In our benchmarks, the E15 performed well for it's budget-class. Even opening the document on the Acer took 33 seconds. Visit our corporate site. On the front lip is a 5-in-1 card reader. Acer Games is a portal to a handful of casual games, such as "Angry Birds" and "Bejeweled Blitz.". Not surprisingly, the Aspire E1 didn't fare too well on our benchmark tests. It’s aluminium sprayed with a glossy white finish to get that glassy effect. By iPhone 12 accessories: what you get in the box, and what you'll need to buy, Windows 10 update will change the game for copy-and-paste, New iPhone 12 (2020) release date, price, specs, news, 5G and what you need to know, Google and Intel are worried about a new Linux vulnerability, Forget the Surface Go 2 tablet, this challenger comes with a keyboard and stylus for half the price, The Infinix Note 8 could be the perfect phone for photography fans, Protect your iPhone 12 with the latest cases from Spigen, iPhone 12 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S20: the battle of 2020's biggest flagships, Walmart is having Black Friday three times this year, because 2020, Xbox Series X hands-on preview: Microsoft's best console ever, CPU: 1.9GHz Intel Core i3-4030U (3MB cache), Screen: 15.6-inch, 1366 x 768, Glossy Active Matrix TFT Color LCD Multi-touch screen, Storage: 500GB (5400 rpm with a 16GB SSD cache), Ports: HDMI, 2 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet, VGA, SD card reader, combination mic/headphone jack, Connectivity: 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.0, 3DMark: Cloud Gate: 3,595; Sky Diver: 2,234; Fire Strike: 477, Cinebench Graphics: 19.06 fps, CPU: 191 points, PCMark 8 Battery Life: 4 hours and 34 minutes. Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. We measured the key travel at 2mm--nice and deep--and actuation of 50 grams, which is on the light side, but more than acceptable. Yes, it's not the most attractive notebook, and its graphics performance could be better. On the Laptop Mag battery Test (Web surfing via Wi-Fi at 40 percent brightness), the Acer Aspire E1's runtime of 5 hours and 24 minutes is about 40 minutes less than the category average (6:09) and more than an hour less than the HP Chromebook (6:42), but almost 90 minutes longer than the Asus X550CA (4:05). Click to EnlargeTypically, budget systems are laden with bundled software, and the Acer Aspire E1 is no different. The E15 lasted more than two hours longer in our tests, and I'd argue that is more than enough to make up for that extra half pound. The Acer Aspire E1 took a sluggish 15 seconds to boot Windows 8.1, which is the same as the Asus, and 9 seconds slower than the HP Chromebook took to load the Chrome OS. However, the … A second-generation Acer Aspire Switch 10 was then launched in October 2014 It was given a different display resolution of 1280 × 800, and a different Intel Atom Z3735F processor. Like the display, the Aspire E1's speakers produced good sound for the price. Dedicated graphics chips will be available with the Acer Aspire S3 2014 edition, though, with the GeForce GT 735M an option. There was a problem. However, it uses 16GB of SSD storage to make its 1-second boot from sleep possible. Those looking for something even less expensive should consider the $349 HP Chromebook 14, which lacks a touch screen and runs the more limited Chrome OS. Case in point: the Acer Aspire E1-510P-2671. To be sure, there are some tradeoffs with a system this inexpensive, but can you put up with them for this price? The ASUS X550CA (23 fps) failed to reach a playable average of 30 fps, but it performed marginally better than the Acer.