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Jun 16

How would you change Acer’s Aspire S5?

If Acer’s Aspire S5 were an episode of Friends, it’d be forever known as “The One with the Motorized Port Cover.” Unfortunately, while it was cool to have a complex, Thunderbirds-esque mechanical loading sequence on the laptop, it did make using its USB ports a bit of a chore. Furthermore, lackluster build quality, a weak battery and some serious usability flaws means that it probably can’t justify that sky-high price. That said, we figure plenty of you still went out and bought one, so tell us — did your experience meet up to our review, and what, if Acer had asked, would you change?

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Jul 20

Acer Aspire S5 review: is this innovative Ultrabook worth $1,400?

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With dozens and dozens of Ultrabooks on parade, you’d be forgiven if one skinny laptop with an ultra-low voltage processor started to look like the next. Even so, it’s tough to forget the Acer Aspire S5: of all the ultraportables we’ve seen these last nine months, this is the only one with a motorized port cover. Yeah, that one. It’s an intriguing product, to be sure, and the stakes are especially high given that $1,400 price: you’d have to really enjoy that form factor (and everything else) to choose it over some less expensive ultraportable. So is it worth it? Is that drop-down door anything more than a gimmick? Questions for the ages, and ones we’ll tackle in our full review after the break.

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