Acer’s Ultrabook

Acer’s Ultrabook is a new category of notebook, which is ultra thin being under half an inch yet offering great processing power. Only 17mm thick, Acer Aspire S3 displays great style in its suave plastic body with a metallic finish.

Acer Aspire S3

Screen & Sound

13-inch LCD display screen gives you high picture quality with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels displaying crystal clear picture and sharp video playback. Also supports the Dolby sound Theatre utility giving better sound quality.

Processor

Intel-Core i5 1.6 GHz dual-core processor with a 4GB RAM gives you high speed computing. It consists of a hybrid storage with a 320GB HDD main storage and a small 20GB SDD for caching. Intel HD Graphics with 128B RAM gives a good gaming experience.

Keyboard

A full-QWERTY keyboard with well-spaced out keys are easy to use. A reasonably sized track pad is smooth and supports multi-touch like pinch-to-zoom and two-finger scrolling. The left and right buttons are built-into the 3.4 x 2.5-inch Elan trackpad and not separately visible.

Operating system & Other Software

Windows 7 Home premium edition come preinstalled. Some other Acer apps included are Acer Deep Sleep, Acer Backup Manager, Acer Crystal Eye Webcam and the Acer Games portal. Other software pre-loaded are Internet radio, newsXpresso, Nook for PC, Skype, MS Office and trial McAffee.

Camera
A 1.3MP webcam is present in the front for video chat.

Battery
Acer claims a battery backup of 6 to 7 hours.

Connectivity
Supports Wi-Fi, 2 USB ports, SD card reader and a full-size HDMI port.

Price
Priced at around Rs.44,900, the Acer Aspire S3 is one of the cheapest ultrabooks in the market.