• Acer Aspire 5738PZG Touch Laptop [Review]

    Acer Aspire 5738PZG Touch Laptop [Review]

    Rohan Naravane, Jan 14, 2010 1555 hrs IST

    Acer gets touchy with their desktop replacement laptop

    Decent touch response, fair pricing, comfortable keyboard, decent battery life for a desktop replacement

    Touch-screen lacks practicality, prolonged use of touch-screen is strenuous, under-powered graphics, no Expresscard slot

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Design and Build
 
The 5738PZG is identical to the 5738DG model tested last week (which in turn is similar to the original 5738Z model in terms of design and build). So let's just quickly recap the physical aspects of this device. Looks-wise, it has a plain Jane design with its glossy blue top and black-grey color-combo on the inside. The build quality is pretty decent. The screen hinge offers good resistance,  and this is essential in this model, since the screen is going to be fingered a lot. On the lap, soft taps to the screen don't make it fall back. Acer has also provided a stand that helps keep the screen in place when the laptop's placed on a desk.



The screen is sufficiently large at 15.6 inches and sports a regular 1366 x 768 pixel display. While content on it is quite readable, a slightly higher resolution would have really made our day. At 2.8 kilos, it isn't even close to being lightweight, but quite fair for a 15.6-incher model in this range. It has a regular array of ports but like the 5738DG model, it too lacks the Expresscard slot. Not to say that a lot of people are going to be inconvenienced by this, but there was no question of space constraint to do away with it anyway -- thus it would've been nice if it was available.




The speakers are fairly loud but crack at higher volume levels. The web-cam delivers a decent video quality. The keyboard has well-sized keys that offer good tactility, making typing a very comfortable experience on it. A separate num-pad on the side will prove useful for people dabbling with numbers all day long. But we've seen a key or two breaking off on Acer models sporting this style of the keyboard. This makes us doubtful of their quality and whether they will last long enough. The touch-pad is fairly large but its touch response is just about average. Although it supports multi-touch gestures like two-finger scrolling, Acer has still kept a side of the touch-pad dedicated for traditional one-finger scrolling. This is good for people adamant on using the latter way to scroll, but disadvantageous for others as it reduces the usable area a little while using multi-touch.

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(3) Comments
Deb
,Mumbai, on Jan 15, 2010 10:45 AM
laptop specs???
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node_alpha
,bangalore, on Jan 14, 2010 09:56 PM
where are the specs guys?
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Rohan Naravane
,TechTree TechLabs, on Jan 15, 2010 10:43 AM
Hey guys, we always post specifications on a separate page. The link to this page is placed above the star rating. You can check out detailed specifications there.
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