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Laptop Notebook Review
The Acer Travelmate 5530 is one of the five latest models in the Acer Travelmate series. This notebook computer is touted to be extremely ideal for the thriving entrepreneur, which makes us wonder what it is exactly that the 5530 offers its potential buyers. Read through and find out.
SPECIFIC FEATURES:
CPU AMD Turion™ X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-75(1MEGABYTES L2 cache, 2.2Gigahertz)ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Processor chip QL-65(1MEGABYTES L2 cache, 2.1Gigahertz)
AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Cpu QL-64
(1MB L2 cache, 2.1GHz)
RAM Up to 4GIGABYTE (2GB installed in one of two memory slots) DDR2 667 SDRAM
Screen size 15.4″ (1280 x 800) TFT LCD
Operating system Genuine Windows 7 Professional Genuine Windows Vista Business OPERATING SYSTEM
Battery life Up to 2.5 hrs life depending on configuration and usage
Graphics Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
The 5530’s strength lies in its ultra powerful processor chip. A businessman can easily process one task after another or to multitask effectively with the Dual-Core technology from AMD Athlon, the direct competitor of the more popular Intel cpus. Competing directly with each other, users can expect more or less similar power and performance from the AMD dual core processor that the 5530 uses. The 5530’s huge memory space capacity also complements its processor speed greatly, with up to 4 gigabytes allowed.
The 5530 is a very light laptop computer, and at first glance could be very ideal for the traveling businessman except for its battery life. The machine weighs less than 7 pounds, and it is also equipped with the proprietary Disc Anti-Shock Protection. This DASP, together with the anti-shock properties of the laptop’s chassis, prevents the hard drive from physical damage incurred during free-fall situations.
The DASP is also very essential for the business. Aside from providing protection from shock damage, it also prevents the impact from resulting to data loss. The DASP’s firmware also shuts down the hard disk before the laptop hits a hard surface, protecting files from damage.
The 5530 comes with a neat 15.4-inch liquid crystal display screen. The LCD is capable of a maximum resolution of 1280×800. Again, we're able to see how the 5530 is advantageous towards multitasking. The high resolution allows for opening different windows in minimized mode so that the user can easily look at one document and another without changing windows.
The weakest point that one can find in the Acer 5530, however, is its battery time. Even with low usage, the laptop computer cannot be used continually for four hrs. Manufacturer’s estimate is only at 2 and a half hours of usage. This is certainly at optimal usage as well, with no power-consuming features turned on.
Though it wouldn’t matter to a businessman, the 5530’s integrated graphics card can also be seen as a disadvantage for the user. Integrated graphics card is not as powerful as specific graphic cards, which are capable of running three dimensional graphics. That is something that the 5530 cannot do, but like mentioned earlier, the laptop is designed for the business user who neither has the time nor the love for gaming.
CONCLUSION:
With a very powerful cpu and large ram capacity, the 5530 has everything that one needs for the business. Its battery life may actually be the deciding factor for some potential customers to turn their backs on it. But this wouldn’t be an issue to those who intend to use the laptop or pc as a replacement for the desktop PC. Business meetings conducted remotely probably won’t have the user relying on the batteries anyway. For most of us, 2 hrs and a half is more than enough for accessing important data on the car on the way to a meeting.
