Acer Aspire 5253

308 reviews

May, 2013

Positive
Screen (77)
Connectivity (22)
Design (11)
Value for money (8)
Build quality (4)

Negative
Reliability (4)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 308 reviews from magazines and websites. Opinions about the energy efficiency and value for money are on the whole positive. The design and connectivity are also appreciated, whereas there are some critical comments about the reliability and sound.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Laptops the Acer Aspire 5253 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 87/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by: Sebastian Jentsch (notebookcheck.net)

Review Acer Aspire 5253 (AMD Fusion) Notebook

Energy Saver. AMD Fusion enters the aggressively priced 400 Euro ...

Robust compact case; Low system noise at all times; Hardly any heat dissipation; Low power consumption; Short battery charge time; Very good battery run times

Poor application performance; Weak gaming performance; Interface locations; Keyboard layout; Very reflective display; Bad mono sound quality

Good battery run times with a small 48 Watt-hour capacity. With a bigger battery several hours more would be possible

Mar, 2011

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Expert review by: Brian Oliver Bennett (laptopmag.com)

Acer Aspire AS5253-BZ480

Powered by AMD's Fusion processor, the budget-friendly Acer Aspire AS5253 offers long battery life and enough power for everyday computing.

Notebook shoppers on a tight budget will find a lot to like in the Acer Aspire 5253. You get good-enough performance for everyday tasks such as e-mailing and web surfing, a larger screen than a netbook, and enough battery life so you don't have to stay...

Mar, 2011

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Expert review by: (pcmag.com)

Acer Aspire AS5253-BZ480

A 15.6-inch widescreen means you won't have to squint at the display. You can tile two applications side by side and still have room for a chat client like AOL's AIM or Digsby. It has a full size keyboard, and the adjacent numeric keypad (also...

Priced like a netbook. Big screen. Full size keyboard includes an adjacent numeric keypad. HDMI port. Excellent battery life at this price range

Slow-poke in speed tests. Plain design

The Acer Aspire AS5253-BZ480 laptop is a compelling play on price and battery life, using a netbook-based AMD Fusion APU.

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Expert review by: (pcmag.com)

Acer Aspire AS5253-BZ661

The Acer Aspire AS5253-BZ661 ($469.99 list at Costco) is a full-size desktop replacement laptop running on netbook parts. Those parts aren't Intel Atom based (which doesn't exist in anything beyond a 12-inch laptop) Rather, it uses what AMD calls an...

Priced like a netbook. Big screen is a plus. Full size keyboard included an adjacent numeric keypad. HDMI port included. Excellent battery life for the price

Slow-poke in speed tests. Plain design

The Acer AS5253-BZ661 desktop replacement laptop is a compelling play on price and battery life, using a netbook-based AMD Fusion APU to lead the charge.

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Consumer review by: hirogundamwing1 (cnet.com)

my first laptop... Yeah!

I have the Aspire 5253-BZ480 series (4GB RAM, 320GB HD). I just got it this month & I'm already very happy with this laptop. My dual-boot PC's HDs crapped out. Thanks to this laptop I was able to download & burn SystemRescueCD & UltraBootCD to help my...

Inexpensive; decent graphics; great keyboard; love the screen; great wifi; Win7 Home Premium 64bit installed, not Starter; almost as minimalist a design as Google CR-48 laptop; seperate numeric keypad (for number-crunching or Oolite playing); this is not

None with the laptop itself; just with Acer (would've been nice if I could've configured what I wanted at Acer website [like Dell/HP, etc] instead of waiting for a model to spring up that fit my needs; no pre-made Win 7 install CD (must use built-in app t

Mar, 2011

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Consumer review by: hirogundamwing1 (cnet.com)

...my first laptop... Yeah!

Mar, 2011

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Consumer review by: Dark-Ang3L (cnet.com)

Great value for money

Excellent price/performance ratio: 15.6" Led TFT, 4GB ram, dual core, Radeon 6310, HD capable with HDMI port. If it came with overclocking/tweaking options, it would be perfect.

Well balanced in overall performance and technology for its price ; Got the red one, so looks good too

Acer launched it without any overclocking/tweaking option in bios or by software, and the AMD E-350 Fusion APU is already known for having potential to reach an extra 900mhz with simple voltage and multiplier tweaks

Mar, 2011

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Consumer review by: (amazon.com)

Amazon review summary for the Acer Aspire 5253

alaTest has collected and analyzed 18 user reviews of the Acer Aspire 5253 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

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72% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2013

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Consumer review by: india (amazon.com)

Touchscreen Digitizer Repair/Replacement for HTC EVO 4G

this did not work properly. it is not completely compatible. some of the letters do not work. i feel ripped off.

Oct, 2012

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Consumer review by: LisaGr (amazon.com)

Fixed screen quick

I ordered the laptop screen and it was delivered very quickly. Very easy to repair. I took the broken computer screen out and replaced with the brand new one. It took about 15 - 20 minutes to fix. Screen looks and works great.

Sep, 2012

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