Acer TravelMate 5520G-5A1G12

Acer TravelMate 5520G-5A1G12

Notebook - 15.4 in - CPU: Athlon 64 X2, Turion 64 X2 mobile technology - 1.8 GHz, 2 GHz, 1.9 GHz - RAM: 1 GB, 2 GB - Battery run time: 2.5 hour(s), 4 hour(s) more

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fast cheap laptop
A review by techno_man_37 on Acer TravelMate 5520G-5A1G12
January 9th, 2008


Author's product rating:   

Speed Fast 
Look & Feel Satisfactory 
Comfort & Portability Good 
Robustness & Durability Excellent 
Value For Money Excellent 

Advantages: fast cheap
Disadvantages: design

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

Full review

This acer travel mate is a really good allround laptop.
Its really reasonable priced too, and you’ll be able to pick one of these up for just about £400.

This is an acer travel mate, basically all travel mates are made by acer and designed customly for business users, however you could buy one for home use, and it doesn’t really make any difference apart from it does come with vista business, so you’ll get some extra software on there.

Also it might look a little more smart than other laptops, this is because its made for the use In offices and maybe a sleek cool laptop aren’t allowed in offices?
This one however doesn’t look too bad, its quite thin and is quite small too, which makes it very portable and very good for train journeys.

A reason why its so portable is because it has quite a small screen, only 15.4 inches infact.
This isn’t really small however a lot of laptops nowadays have 17 inch screens so this is a bit of a let down.
The screen is actually really good quality and the main reason behind this is because its an active matrix screen. This technology is being used by so much more laptop manufacturers nowadays as it makes the screen lighter, therefore making the laptop lighter, is makes the image quality so much better than a normal TFT screen and it also makes the response time a lot better, which makes videos look sharper, photos look sharper and game playing look better than ever before.

Another feature built into this screen is the fantastic X-black technology, this gives you better contrast, better quality, but the best thing of all, this gives you wider viewing angles.
In the past, watching movies on laptops has been for only one person and two people positioned very closely to each other. Even then you would have to set your laptop up just right pointing at exactly where your sat to get a good picture and if you moved your body in the slightest your view would be spoilt and the screen would look black and faces look weird colours too.
However, with X-black technology, you can just watch your laptop from pretty much any angle, your whole family could be crowded round watching something on your laptop and they would all have the same view, the best view, so this X-black technology is great when looking for a laptop.

Also its hard drive space is quite big too, its 120 gb Which again is huge considering its only £400.

So £400 for this laptop, this is cheap especially when you consider its massive gb of hard drive, which is the amount some laptops have that cost well over £1000

Games play really well on this laptop too, and when testing the fan noise I noticed a little when starting up, but when I run demanding games or software there is absolutely no fan noise at all.

This laptop also has a great built in webcam at the top of its screen.
Having an web cam installed means you don’t have to go out and buy one for about another £40, it also means you don’t have to get home and install It and worry about whether it works or not. It also means you don’t have to have wires all over your desk and a huge camera on the top of your desktop.
The best thing about having a webcam built in must be the fact that you don’t need you do anything with it, and because its built into your laptop you wont need to take another webcam with you wherever you go, because its built into your laptop and your webcam will always be with you.

This laptop has a great high spec, some really good extra features, and runs and looks great, its even really portable and will last you 2.5 hours at least, and its only £400.
This laptop is defiantly a steal and if your looking for a new laptop, for a cheap price, id defiantly recommend this one. 
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Review of Acer TravelMate 5520G-5A1G12 by thewhitewolf

Advantages: looks great, does everything
Disadvantages: nothing

...myself. The Design Acer always seem to make nice looking machines in my opinion and this is no exception.The Travelmate 5520G-5A1G12 is a stylish laptop in full black casing apart from the mouse scrolling interface. I love the shiny finish and the toolbar of crystal blue quick launch buttons below the screen. It comes with a superb 15.4 inch widescreen TFT screen that is large enough for your working requirements and provides fantastic images in ...
...kg which is not very much, justifying its designation as a 'travelmate' laptop for on the move people. The Processor It's an Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 Mobile Technology laptop. The Athlon 64 X2 is the first dual-core processor developed by AMD and features two Athlon 64 chips coupled together. It has 512 KB of front bus speed, which is how much the chip can handle on its own. This is an adequate processor for getting your work done and for downloading ... Read review

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Review of Acer TravelMate 5520G-5A1G12 by tobykelly11

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: incredibly slow!

