281 of 286 people found the following review helpful Excellent 11.6 inch Windows 7 Notebook, July 20, 2013 This review is from: Acer Aspire V5-131-2629 11.6" Laptop (Black) (Personal Computers) Long story short. I wanted an inexpensive 11.6 inch notebook with Windows 7 to travel with and use in and around my home. I found it with the Acer V5-131-2629. When I discovered this Windows 7 laptop, I was excited to find that it was still available in mass quantities. In fact, mine was manufactured only a couple of months ago. I really didn't want to go the Windows 8 route for what I was trying to accomplish with this laptop. This laptop had everything I was looking for; Windows 7 Home Premium, Intel Celeron 1007U 1.5 GHz dual core processor, 11.6" screen (1366x768), 4GB DDR3 ram memory, 500GB hard drive, Intel GMA HD Graphics, WIFI A, G, N and Bluetooth 4.0. It also has three USB ports (2.0) and not 3.0 as advertised along with HDMI, VGA and Ethernet ports. It also comes with a 6-cell lithium ion battery with a battery life of 6.5 hours. The battery does protrude at the bottom of the laptop, but in turn gives it a nice angle to use. You can order a... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? 90 of 96 people found the following review helpful Great Notebook for the Price, July 21, 2013 This review is from: Acer Aspire V5-131-2629 11.6" Laptop (Black) (Personal Computers) I am upgrading to this unit from an Aspire One 751, which was also based on a dual-core Celeron but from the Core2 generation. Other than not being a fan of click pads (industry standard these days) and the lousy internal speakers, it's hard for me to find things about this notebook I don't like, especially considering the $350 price tag. I was surprised to see that Acer didn't cheap out and provided a nice 6-cell battery. I had pretty specific criteria when considering a replacement for my old model: -A low-end CULV ivy bridge intel CPU that doesn't produce too much heat -RAM expansion up to at least 8GB -11.6" Matte LCD screen -Windows 7 or Linux -Decent battery life (4+ hours per charge in real world use) -Low Cost This was really the only one out there I could find that met all my demands. I also learned that Celeron 1007U in this model has Intel HD 2500 graphics, which is supposed to be supported in OSX 10.8, so this... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? 84 of 91 people found the following review helpful I made a good choice., July 25, 2013 This review is from: Acer Aspire V5-131-2629 11.6" Laptop (Black) (Personal Computers) Although I only got this laptop this week I am very pleased with it. I was looking for something in between a regular laptop and a tablet and this is it. It only weights about 3 lbs which is perfect. It still has a full keyboard and a 12 inch screen so it is not hard for me to use but it is light to carry around. I did order a case for it. It came easy to set up for a wireless network. I got Skype loaded right away and it is great b/c it has a camera installed so works well with Skype. I wanted Windows 7 and it has that so I am also pleased with that. So far the battery life seems decent and I am trying to keep it charged up for when I leave the house with it. 0 Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? |