Acer Aspire S3
65
TECHNADO SCORE
TECHNADO SCORE
CATEGORY:
F3
AVERAGE:
73%
%POSITIVE:
57%

The Aspire S3 Ultrabook is perhaps one of the top Windows-based alternative to the MacBook Air if you are alright with a few cut-corners and less of a quality look/feel when compared to the best-selling Apple competitor.

80%
The Acer Aspire S3 is the closest you can get to the look and feel of a MacBook Air for less than $1,000, but it requires a few compromises....Go To Full Review
80%
The Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook is a thin and light laptop that turned in impressive performances in our lab's benchmarking tests....Go To Full Review
80%
The Aspire S3 sets the bar high. With a better screen, more storage and USB 3.0, Acer’s Ultrabook would be perfect...Go To Full Review
80%
The Acer Aspire S3 is an impressive portable, which offers superb power in an incredibly lightweight design. We’re really happy that this marriage of proper computing power, and great design finally has a home in the PC market....Go To Full Review
70%
The Acer Aspire S3 has a super-thin profile, larger storage capacity than competitors, and unmatched affordability, but it has some rough patches, like a cheap-feeling construction and a disappointing display....Go To Full Review
70%
The bottom line is that with this ultrabook, Acer is at least sending a message that real price competition can exist in this rarefied category of notebooks. Whether that will actually amount to a real price war is still an open question, but if nothing else, this category has at least become one worth watching now....Go To Full Review
50%
The Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook costs a lot less than the 13-inch MacBook Air but cuts too many corners to make it worthwhile....Go To Full Review
