The construction is solid: gaps are even and the chassis, while torsionally not very rigid, doesn't protest much with creaking sounds when twisting forces are applied.
The notebook is also quite slim at barely over 1-inch thick. For a mainstream model, the E1-510p is not overly heavy at just over 2.3 kg and lighter than most competitors, which weigh between 2.4 (Dell Inspiron) and 2.5 kg (HP 255G, Lenovo G500s). The back of the display lid as well as the keyboard tray and palm rest are smooth to the touch and unfortunately attract finger prints easily the bottom of the notebook is made from a roughly-textured and thus fairly grippy material. Acer calls the color "Clarinet Black", although it looks just like regular, albeit slightly sparkly, black to us. Unsurprisingly, the chassis construction is dominated by plastic. Given the notebook's price point, we should neither expect exciting design features nor high-end materials. Lenovo's IdeaPad S500 Touch - with touchscreen as the name implies - comes with the same Core i5 CPU as the Dell Inspiron 15. For our review, we'll compare the Aspire to other fairly basic notebooks like the Dell Inspiron 15 with Intel Core i5 CPU and dedicated AMD Radeon HD 8750M, the HP 255 G2 with an AMD Kabini-APU, and the Lenovo G500s equipped with an Intel Pentium processor. While the E1-510p undoubtedly lacks the bells and whistles one might expect from a notebook costing several hundred dollars more, the hardware of the review notebook with its MSRP of just under $450 should nonetheless guarantee adequate performance for basic tasks without breaking the bank. Our review model, the Aspire E1-510P-2671, comes with an Intel Celeron quad-core processor, a 10-point multi-touch display, 8 GB of RAM, and a 500 GB hard drive.
The models in the Aspire E-series are undoubtedly part of the bread-and-butter devices Acer has gained a reputation for.Ī quick check on the manufacturer's website reveals a total of (35) 15-inch notebooks within the series, ranging from non-touch models with an Intel Celeron N2920 or AMD E2-3800 APU to touch-enabled notebooks equipped with the middle-class Intel Core i5-4200U. Although Taiwanese manufacturer Acer has ventured into the higher-end notebook market in the past and continues to do so - see for example the first-ever Ultrabook Aspire S3 and the sleek-and-slender all-aluminum Aspire 7 Ultrabook - the company is generally better known for their low-cost laptops, PCs, and tablets.
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