Acer Aspire V5-431

Design And Quality

The first thing that leaps out at you is the slim profile of the V5-431, with a thickness of just 0.9" (23 mm) and a weight of 2.1 kg. The 14" 1366x768 LCD is just 6 mm thick at the bezel, and can open up to 160° wide. An HD webcam is present at the top to facilitate video chat. The body is constructed out of plastic, with a dull metallic finish on areas such as the bezel and keyboard palm rest. Overall, the build quality appears to be cheap, especially due to the fake aluminium.

The keyboard is of the island type (aka "chiclet") with well spaced-out keys that offer good tactile feedback, making it comfortable to type without mis-strokes. Since this isn't a full-sized keyboard, there is no separate numeric pad, which is a downer. Moreover, the direction keys are a bit too small, adding to the inconvenience. The <F1> to <F12> keys also handle special functions using the <FN> modifier key, such as switching between displays, toggling the Wi-Fi, and multimedia functions. This arrangement is much better than some retarded designs that invert the assignments so that you have to press <FN> in order to use the regular <F1> to <F12> keys. Finally, <ENTER> has been made larger so that you don't miss this oft-used key, while the spacebar is of perfect length. Strangely though, indicators for the all-caps and numeric locks are absent.

The touchpad is large, with dimensions of 3.75" x 2.5", and is designed to appear somewhat like that of a MacBook, with multi-touch capabilities, scroll zones, and no apparent buttons. It has been intelligently placed a little to the left, thus reducing the chances of the palm accidentally touching it. However, this might make it slightly inconvenient for left-handed people.

  A DVD-RW drive is situated on the left-hand side of the laptop next to a Kensington lock, while an MMC + SD slot has been provided at the front, adjacent to LED indicators for AC power and hard drive activity. Two USB 2.0 ports and one SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port, marked by a blue interior,
have been placed on the right-hand side of the laptop. They are accompanied by an HDMI port and a single 3.5 mm jack for headphones and microphones. Ventilation grilles are also present, in addition to an expansion port that comes with a supplied adaptor cable for both Gigabit ethernet (RJ45) connectivity as well as a D-Sub VGA port for regular monitors. One plus point here is that the USB ports allow charging of devices such as mobile phones and PMPs even when the laptop is switched off.

The V5-431's DDR3 RAM can be upgraded from the default 2 GB to 8 GB (two slots only) by opening the panel at the bottom. The laptop comes with a 4-cell replaceable Li-ion battery, which powers a 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium 987 dual-core CPU based on the Sandy Bridge micro-architecture, designed to consume lesser electricity. A 500 GB, 5400 rpm hard drive takes care of data storage, while the graphics subsystem is handled by Intel HD Graphics with shared system memory.

Acer provides Windows 7 Home Basic with this laptop, along with a limited-feature, ad-supported MS Office Starter edition. It also provides a backup tool, webcam utility, and a few casual games to make sure that the laptop can be put to use right off the bat. Overall, it is good to see that Acer has not stuffed in much bloatware. The full specs list is as follows:

Intel Pentium 1.5 GHz dual-core 64-bit CPU with 2 MB cache.
Intel HM70 Express chipset.
2 GB DDR3 RAM, max up to 8 GB (2 memory slots).
Multi Media Card (MMC) \ Secure Digital (SD) Card slot.
500 GB Serial ATA HDD @ 5400 rpm.
DVD-Writer supports DVD-RAM/±R/±RW.
WXGA 14" (35.6 cm) Active Matrix TFT Colour LCD with CineCrystal technology, 16:9 aspect ratio, LED backlight, HDCP-enabled.
Intel graphics controller with shared system memory.
Atheros WB222 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/g/n, Gigabit ethernet, Bluetooth 4.0.
Webcam and microphone present.
1 x HDMI, 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0, VGA and LAN (RJ45) through supplied adaptor cable.
64-bit Windows 7 Home Basic, Microsoft Office Starter (reduced-functionality Word and Excel only, with advertising. No PowerPoint or Outlook), Bing Bar, Windows Live Essentials.
4-cell (Li-Ion) 2500 mAh battery, 4 hour run time.
65 W power supply.
0.9" (23 mm) (h) x 13.5" (w) x 9.6" (d), 2.10 kg approx.
Package contents: Aspire V5-431-987B2G50Mass notebook, Lithium Ion battery, AC adaptor.

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