The Core i3-powered version of the Acer Aspire 5 offers middling speed, and we wish it had more storage, but this still manages to find the sweet spot between size, power, and price. It won’t win any ...

If you're fixated on families of premium laptops laden with fancy features, but finding them far out of your range, meet the Acer Aspire 5: the frugal, old-school uncle of machines. It's a ...

It all starts with an AMD Athlon X2 4850e processor operating at 2.5GHz, which provided enough power during our evaluation to make it a viable option for general use computing tasks as well as home ...

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While it has nice specs, the Acer Aspire 5 15-inch shows some cut corners for its $600 price tag. A small battery, a mediocre keyboard, and the lack of premium touches make it feel less-than-modern.