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Acer Aspire S3

Acer Aspire S3
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alaScore 86

590 reviews

Dec, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 590 reviews of Acer Aspire S3. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the usability and price. The design and portability also get good views. The connectivity and keyboard get critical opinions. There are some mixed views about the screen.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Acer Aspire S3 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 86/100 = Very good quality.

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Amazon.co.uk review summary for Acer Aspire S3

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 48 user reviews of Acer Aspire S3 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Opinions about the price and screen are on the whole positive. The performance and usability also get good reviews, whereas there are some critical views about the reliability.

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79% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Dec, 2024

Expert review by : Andrew Williams (trustedreviews.com)

Acer Aspire S3 2014

 

Hands-on at CES 2014: Get a look at Acer's latest affordable Ultrabook

The Acer Aspire S3 is another solid Ultrabook in the Aspire range. It's not a truly dynamic product, but solves several of the earlier model's issues while bringing it into the present with numerous hardware upgrades.

Jan, 2014
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Expert review by : Trusted Reviews (trustedreviews.com)

Acer Aspire S3

 

With its attractive aluminium and magnesium-alloy chassis, nice ergonomics and good screen, the 13in S3 is an exciting entrant in the Ultrabook market.

Attractive and affordable, Slim and sleek, Solid, all-metal chassis, Up to 240GB SSD

Awkward connectivity, No USB 3.0, Average battery life, No keyboard backlighting

Mar, 2012
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Expert review by : Andrew Williams (trustedreviews.com)

Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook

 

A laptop that's made of metal and just 13mm thin? We like those apples.

Its edges house the 3.5mm headphone jack and SD card slot, while front edge is left empty. There is, predictably, no optical drive. Thin doesn’t come for free.

Sep, 2011
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Expert review by : Andrew Williams (techradar.com)

Acer Aspire S3 review

 

An Ultrabook-style laptop with dedicated gaming hardware

Decent 1080p IPS screen ; Fairly slim and light ; Metal body

Disappointing battery life ; Somewhat tricky trackpad ; GPU not that powerful

The Aspire S3 is a bit of a jack-of-all-trades. However, not every product needs to be a king to be a success. It's only the battery life that really disappoints here.

Oct, 2014
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Acer Aspire S3 ultrabook review

 

Acer gave us its pre-production Aspire S3 Ultrabook to review

Fast booting ; Slim and light design ; Great processor power

RSI inducing keyboard ; Slightly underwhelming battery ; Some pre-production issues

Oct, 2011
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Expert review by : Andrew Williams (pocket-lint.com)

Acer Aspire S3 review (2014)

 

Slim, light, good-looking laptops are great. If you spend half your life rushing between places with more work to do than is strictly healthy then a decent one is exactly what you'll need. But to fit the MacBook Air-style blueprint in a Windows 8.1...

Decent screen, dedicated graphics means better gaming than some competitors, versatile

Screen reflections, battery life just ok, keyboard keys a bit shallow, not the most thin/light

The Acer Aspire S3 is an Ultrabook that doesn't aim for superlative performance in any area, but instead balances the price-to-power ratio better than many competitors out there.

Sep, 2014
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Expert review by : Mike Lowe (pocket-lint.com)

Acer Aspire S3 (2013) pictures and hands-on - Pocket-lint

 

The Acer Aspire S3 has undergone a design overhaul. The 13.3-inch touchscreen laptop now takes several cues from its Aspire S7 cousin. The white-finish

Jul, 2013
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Expert review by : Cat Thomas (pocket-lint.com)

Acer Aspire S3 and Aspire S7 pictures and hands-on - Pocket-lint

 

Acer has updated its popular S3 and S7 Aspire Ultrabooks to take advantage of the new Intel fourth-generation processors (Haswell) and the accompanying

Jun, 2013
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Expert review by : Mike Lowe (pocket-lint.com)

Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook

 

Apple's MacBook Air has started something of a war. Ultrabooks - the name being thrown around to describe manufacturers' slender yet powerful, Windows OS-based laptops - are popping up left, right and centre at the moment. The Aspire S3 is something of...

Slender, light, attractive design, SD card slot, aluminium lid

Not a great screen resolution or viewing angle, plasticky keyboard with bunched up keys, no USB 3.0, poor USB port placement at the rear, so-so battery life, pricey for what it is, review configuration isn’t one available off the shelf

The Aspire S3 is something of a mixed bag. We had high hopes as this Ultrabook’s sublime form and finish looks enticing from the outside.

Jul, 2012
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Expert review by : Chris Hall (pocket-lint.com)

First Look: Acer Aspire S3 3951

 

Acer's first foray into the new “Ultrabook” category is with the Aspire S3, a slim and light notebook that offers you a proper hardware loadout without bloating into what were once typical PC dimensions. We've seen a number of moves in the Windows PC...

Slim design, light weight, powerful

Screen not bright enough, leading edge flex, trackpad click action (pre-production issue)

Nov, 2011
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