Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55132 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Acer
• Model: Aspire 5720
• Released on: 2007-10-31

Manufacturer's Description
Overview

Enjoy digital content to the fullest with this 15.4" multimedia system packaged in the cool new Aspire chassis design. This entertainment powerhouse boasts a host of features like Microsoft’s latest Vista Home Premium operating system and Dolby®-certified surround sound. The latest Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile platforms ensure lavish dual-core processing power for rich digital gaming and entertainment.

Dazzling Performance

• Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
• Choose from the Intel Pentium Dual Core processor through to the latest Santa Rosa T7300 Core 2 Duo on higher end models to suit your needs
• Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (Intel® GMA X3100) graphics with up to 358 MB of Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology 4.0 present dazzling 3D gaming and video performance
• Get 30 percent more multimedia viewing space than with traditional 4:3 XGA displays via the wide-aspect 15.4" screen. Enjoy videos, movies and photos more than ever!
• Acer CrystalBrite™ enhances high-definition video display performance with ultra-quick 8 ms response time, presenting a delightfully vivid view of 3D graphics, video, movies, photos and games
• A massive 2GB of RAM means you can handle multiple tasks without any impact on the performance of your machine
• A choice of large Serial ATA hard disks offers generous storage for content creation, boots up the system faster, and loads multimedia applications in a flash
• The integrated 5-in-1 multi card reader lets you transfer and share content with ease
• Acer Empowering Technology consolidates access to useful management tools, providing you with more control over your computer

• Windows Media Centre lets you listen to music from a variety of sources, enjoy DVD movies, and create multimedia through one convenient interface
• Integrated Dolby®-certified surround sound system provides complete audio immersion and an unequalled listening experience
• S/PDIF output to headphones or speakers brings high-fidelity sound effects to life through the home theater system
• Acer eAudio Management provides centralized control over notebook audio, and offers specialised audio modes for movies, music and games
• Media control keys enable convenient media management while Easy-launch buttons facilitate access to often-used applications

• The Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG (dual-band tri-mode 802.11a/b/g) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology, provides total interoperability and the best connection to wireless networks! The Aspire 5720 also comes with Gigabit Ethernet for high bandwidth and massive downloading potential for web-based multimedia

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Customer Reviews

Good laptop
The combination of a very capable and speedy processor, 2Gb RAM, and an excellent screen make this really good value for a sub £500 laptop. It breezes through all applications & multi-tasking and handles vista premium with ease. The screen is incredibly crisp and clear, and battery life is good. Built-in wireless works very well - strong reception. Integrated web-cam is nice touch too.

Lack of separate graphics card mean you won't be able to play the latest games, but then if that is high on your list of priorities you'd have to spend significantly more for a laptop. Hard disk could be bigger, but easy enough to upgrade or use external or network drive if extra capacity needed.

In terms of bang for your buck, this ticks all the right boxes. Very pleased with it.

fantastic machine for the price
I love my acer, looks good and is seriously quick. Formatting probably is the best solution as like dell, loads of useless addons are installed which are completly unnecessary like norton and acer arcade, all of which ask you to subscribe etc etc. not sure that you NEED epower to run your laptop as said on a previous review. Sounds very unlikely as a fan is usually on every laptop and vista, XP & ubuntu do support fans!! to sum up, an excelent laptop, good web cam, super quick, good batt life and a great screen! looks quite cool also (Believe its designed by BMW)

Excellent product and value
Had this a couple of weeks now - very happy with it. It looks better than you might think from the images - the top of the case being finished in hi-gloss, piano-black. The technical spec is extremely good for the price and it whizzes through Vista's aero with no problem and multi-tasks, thanks to the decent RAM, with no problem. The screen is good too - one of the newer, glossier screens - looks good - bit of reflection however in sunlight. Quite light and portable. The wireless reception is very good - far superior to what I had with an external USB aerial on my old laptop and I am getting a good signal in all parts of the house courtesy of the in-built aerial in the lid. It does come, as other reviewers have mentioned, with a ton of Acer applications. These don't really slow down the boot time a great deal but be careful what you remove. I removed the e-Audio management application which did not appear to have much purpose and this did cause a problem with the sound. I don't really undertsand why this should be the case as the sound card should, I thought anyway, have functioned perfectly well with it's own driver alone - but it didn't. You can back up all drivers and applications to CD/DVD, using the Acer back-up facility before you start removing things and I recommend you do so. Overall, I highly recommend this machine.