For a long time already in the market there was no inexpensivea representative of mobile devices, which could immediately apply for several price categories. In this article, the reader will get acquainted with an at first glance notebook Acer Aspire 5742G, which is positioned in the corporate segment and is popular among students, amateurs of games and businessmen. The technical characteristics of the device, a review and feedback from the owners will allow the potential buyer to learn about the novelty of a lot of interesting things.
Attractive baby
Who would have thought that the technologists of the company Acerit will be possible to create such an attractive laptop that will be free to compete with similar devices in the budget niche without exceeding 30,000 rubles! From the outside it seems impossible, and the potential buyer will certainly expect a dirty trick.
Yes, Acer Aspire 5742 notebook is happyshortcomings. However, it is for the sake of affordable price that many buyers are ready to turn a blind eye to the minor defects that the manufacturer made. But everything in order - let each user decides whether he needs a laptop or not.
There is something to save
Как показывает практика, все известные manufacturers of mobile devices over the past decade have learned to save on everything, even on packaging and bundling. Buyers should forget about the brightly colored color packs and all sorts of gifts coming with the laptop.
In addition to the device itself Acer Aspire 5742G, inbox owner will find a 6-cell battery, a power cord with a power adapter, a short manual and a warranty card for a period of one year. A protective case, an optical mouse, a cloth for wiping the screen, and a proprietary label of the manufacturer remain in the past for many users who are accustomed to the surprises of manufacturers.
On the other hand, most buyersinteresting only a laptop and a charger, because very often the gifts of the manufacturer come to many users not to taste, so no one wants to overpay for them. So to such savings most of the buyers reacted positively.
First meeting
To say that the mobile device Acer Aspire5742 series looks beautiful - it's nothing to say! The laptop will simply charm the potential buyer with its appearance. Thin and stylish body, glossy coating and magnificent durable plastic attract attention of all buyers.
When you look closely, the user will find thatglossy plastic has a texture. This coating not only protects the body of the device from scratches and fingerprints, but also provides a kind of protection against strong shocks.
There are no complaints about the quality of the assembly.The plastic casing from the side looks like a cast monolithic construction. Even the screen hinges look not just beautiful, but are also provided with sufficient rigidity that can hold the display at any angle.
Echoes of savings manufacturer
Glossy display with a resolution of 1366x768 pixels oninch spoils the overall impression of the exquisite Acer Aspire 5742 G laptop. The screen's performance is exacerbated by the quality of the matrix, which is performed on morally obsolete TN + Film technology. Yes, a low-quality display is a weak link in a mobile device. However, on the other hand, this parameter allows the laptop to be in an affordable price segment and freely compete with less attractive counterparts.
Judging by the responses of the owners, not everything is so bad withscreen, as it seems at first glance. First, the manufacturer installed a display from LG, which is recognized by leading world laboratories as the leader in providing high contrast in the budget segment. Do not forget about the LED-backlight, which solves the problem with viewing angles and partially eliminates glare on the glossy screen.
Connectors and interfaces
Do not think that for an ultra-thin laptopAcer Aspire 5742 characteristics of external ports and interfaces are not needed. On the contrary, devices from the budget segment simply have to have all the necessary interfaces. As practice shows, the manufacturer did not save on the ports.
At the front of the laptop is locatedmemory card reader. Confuses only its functionality - it supports only two formats (SD and MMC). The manufacturer did not fill the back panel of the mobile device with ports, allowing the user to install the laptop directly to the wall with a display, or without fear of breaking something, taking the gadget with him to bed.
On the left is a standard set forMost budget laptops: VGA port, RJ-45 socket, HDMI-out, one USB 2.0 port and contacts for stereo connection. In the right panel, you can find two more USB 2.0 interfaces, as well as a writing optical DVD drive.
Internet technologies and data transmission
The standard module is Wi-Fi 802.11n is no surprise, but the lack of a conventional Bluetooth adapter can cause a lot of negativity of users who have already purchased this device for personal use. Quite strange that the laptop Acer Aspire 5742 motherboard does not support the Bluetooth module, even optional. The owner of the mobile device to meet their goals will have to purchase a portable device separately in the store and connect it to the USB 2.0 port.
The manufacturer decided to rehabilitate himselfanother way. The laptop has a proprietary Broadcom NetLink network card that supports a gigabit port. That's just in practice, such a fast network to anything, because the 100-megabit Internet channel will not work faster from this, and local network games have long lost their popularity.
Input Devices
The keyboard for the Acer Aspire 5742G notebook onlover. The fact is that the manufacturer equipped him with an input device that has a small button stroke. Working with the text on such a keyboard is not entirely convenient, since a short stroke and a small recoil do not give the owner a clear sense of pressing. As for the keyboard itself, it is full and equipped with a digital panel. Recently, this has become a rarity, because most manufacturers in the pursuit of miniature forget about the real needs of users.
But the notebook's touchpad is decent.It is large, smooth and comfortable. To work with a touch pad is a pleasure. Even the seemingly loud at first glance mechanical buttons of choice cease to irritate already in the first minutes of use.
Attractive characteristics
It's time to talk about performanceelegant laptop. Judging by the feedback of the owners of the mobile device Acer Aspire 5742 PEW71, the characteristics of the components and attracted them to the product on the market. Intel Core i3 / 5 processors can hardly be called budget processors. They relate more to the corporate segment or game class. Did not save the manufacturer and the video card.
Yes, technologists have established morally obsoletediscrete video adapter Nvidia 5-series, but it is still able to demonstrate to the surrounding high potential in resource-intensive gaming applications. In addition, the manufacturer equipped the laptop with 8 gigabytes of RAM and as a bonus installed a hard disk with a capacity of 640 gigabytes.
By the way, in the domestic market, the buyer canDetect and lightweight modification of this laptop, which the manufacturer has released on the markets of some countries, where people can not afford to buy expensive products. In such mobile devices, a dual-core Intel Pentium G processor is installed, the RAM is reduced to 4 gigabytes, and the hard disk is set to 320 GB in size.
Real performance
What can be expected from the symbiosis of powerfulprocessor, entry level gaming adapter and large amount of RAM? Only great returns in demanding applications and games. As practice shows, the Acer Aspire 5742G mobile device at medium and high settings demonstrates excellent performance in all games created for DirectX 9 and 10.
However with libraries version 11 beginProblems. The weak link here is the video adapter, which simply does not draw out resource-intensive games. The situation can be partially improved by installing a solid-state SSD-drive and overclocking the graphics core, but it still does not allow the laptop to move from the budget class to the gaming segment.
Finally
Acer Aspire 5742G laptop in the mobile marketconsidered a rather strange device. On the one hand, its high performance, elegance and affordable price just fascinate a potential buyer. But it is worth getting acquainted with the characteristics of the gadget closer, as soon as many questions arise. However, do not rush. You just need to realize that in the budget segment with such attractive features there are not so many devices.
