Top 5 Reasons to BUY or NOT buy the Acer Aspire 1 (A114-32)

The Acer Aspire 1 (A114-32) is an affordable 14″ laptop that doesn’t impress at first glance but its purpose is to be reliable and to do the job in daily tasks. It looks like it is a machine that is suitable for everybody – students, adults, office work, etc. Something like people’s champion – its price tag makes it affordable for a lot of people. If you haven’t checked our in-depth review of the Acer Aspire 1 you can find it here.

We will present to you our Top 5 picks regarding this machine.

You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: https://laptopmedia.com/series/acer-aspire-1-a114-31/

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Acer Aspire 1

Processor

Intel Celeron N3450

VideoCard

Intel HD Graphics 500 (Apollo Lake)

RAM

4GB RAM

STORAGE

32GB SSD

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Acer Aspire 1 (A114-32)

Processor

Intel Celeron N4020

VideoCard

Intel UHD Graphics 600

RAM

4GB RAM

STORAGE

64GB SSD

Detailed review

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Acer Aspire 1 (A114-32)

Processor

Intel Celeron N4020

VideoCard

Intel UHD Graphics 600

RAM

4GB RAM

STORAGE

64GB SSD

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3 reasons to BUY the Acer Aspire 1 (A114-32)

1. The price

The end price of this device is its biggest key selling point. For a small amount of money (for a laptop), you will get a new machine that will serve you on a daily basis. The low price tag is possible because of the not-so-powerful Pentium and Celeron CPUs (Gemini Lake and Apollo Lake) and the cheap-ish build quality.

2. Battery life

The battery unit has a relatively small size – just 37Wh. Battery life isn’t corresponding with battery size in this machine and we achieved over 8 hours of Web browsing and 9 hours of video playback.

3. Silent under load

The CPU is passively cooled by a big copper plate. Yes, no fans – no noise. This is a comfortable machine for work because it produces zero noise under load.

2 reasons not to BUY the Acer Aspire 1 (A114-32)

1. The display

The display (N140BGA-EB3 CMN14C4) has a 768p resolution which doesn’t sound impressive at all. It’s a TN panel and that means bad viewing angles, mediocre contrast ratio – 360:1 (340:1 after profiling), and poor sRGB color coverage – just 50%.

2. Upgradability

Upgradability? This is a forbidden word for this laptop – the memory and storage are soldered (no future upgrades).

#CommissionsEarned

Acer Aspire 1

Processor

Intel Celeron N3450

VideoCard

Intel HD Graphics 500 (Apollo Lake)

RAM

4GB RAM

STORAGE

32GB SSD

Detailed review

Check Price

Acer Aspire 1 (A114-32)

Processor

Intel Celeron N4020

VideoCard

Intel UHD Graphics 600

RAM

4GB RAM

STORAGE

64GB SSD

Detailed review

Check Price

Acer Aspire 1 (A114-32)

Processor

Intel Celeron N4020

VideoCard

Intel UHD Graphics 600

RAM

4GB RAM

STORAGE

64GB SSD

Detailed review

Check Price

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Author: Nikolay Palaozov

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glen lewis chatten

2 years ago

this laptop is slower than dial up,I sometimes want to smash it,always pops up with page waitig wait or cancel so I wait make a coffee and come back,some times takes 10minutes to load a program.Will never buy a cheap laptop again

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