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Casual Gaming |
Whether your scoring in FIFA or battling knights in Assassins' Creed a basic laptop won't cut the mustard. The 2.2 GHz 4 cores processor and will ensure smooth game and the advanced wifi ensure you'll be victorious in any adventure. |
Whether your scoring in FIFA or battling knights in Assassins' Creed a basic laptop won't cut the mustard. The 1.8 GHz 4 cores processor and NVIDIA GeForce MX150 will ensure smooth game and the advanced wifi ensure you'll be victorious in any adventure. | |
College (Students) |
As a student or researcher in the social or physical sciences, this device provides a good balance of portability (with it's 15.6 inches screen size) and performance so that you're free to roam the labs or libraries with a machine that can competently multi-task your data crunching, "multi-tabbed browsing" and the production of academic content. |
As a student or researcher in the social or physical sciences, this device provides a good balance of portability (with it's 15.6 inches screen size) and performance so that you're free to roam the labs or libraries with a machine that can competently multi-task your data crunching, "multi-tabbed browsing" and the production of academic content. | |
Basic Video Editing |
With a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels pixels, you'll have sufficient visual clarity to decide which video sequence will give the impact you're looking for. Continuously tweaking video clips are fun but requires a quite a bit of computing power. Which is why the memory size of 8 GB, the multi-core processor and the graphics card all combine to provide a level of performance that matches your needs It also comes with the Memory card reader just in case you need an alternative option to move your creative work from once device to another. |
With a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels pixels, you'll have sufficient visual clarity to decide which video sequence will give the impact you're looking for. Continuously tweaking video clips are fun but requires a quite a bit of computing power. Which is why the memory size of 8 GB, the multi-core processor and the NVIDIA GeForce MX150 graphics card all combine to provide a level of performance that matches your needs It also comes with the Memory card reader just in case you need an alternative option to move your creative work from once device to another. | |
Simple Music Editing |
Developing your own tunes and mixes is important to you, so we've recommended a laptop that has got an advanced audio system on-board with HD sound capabilities. The presence of a 4 cores core process will help speed up music format conversions or codec-based compression. |
Developing your own tunes and mixes is important to you, so we've recommended a laptop that has got an advanced audio system on-board with HD sound capabilities. The presence of a 4 cores core process will help speed up music format conversions or codec-based compression. | |
Pro Music Production |
Since you're all about the music, this laptop will make a great side-kick to you music production gear. It's multi-core processor gives you the necessary muscle to rip, encode or convert your audio craft without having to wait forever. Also, it's on-board audio chip and high resolution screen (1920 x 1080 pixels) offer a competent and mobile deputy to your existing tools and setup. |
Since you're all about the music, this laptop will make a great side-kick to you music production gear. It's multi-core processor gives you the necessary muscle to rip, encode or convert your audio craft without having to wait forever. Also, it's on-board audio chip and high resolution screen (1920 x 1080 pixels) offer a competent and mobile deputy to your existing tools and setup. | |
Bookkeeping |
The 15.6 inches screen gives you enough screen-space to wade through columns and rows Excel, Quicken etc, don't need much power so this option won't up the requirements on processor. Your Acer 's 8 GB RAM will ensure large sheets and accounts wont undermine performance The numeric keypad keyboard really takes the strain out when entering data. |
The 15.6 inches screen gives you enough screen-space to wade through columns and rows Excel, Quicken etc, don't need much power so this option won't up the requirements on processor. Your 's 8 GB RAM will ensure large sheets and accounts wont undermine performance The numeric keypad keyboard really takes the strain out when entering data. | |
Social Media |
Facebook, twitter etc require little processing power or screen specification so the Aspire A315-41-R9J1 will do just fine. |
Facebook, twitter etc require little processing power or screen specification so the Aspire 5 A515-51G-89LS will do just fine. | |
