E-BBL5 (list $ 649.99, 4 stars), which provides components and significantly better performance. Like most budget notebooks, the Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 to use plastic in its casing and the lid, the palm rest and trackpad multitouch, even if wearing them with a vaguely metallic color, and, except for the touchpad, a model structured. If you are looking for something more durable, metal body is a HP Pavilion dv6-6013cl ($ 649.99 list, 4.5 stars) should do the trick, and do not cost much more.
Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 uses the same distinctive full-size keyboard seen in other models of Acer, the Acer Aspire AS5742-as 6811 ($ 699.99 list, 4 stars), which features a floating-glass design looks nice and offers a comfortable typing. The only possible problem is that causes the dust and dirt that can accumulate in the intervals and the text. For more details, here are the features and full specifications of Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861.
Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 Features and Specs :
Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 is a fairly average selection of ports for your laptop budget. Three USB 2.0 ports and headphone and microphone are part of normal power, VGA and HDMI outputs have a good connection to an external monitor or HDTV, standard Ethernet port and 802.11n Wi-Fi Internet access, is Jack. Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 is also Clear. The Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 also includes a generous 500 GB 5400 rpm hard drive size that is at the HP Pavilion dv6-6013cl, but smaller than 640 GB disk in the selection of Asus-U56E editors BBL5 (list $ 649.99, 4 stars). A memory card reader integrated handles a variety of formats (SD, MMC, MS / Pro, xD), and optical drive lets you play and record CDs and DVDs.
Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 portable computer sales less than $ 500 just to get the price down by cutting corners. Most of the knife to 4743Z-4861 is the processor: It 'dual-core 2.13 GHz Intel Pentium p6200, which is not to replace the 4GB of memory. While low-cost processors to help reduce the total cost of the laptop, there is still value priced systems that offer a better processor, and then the best performance. In PCMark 7, we test the overall productivity, the Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 place in the 1234 points. For comparison, i5-based Asus U56E-BBL5 to 1920 points. We saw a similar performance gap in our Cinebench test processor speed R11.5: Acer Aspire scored 1.40, but the Asus-U56E BBL5 scored 2.60 and the HP Pavilion 6013cl-dv6 were placed in 2.04.
Multimedia tests, the Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 p6200 successful Pentium-powered competitors, the Asus K52F-BIN6 ($ 479.99 list, 3.5 stars) and the Toshiba Satellite L645-S4102. Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 completed our testing of Photoshop CS5 in 6 minutes 31 seconds, and our video test handbrake encodes 2 minutes and 40 seconds. Asus K52F-BIN6 behind both tests in Photoshop 6:42 and 3:32 for the handbrake). Strong U56E guided package BBL5 well, finishing in Photoshop CS5 4:13 and 1:55 in the handbrake.
The Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 is loaded with a six-cell battery 48Wh, the same size as those found in the Toshiba Satellite L645-S4102 and the Asus K52F-BIN6. In our MobileMark 2007 test battery life, the Acer lasted 4 hours 27 minutes, somewhere between the Toshiba Satellite L645-S4102 (04:42) and Asus K52F-BIN6 (3:24). But he could not compete with systems that use larger batteries, such as the HP Pavilion dv6-6013cl (5:17 a 55Wh battery) or Asus BBL5-U56E (7:34 a 74Wh battery).
If your hands are tied by a tight budget, the Acer Aspire 4743Z 4861 is a smart purchase and a stronger performer than the Celeron-equipped competitors. But the budget-priced laptops often sacrifice features and performance in the search for a low price, and offers up to 4861 4743Z lot to achieve its attractive price below $ 469.99. If you can spend $ 170 more, you can pick up faster and better equipped HP Pavilion dv6-6013cl or Asus Choice Editors' U56E-BBL5.