{"id":78,"date":"2005-08-10T07:44:09","date_gmt":"2005-08-10T11:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/archives\/new-acer-aspire-5020-review\/"},"modified":"2005-08-10T07:44:09","modified_gmt":"2005-08-10T11:44:09","slug":"new-acer-aspire-5020-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/archives\/new-acer-aspire-5020-review\/","title":{"rendered":"New Acer Aspire 5020 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/wp-content\/images\/acer-aspire-5020-laptop.jpg\" alt=\"Acer Aspire 5020 Laptop\" class=\"alignright\" \/>There is a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.notebookreview.com\/default.asp?newsID=2491\">Acer Aspire 5020 <\/a> Review from Notebook Review. The actual model reviewed is  the Acer 5021 WLMi.<\/p>\n<p>The Acer Aspire 5020 series includes these models: Aspire 5021NWLCi, Aspire 5021WLCi , Aspire 5022WLMi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Acer Aspire 5020 &#8211; Acer 5021 WLMi Specifications<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(for the reviewed Acer Apire 5020 laptop series)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AMD Turion 64 ML28 (1.6Ghz)<br \/>\n512Mb DDR RAM (upgradeable to 2Gb)<br \/>\n100Gb 4200rpm Hard Disk<br \/>\nATI Mobility Radeon X700 128Mb (pci express)<br \/>\n15.4&#8243; WXGA CrystalBrite Screen (widescreen shiny type)<br \/>\nDual Layer DVD+RW (slot loading)<br \/>\n802.11b\/g wireless<br \/>\n10\/100 Gigabit Ethernet &#038; 56k Modem<br \/>\n6-in-1 card reader<br \/>\nWindows XP SP2 Home Edition<br \/>\n4 USB2.0 &#038; 4pin firewire port<\/p>\n<p>There is a note to readers: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Acer Aspire 5020 is currently available only in Europe and Asia, the closest equivalent in North America being sold is the Aspire 5000 series that does not include a dedicated graphics card and is not a glossy-widescreen, but does use the AMD Turion 64-bit ML-30 processor<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The review takes each of the features and makes some statements.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have played Medal of Honour Allied Assault, C&#038;C Generals, Sim City 4 and The Sims 2 all on maximum settings with no slowdown whatsoever, and they look great on this screen. It is unlikely a hardcore gamer would be looking at this system anyway though versus the dedicated PC or gaming notebook.<\/p>\n<p>This Acer Aspire 5020 laptop is very quiet in use, though when playing games the fan does operate continuously. It is very quiet as well however, which is good. I doubt you would hear it over medium loud music.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;There is a wealth of ports on this computer, which is obviously a good thing. The optical drive is a rather fancy slot load affair on the right hand side. I personally think this is great, since drive trays are easily broken. It looks rather cool as well. It burns most media, including dual layer DVD. I certainly have not had any problems in using it. It is quiet when playing DVD movies as well, which you may be glad to hear. <\/p>\n<p>On the left hand side of the Aspire 5021 laptop there are 3 USB2.0 ports, a 4pin firewire, card reader (Accepts an MS, MS PRO, MMC, SD, SM, or xD-Picture card) as well has S-Video. There is also a Type II PC Card Slot. Lots of USB is always good, there is another USB on the back.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The final conclusion is:<br \/>\n&#8220;I would wholeheartedly recommend the Acer Aspire 5021, with only a few reservations. The fact of the matter is you are getting a good quality multimedia system, for a budget notebook price. If you are somebody who needs some power and versatility and a fairly tight budget, this system is great. Students this means you. If you frequently use system hogging applications, or travel frequently perhaps this isn&#8217;t for you, but you will be looking at a price premium for your troubles.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a new Acer Aspire 5020 Review from Notebook Review. The actual model reviewed is the Acer 5021 WLMi. The Acer Aspire 5020 series includes these models: Aspire 5021NWLCi, Aspire 5021WLCi , Aspire 5022WLMi. Acer Aspire 5020 &#8211; Acer 5021 WLMi Specifications (for the reviewed Acer Apire 5020 laptop series) AMD Turion 64 ML28 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.maindot.com\/technologynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}