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Acer TravelMate 5530

$749.00 Released December, 2008

The Pros:Handles high-demand applications gracefully, no lock-ups or major lag. Video playback is smooth and clear, looks great. Sound output is above average, can achieve good volumes and clarity.

The Cons:Comes with a lot of bloatware that needs to be removed for the system to work right. Comes with Windows Defender disabled by default, and Windows Update won't work until it is.

The Acer TravelMate 5530 is a lower mid-range notebook intended for personal or business use, and falls near the beginning of Acer's TravelMate lineup. It has an AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 processor, which operates at 2.1GHz and has two cores and 1MB of L2 cache.

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It has 2GB of DDR2 SDRAM and a 160GB SATA hard drive, as well as a Super-Multi optical drive that can read and write numerous types of DVDs and CDs, as well as a 5-in-1 memory card reader. The 5530's display size is a 15.4" widescreen LCD screen. It also has built-in Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/Draft-N wireless connectivity. Its graphics processing unit is ATI's Radeon HD3200, which is compatible with Microsoft's DirectX 10, and the operating system is Windows Vista Business.

Features

Released December 2008
AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 dual-core processor, 2.1GHz, 1MB L2 cache
Super-Multi optical drive
2GB DDR2 SDRAM
160GB SATA hard drive
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/Draft-N
ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics processor, Microsoft DirectX 10.0 support
Windows Vista Business
Fingerprint reader
5-in-1 memory card reader
Gigabit LAN port

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handles high-demand applications gracefully, no lock-ups or major lag
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video playback is smooth and clear, looks great
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sound output is above average, can achieve good volumes and clarity
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keyboard is responsive and comfortable to work with for a few hours
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boot-up time is minimal, don't have to wait long to get to work

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comes with a lot of bloatware that needs to be removed for the system to work right
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comes with Windows Defender disabled by default, and Windows Update won't work until it is