Acer Aspire 5536 review
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Verdict
A cheap and cheerful desktop replacement that cuts acceptable corners to hit the low price
Review Date: 2 Oct 2009
Reviewed By: Sasha Muller
Price when reviewed: £365 (£420 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Part Code | LX.PAW0X.074 |
| Review Date | 2 Oct 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £365 |
| Price inc VAT | £420 |
| Overall rating |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| Performance |
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| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty | 1yr collect and return |
| Physical specifications | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 383 x 250 x 37mm (WDH) |
| Weight | 2.590kg |
| Travelling weight | 3.0kg |
| Processor and memory | |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 |
| RAM capacity | 3.00GB |
| Memory type | DDR2 |
| SODIMM sockets free | 0 |
| SODIMM sockets total | 2 |
| Screen and video | |
|---|---|
| Screen size | 15.6in |
| Resolution screen horizontal | 1,366 |
| Resolution screen vertical | 768 |
| Resolution | 1366 x 768 |
| Graphics chipset | ATI Radeon HD 3200 |
| Graphics card RAM | 256MB |
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs | 1 |
| HDMI outputs | 1 |
| S-Video outputs | 0 |
| DVI-I outputs | 0 |
| DVI-D outputs | 0 |
| DisplayPort outputs | 0 |
| Drives | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB |
| Hard disk usable capacity | 466GB |
| Spindle speed | 5,400RPM |
| Internal disk interface | SATA/300 |
| Hard disk | Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 |
| Optical disc technology | DVD writer |
| Optical drive | TSSTcorp TS-L633B |
| Battery capacity | 4,400mAh |
| Replacement battery price inc VAT | £0 |
| Networking | |
|---|---|
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| 802.11a support |
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| 802.11b support |
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| 802.11g support |
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| 802.11 draft-n support |
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| Integrated 3G adapter |
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| Bluetooth support |
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| Other Features | |
|---|---|
| Wireless hardware on/off switch |
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| Wireless key-combination switch |
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| Modem |
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| ExpressCard34 slots | 0 |
| ExpressCard54 slots | 0 |
| PC Card slots | 0 |
| USB ports (downstream) | 4 |
| PS/2 mouse port |
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| 9-pin serial ports | 0 |
| Parallel ports | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 0 |
| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 0 |
| 3.5mm audio jacks | 3 |
| SD card reader |
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| Memory Stick reader |
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| MMC (multimedia card) reader |
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| Smart Media reader |
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| Compact Flash reader |
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| xD-card reader |
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| Pointing device type | Touchpad |
| Audio chipset | Realtek HD Audio |
| Speaker location | Above keyboard |
| Hardware volume control? |
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| Integrated microphone? |
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| Integrated webcam? |
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| Camera megapixel rating | N/A |
| TPM |
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| Fingerprint reader |
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| Smartcard reader |
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| Operating system and software | |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit |
| OS family | Windows Vista |
| Recovery method | Burn own recovery discs |
| Software supplied | Microsoft Works 9 SE |
| Battery and performance tests | |
|---|---|
| Battery life, light use | 3hr 41min |
| Battery life, heavy use | 1hr 1min |
| Overall application benchmark score | 0.88 |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | 16fps |
| 3D performance setting | Low |
User comments
Acer Aspire laptops
In fact the Acer Aspire 5536’s dimensions nudge it out of straight laptop and into desktop replacement territory. Its 15.6in screen may fall well short of the 17in displays on the more serious — and expensive — models in this category, but at 16:9, it’s wider than that of most laptops at this size. The catch is that the screen’s native resolution is a mere 1366 x 768, but that’s plenty of room to run a couple of applications side-by-side.
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