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日本Top 5 reasons to BUY or NOT to buy the Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56G)
The Aspire series is seeing fundamental changes. Not only is the performance being upgraded, thanks to the new Tiger Lake family of Intel CPUs, but Acer has also updated the exterior of the devices with a new slimmer and more stylish look, including the lifted backside, which more and more manufacturers are starting to adopt.
While most people think it is just there for show, it actually helps the cooling of the device immensely, as they give the fans more room to breathe, which is essential with such compact and thin machines.
Here is our in-depth review of the Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56G): https://laptopmedia.com/review/acer-aspire-5-a515-56g-review-new-design-and-fresh-hardware-this-must-be-worth-it/
You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: https://laptopmedia.com/series/acer-aspire-5-a515-56-a515-56g-a515-56s-a515-56t/
3 reasons to BUY the Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56G)
1. The Design
Starting off with the design, this new Aspire 5 features aluminum for the lid and plastic for everything else. While the materials used are not the most premium, the portability of the device is excellent. It weighs only 1.65Kg and has a profile of 17.9mm.
2. The Upgradeability
One area where Acer, has improved the device is in the upgradability category. When you remove the bottom panel, which is held down by 11 Phillips heаd screws, you are greeted by the internals of the machine. While half of the RAM is soldered onto the board, there is one SODIMM slot for further expandability. As for the storage, there is one M.2 PCIe x4 slot, as well as a 2.5-inch SATA drive bay, which has its connectors included.
Below is a detailed video teardown of the Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56G):
3. The Battery life
Keeping the theme of internals, going over to the battery, the Acer has implemented a 50Wh unit, which in our battery tests managed to endure 9 hours and 18 minutes of Web Browsing and 7 hours and 56 minutes of video playback, which is good and can last you a whole day.
2 reasons NOT to buy the Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56G)
1. The Display
The 15-inch Full HD panel that Acer has chosen for their new Aspire 5 has comfortable viewing angles, good maximum brightness and contrast ratio, and a flicker-free backlight, which your eyes will love you for. What is bad about it is the fact that it only covers 51% of the sRGB color gamut, meaning that you only see half the colors on the internet.
The color accuracy isn’t great either and even our Gaming and Web design profile wasn’t able to put it within the standard.
Below you can compare the scores of Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56G) with the default settings (left), and with the “Gaming and Web design” profile (right).
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Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.
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2. The Build quality
Lastly, we have to mention the build quality. While we have seen other devices that use plastic for the chassis, here on this Acer, it is just a little bit too flexible. The same could also be said about the lid, despite it being made out of aluminum. The keyboard is unimpressive, with its feedback being different for every key. The key travel is too short, considering the size of the laptop.
