Acer Aspire 7 (A715-43G) review – brings ray tracing to the office

Design and construction

Visually, the Aspire 7 hasn’t changed since last year. It remains at 22.9mm thickness and has a weight of 2.15 kg. Weirdly, all body panels are made out of plastic, which puts it at a disadvantage to the lower-tier Aspire 5, whose lid is metal.

Nevertheless, we are generally happy with the construction of the Aspire 7 (A715-43G). We see little flex in the body, while the lid’s bending properties are a bit more pronounced.

What is good about the lid, is that you can open it with one hand. On the other hand, the bottom and the top bezel are quite thick. This doesn’t mean that the latter will house a huge camera sensor. Instead, Acer went for the ordinary 720p shooter, which works with the Acer Temporal Noise Reduction software to artificially improve the quality.

Moving to the keyboard, we find a backlit unit, which comes with a NumberPad. The power button is placed in the top-right corner of the keyboard, while the “Up” and “Down” Arrow keys are a bit too small. While the key travel is pretty average, the feedback on some buttons may be considered clicky. Yes, this means that the experience is not uniform across all keys, making the overall typing a bit of a mixed bag in terms of comfort.

As you can see, the touchpad hasn’t grown in size. This now makes it one of the smaller ones in its class. However, it has super accurate tracking and very responsive feedback. Moreover, the fingerprint reader inside does not impede its sensitivity.

A quick look at the bottom panel reveals the two speaker cutouts and the ventilation grill. Hot air, respectively, is exhausted through two vents – one on the back, and one on the right side of the device.

Ports

On the left side of the notebook, there is a security lock, followed by an RJ-45 connector, an HDMI connector, a USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 1) port, and two USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) ports. Then, on the right, you will see the power plug, a USB Type-A 2.0 port, predating the Roman Empire, and an audio jack.

Author: Alex Iliev

Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.

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