Acer Aspire V3-571G-9435 Pro Reviews

Honestly I'd have a hard time recommending the Aspire V3-571 G. Sure the notebook offers some great highlights including its impressive processor and graphics card, but the cost for those specs proves to be just too high. Even if consumers can overlook the poor quality display, touchpad and keyboard there is the still the chassis to worry about. Easily flexing and giving way, the chassis raises serious questions as to the durability of this device, which will only further be augmented if users decide to use this laptop on the go. Instead the V3-571G is much better suited as a desktop replacement. The powerful specs are welcomed and the poor display, keyboard, and touchpad can be fixed by external devices (though buying said devices considerably raises the $850 price tag of this device). However, buying a 15-inch desktop replacement does not seem to make much sense when consumers could simply opt for a 17-inch notebook that offers the same if not better specs along with a larger display for around the same price. If you are looking for a notebook that you plan to use as a desktop replacement most of the time, moving it only occasionally then the V3-571 G may prove to be a suitable choice for you. However, if you find yourself not needing the extensive processing power that this device offers there are certainly better options available.

Budget laptop shoppers looking for pure performance for $800 should flock to the Acer Aspire V3-571G-9435, but those looking for a comfortable, portable laptop should look elsewhere.

If you’re looking for something that will wow like the MacBook Pro Retina, and a sexy Ultrabook, obviously Acer’s C3-571G isn’t for you. Many elements of the industrial design (like the black glossy black plastic finish) feel like a throwback to several years ago. Acer has also definitely cut some corners in order to hit the price target. It’s too bad we have to accept compromises, but unfortunately that’s how companies make money. If you’re more interested in getting a decent budget laptop that can do everything you might want, however, the sub-$800 price makes up for a lot of the omissions. Back when AMD launched their Trinity laptops, they commented that Trinity was designed to hit price points that we just wouldn’t see from Ivy Bridge any time soon. I expressed concern at the time that $700 was too much for what was otherwise a fairly budget oriented design, and Acer has now brought my concerns front and center. Given that Trinity is designed to hit lower price points, I don’t expect build quality or features to be any better than what Acer has put together with the V3-751G, but performance in most areas is going to be substantially better than AMD’s A10 APU with the quad-core Ivy Bridge CPU and Kepler GPU. The question is, how much more are you willing to spend to make such an upgrade, and what compromises will you make in the process?