ACER TRAVELMATE 5720 REVIEW – ACERS CHEAP OPTION ON OFFER

Swathed in Acer's new magnesium alloy "Profile" chassis, the TravelMate 5720 can be furnished with a concrete selection of Intel Centrino Duo mobile processors and enough expediency to make your mobile computing a little more enjoyable. In this budget laptop a worthwhile procure compared to low-priced offerings from HP and Dell?

Design
The TravelMate 5720, with its lustrous black and grey trade design on the outside, is much nicer than I expected. It practically screams no-nonsense without appearing like your grandfather's hardware. Inside, there is an interesting metallic ribbon around the touch-pad and a shiny metallic strip which houses your emblematic LED indicator lights. The 5720 also comes with an impressive feature called DASP technology (Disk Anti-Shock Protection) which is a rubber damper under the hard disk.

Performance
For a 2.0GHz contemporary processor and a 5400 rpm hard drive I really expected better recital from the Acer. However, again, there is something with Acer build quality which doesn't always interpret into high quality. It takes about 2 minutes to finish starting up with these processes running: Norton Anti-virus, Photoshop Elements 3.0 Open Office, Quick starter, a calendar widget and the Acer business widget. When compacting with tasks, it is normally snappy.

Acer will have notebooks that can contend with the big boys in screens, but for now, there is nothing we can do but groan and squint a bit. The screen is an LCD, and a faded one. It's even more taciturn than the Aspire LCD, which I didn't think would be possible.

In terms of acoustic, the speakers are astoundingly great. The bass is repairable, and the sound is not metallic at all. This notebook is quiet. The fan usually only runs at a perceptible level during installation processes that are bulky and processor intensive and at short intervals during expanded use. As for heat, there is nominal warming on the left palm rest. Otherwise, the notebook is virtually silent. Nice!

Acer asserts the battery life for the customary 6-cell battery to be about 4 to 6 hours. The 1st charge gave about 4 hours and 20 minutes, and charges afterwards, with nothing disabled and battery at upper limit power tolerated for 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Overall
I would surely recommend the Acer TravelMate 5720 to anyone on a financial plan who wants a state-of-the-art machine for cheap. While they often look routine compared to some laptop designs, for some people the simple palette will be pleasing, and the Acer TravelMate software will be deemed useful for everyone apart from Windows power users. The Acer TravelMate will be functional for students on a budget, and some small businesses.

Pros
+ Scuttles very cool and very quiet
+ Excellent price
+ Excellent interface, useful side panel keys

Cons
- Display can cause some eyestrain
- The keyboard is arced, enter key is differently shaped.
- Sluggish performance than some likely configured machines

Value For Money

Our Rating