Browsing |
All components of your Acer will easily handle the web as surfing requires minimal resources |
All components of your will easily handle the web as surfing requires minimal resources | |
Documents |
Presentations, spreadsheets and documents, don't need much, but your AMD Ryzen 7 2700U processor and 8 GB RAM ensures even image laden files won't leave you watching the 'spinning wheel'! |
Presentations, spreadsheets and documents, don't need much, but your Intel Core i7-8550U processor and 8 GB RAM ensures even image laden files won't leave you watching the 'spinning wheel'! | |
Email demands very little from a laptop. We've taken this into account. |
Email demands very little from a laptop. We've taken this into account. | ||
Use in Public Places |
The 6 hours battery life in the Aspire A315-41-R9J1 is sufficient for short sessions of use in coffee shops, parks etc. |
The 7 hours battery life in the Aspire 5 A515-51G-89LS is sufficient for short sessions of use in coffee shops, parks etc. | |
Short Journeys |
The 6 hours battery life in the Aspire A315-41-R9J1 has got enough juice to help you work while on the move during quick trips around the city. |
The 7 hours battery life in the Aspire 5 A515-51G-89LS has got enough juice to help you work while on the move during quick trips around the city. | |
Use Around the Office |
The 6 hours battery life in the Aspire A315-41-R9J1 can keep you going while moving from one meeting space to another. |
The 7 hours battery life in the Aspire 5 A515-51G-89LS can keep you going while moving from one meeting space to another. | |
Carrying All the Time |
Because this has got a weight measuring in at 2.3 kg, it'll help you stay light and nimble. |
Because this has got a weight measuring in at 2.2 kg, it'll help you stay light and nimble. | |
Carrying Occasionally |
As you'll be needing to move about now and then, it's 2.3 kg weight should suit your needs just fine. |
As you'll be needing to move about now and then, it's 2.2 kg weight should suit your needs just fine. | |
Working with Numbers |
Working with numbers is important to you, so we've made sure this laptop comes a full featured keyboard. |
Working with numbers is important to you, so we've made sure this laptop comes a full featured keyboard. | |
Regular Look |
It looks simple, capable and doesn't stand out in any particular way. |
It looks simple, capable and doesn't stand out in any particular way. | |
Business Look |
It's got the traditional corporate look and will definitely blend in within the enterprise environment. |
It's got the traditional corporate look and will definitely blend in within the enterprise environment. | |
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Battery Life | 6 hours | 7 hours | |
Camera | 1 | 1 | |
Camera Resolution | 640 x 480 pixels | 1280 x 720 pixels | |
Camera Resolution (Numeric) | 0.3 MP | - | |
Colour | Black | Black | |
Dimesnsions - Depth | 26.28 cm | 26.42 cm | |
Dimesnsions - Height | 2.5 cm | 2.03 cm | |
Dimesnsions - Height (front) | - | 2.03 cm | |
Dimesnsions - Height (rear) | - | 2.03 cm | |
Dimesnsions - Width | 38.16 cm | 38.1 cm | |
Display HD Type | FHD | FHD | |
Display Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels | |
Display Size | 15.6 inches | 15.6 inches | |
Display Technology Name | TN | TN | |
Form Factor | Clamshell | Clamshell | |
Graphics Card Model - Dedicated | NVIDIA GeForce MX150 | ||
Graphics Card Model - Integrated | AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 | Intel UHD Graphics 620 | |
Graphics Card Type | Integrated | Dedicated | |
HDMI Port | 1 | 1 | |
Keyboard Num-Pad | Yes | Yes | |
Manufacturer | Acer | - | |
Manufacturer Part Number | NX.GY9AA.003 | - | |
Memory Card Reader | 1 | 1 | |
Microphone | 1 | 1 | |
Model Name | Aspire A315-41-R9J1 | - | |
Network Bluetooth Type | 4.1 | 4.1 | |
Network Wired Type | 10/100/1000 Mbps | 10/100/1000 Mbps | |
Network Wireless Type | b/g/n/ac | b/g/n/ac | |
Operating System Architecture | 64 Bit | 64 Bit | |
Operating System Name | Microsoft Windows | Microsoft Windows | |
Operating System Version | Windows 10 Home | Windows 10 Home | |
Processor Architecture | 64 Bit | 64 Bit | |
Processor Cores | 4 cores | 4 cores | |
Processor Family | AMD Ryzen 7 | Intel Core i7 | |
Processor Model | AMD Ryzen 7 2700U | Intel Core i7-8550U | |
Processor Speed | 2.2 GHz | 1.80 GHz | |
Processor Threads | 8 | 8 | |
RAM Size | 8 GB | 8 GB | |
RAM Type | DDR4-SDRAM | DDR4-SDRAM | |
SSD Capacity | 256 GB | 256 GB | |
Storage Total Capacity | 256 GB | 256 GB | |
Storage Type | SSD | SSD | |
USB 2.0 Ports | 2 | 2 | |
USB 3.0/3.1 (Gen 1) Type-A Ports | 1 | 1 | |
Weight | 2.3 kg | 2.2 kg |
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