This is a review of the Acer Aspire V5 touch screen laptop. This particular model has the
Intel core i5 processor with 8GB of RAM and one terabyte internal hard drive. It also
features an LED backlit screen and a backlit keyboard. The left side of the laptop features
a headphone jack, two USB 2 connectors and one USB 3 connector, an HDMI output. and also
an Ethernet and VGA output. Towards the back of the left side of the laptop you'll see
the vent port here and also the power input. The right side of the laptop features the
Kensington connector and also a DVD burner. On the bottom left front of the laptop there's
also an SD card reader right here. The battery that comes with the V5 is actually pretty
small and it snaps into the back of the laptop like this.
To remove the battery there's a little slider right here that might be a little hard for people with big fingers to get in
there but you can get the battery out by sliding that over and just slipping the battery right out.
To give you an idea of how thin this laptop is, I've stacked fourteen quarters
next to it so you can compare that with your laptop at home. Now the audio on the the V5
is not that great even though it comes with a Dolby sound system and the sound comes out
of the speakers here and here and these are located at the front of the laptop right underneath
where your palms would sit when you're typing. The sound is ok but it's not this not the
best. You may want to invest in a better sound system that you can plug into this.
The Aspire V5 was built for Windows 8 because of its touchscreen and as you can see here is actually
pretty responsive. It's really quick and there's no lag. I've seen that in some of the laptops
but I got this laptop because it's actually really pretty smooth. Now this is my first
laptop that has Windows 8 on it and it's been a bit of the learning curve because there
are some things that are hidden that I found out and it's just taken me a lot longer to
get to get around this system. These tiles here work kinda like on an iPhone. These are
little tiles for the apps. Just tap that and watch an app. This is the Calculator app.
Let's see if we can get out of that. For those of you who want the familiar Windows desktop
there's a button down here to take you right to the desktop. Going back and forth between
the Windows desktop and the tiled interface is really easy all you have to do is hit this
Windows button and it'll go to the tiled interface or if you hit it again, it will go back to
the Windows desktop. One the features of the touch screen is that you can bring up an on-screen
keyboard where you can type, you know whatever you want on here. You can have it go away
by hitting X here. Or to bring it back there's a little keyboard icon here. But it's a little
bit hard to use I don't know if you really want to use it with this laptop because you
got your regular keyboard here. It's a little bit hard to that type up here. It's almost
better if this was like a separate tablet. This keyboard is kinda like you'd find on
an iPad or an Android device. But I don't know how useful that is but they have it here
in case you want to use it. And one final thing I want to show you and this goes back
to my learning curve with Windows 8. To shut down this laptop the regular shut down button
is kinda missing so to shut this thing down you have to go to the right side of the screen
and swipe over. There's a settings icon. Just tap that then there's the power button here.
Tap that and then now you'll see the regular shutdown and restart buttons. Overall the
Acer Aspire V5 laptop is a great way to go if you want something that's ultra-portable
that you can take with you. This laptop is actually much thinner than my previous HP
laptop and the it's much lighter in my backpack. So again if you're looking for an ultra-light
laptop with lots of performance features and a touch screen, the Acer Aspire V5 laptop
is the one to get.