Acer Aspire Ethos 5943G

31 reviews

May, 2013

Positive
Sound (4)
Battery (4)
Value for money (3)
Build quality (2)
Performance (2)

Negative
Screen (7)
Keyboard (3)
Portability (2)
Reliability (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 31 reviews from magazines and websites. Comments about the build quality and performance are generally positive. The value for money and sound are also mentioned favorably. Many are critical about the reliability and portability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Laptops the Acer Aspire Ethos 5943G is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 85/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by: Florian Glaser (notebookcheck.net)

Review Acer Aspire 5943G Notebook

Multimedia with weaknesses. With the Ethos series, Acer offers sm ...

Successful visuals; Impeccable workmanship; Very high application performance; Good gaming performance; Reasonable sound; Extensive connectivity; Blu-Ray burner

CPU throttling & crashes under full load; High temperature development; Unpleasant touchpad; Display low in contrast and brightness; Display reflects strongly; Weak key inscription; Below-par positioning of interfaces

The components and case surfaces become immensely hot under load

Sep, 2010

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Expert review by: What Laptop (techradar.com)

Acer Aspire Ethos 5943G review

A powerful and feature-packed entertainment laptop at a great price

Great erformance ; Battery life ; Build quality ; Blu-ray drive

Not Full HD screen ; Quite heavy

Feb, 2011

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Consumer review by: (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon review summary for the Acer Aspire Ethos 5943G

alaTest has collected and analysed 7 user reviews of the Acer Aspire Ethos 5943G from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other Laptop Computers on Amazon.co.uk.

touchpad, value for money, performance, sound

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86% of reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

May, 2013

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Consumer review by: dee (amazon.co.uk)

wonderfull

this is a great little laptop good value for money. very fast processing and massive hard drive. very light for size easy to transport from place to place. only bad point battery life is quite short but other than that no complaints what so ever.

Jan, 2012

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Consumer review by: b mcnally (amazon.co.uk)

acer aspire 5943g with blu ray

very happy with product. quick and responsive. love the solid feel to it, have noticed no flexibility with it while resting hands on either side of touchpad. battery life is ok..for me anyway..got a couple hours at least but what laptop gets what they...

Aug, 2011

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Consumer review by: b mcnally (amazon.co.uk)

acer aspire 5943g with blu ray

Aug, 2011

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Consumer review by: D (reevoo.com)

Acer Aspire 5943G-5464G64BN

Good display and positive keyboard which I find easy to use. Very quiet. Sound quality is very good compared to other laptops I have used. Processor rattles through the tasks I have performed but I have not used, to date, a number of items on this...

Weight 3KG+ but no problems for me as I use it around the home complimenting the Desktop PC

Jun, 2011

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Consumer review by: K. Allen (amazon.co.uk)

Not Full HD!

I ordered this laptop from Amazon believing it to have a Full HD screen. The reason I believed that to be the case was because that is what is stated on the Amazon listing. However, the 5943G does not have a Full HD screen and Amazon's details are...

Mar, 2011

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Consumer review by: J. Swindlehurst "Jan Swin" (amazon.co.uk)