I have had this laptop for just about a year now and am already considering changing. I find it is incredibly slow and it constantly acts as if it has a virus although i have checked and it says it hasnt! programs only work when they want to work. The main issue here is it is constantly trying to update itself which is always slowing it down although there is 1gb of ram I am often warned there is not enough memory to perfrom certain tasks or open ... Read review

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Acer TravelMate 5520G-5A1G12

Ram

Installed Size: 1 GB / 4 GB (max), 2 GB / 4 GB (max)

Technology: DDR2 SDRAM

Configuration Features: 2 x 512 MB, 2 x 1 GB, 1 x 1 GB

Form Factor: SO DIMM 200-pin

Storage controller

Type: Serial ATA

Serial ATA Interface: Serial ATA-150

Storage

Hard Drive: 120 GB - Serial ATA-150, 160 GB - Serial ATA-150, 80 GB - Serial ATA-150, 160 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm

Optical storage

Type: DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM - integrated, DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - integrated

Card reader

Type: 5 in 1 card reader

Supported Flash Memory Cards: SD Memory Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, MultiMediaCard, xD-Picture Card

Display

Display Type: 15.4" TFT

Max Resolution: 1280 x 800 ( WXGA )

Widescreen Display: Yes

Colour Support: 24-bit (16.7 million colours)

Features: CrystalBrite

Video

Graphics Processor / Vendor: ATI Radeon X1250 HyperMemory up to 384MB, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT HyperMemory up to 1GB - PCI Express, ATI Radeon X1250 HyperMemory up to 896MB - PCI Express, ATI Radeon X1250 Shared Video Memory (UMA), ATI Radeon X1250, ATI Radeon X1250 HyperMemory up to 896MB

Video Memory: GDDR2 SDRAM - 256 MB, 256 MB, Shared Video Memory (UMA)

Max Allocated RAM Size: 768 MB, 640 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB, 896 MB

Audio

Audio Output: Sound card

Audio Input: Microphone

Features: Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers

Notebook camera

Camera Type: Integrated

Sensor Resolution: 0.3 Megapixel

Input device(s)

Type: Keyboard, touchpad, 4-way scroll button

Telecom

Modem: Fax / Modem

Max Transfer Rate: 56 Kbps

Protocols & Specifications: ITU V.92

Features: Wake on Ring

Networking

Networking: Network adapter

Wireless LAN Supported: Yes

Wireless NIC: Acer InviLink 802.11b/g

Data Link Protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR

Remote Management Protocol: DMI 2.0

Compliant Standards: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, Bluetooth 2.0

Features: Acer SignalUp

Manufacturer's product description

The Acer TravelMate 5520 notebook has been developed with companies that are striving to stay ahead of the competition in mind. The TravelMate 5520 clearly demonstrates Acer's ongoing commitment to provide products that enable users to achieve their goals.

Expansion / connectivity

Expansion Slots Total (Free):

  • 2 ( 0 ) x memory
  • 1 ( 1 ) x PC Card - type II
  • 1 ( 1 ) x ExpressCard/54

Interfaces:

  • 4 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
  • 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
  • 1 x infrared - IrDA
  • 1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
  • 1 x display / video - S-video output
  • 1 x audio - line-out/headphones - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
  • 1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm
  • 1 x audio - line-In - mini-phone 3.5mm
  • 1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45
  • 1 x modem - phone line - RJ-11

Miscellaneous

Features: Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately), administrator password, system password, Disc Anti-Shock Protection System (DASP, wake on LAN

Compliant Standards: ACPI 3.0

Power

Power Device: External

Voltage Required: AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )

Battery

Technology: 6-cell Lithium Ion, Lithium Ion

Installed Qty: 1

Run Time (Up To): 2.5 hour(s), 4 hour(s)

Capacity: 44 Wh, 44.4 Wh

Operating system / software

OS Provided: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows Vista Business / XP Professional downgrade, Microsoft Windows Vista Business

Microsoft Office Ready: Includes a preinstalled image of select 2007 Microsoft Office suites. Purchase a Medialess License Kit (MLK) to activate the software.

Software: Cyberlink PowerDVD , Acer Launch Manager, Norton Internet Security, NTI CD-Maker, Acer GridVista, Adobe Reader, Acer Empowering Technology, NTI Shadow

Manufacturer warranty

Service & Support: 1 year warranty, 2 years warranty

Service & Support Details:

  • Traveller warranty - 1 year, Limited warranty - 1 year - pick-up and return, Limited warranty - 2 years - carry-in
  • Traveller warranty - 1 year

Cache memory

Type: L2 Cache

Installed Size: 512 KB, 1 MB

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