Acer has just introduced a more affordable version of the Aspire V5 ultraportable — one that runs on a quad-core processor, has 4GB of RAM, 500GB HDD with a touchscreen HD IPS LCD display.
Priced at only Php24,900, the Acer Aspire V5 offers a pretty good set of hardware specs.

Acer Aspire V5 specs:
11.6-inch IPS LCD display @ 1366×768 pixels
AMD A6-1450 1.0GHz (1.4GHz Turbo) quad-core processor
Radeon HD 8280G Graphics with 512MB VRAM
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB SATA HDD
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0+HS
720p HD webcam
1 x USB 3.0 port
1 x USB 2.0 port
SD Card Reader
Acer Mini Port
3-cell Li-Ion 2640mAh battery
Windows 8 64bit
It doesn’t have any optical disk drive. The combination of a quad-core AMD CPU and Radeon 8280 graphics should be pretty interesting. The 11.6-inch model looks to be competing with the Asus Vivobook X202e we reviewed earlier.


I would have expected better battery life for such a low powered APU? How come AMD cannot make these mobile processors do better? Oh, and why do we have a Ford Pinto CPU pulling a Mustang GPU? For most users of a small notebook the emphasis of power should be on the CPU. This won’t ever be a gaming notebook. Lately AMD has been handicapping APU’s like this with dreadful CPU speed. WHY?