Radio Shack will be selling the Acer Aspire AS5517-1208 15.6″ laptop on Black Friday for $399.99. This is $150 off the Acer Aspire AS5517-1208’s MSRP $549.99. This laptop comes with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core processor, 4GB of memory and a 320GB hard drive. Windows 7 Home Premium is also included.
The Acer Aspire AS5517 is a mainstream notebook, which means it’s good for general purpose computing. You can go explore the internet, complete homework, manage finances, watch movies, email friends, chat with friends with this laptop. You can use it to run productivity applications, including Microosft Office.
Mainstream notebooks with 15.6″ screens are very popular, but if you’d like something more mobile you should consider a notebook with a 14″ or smaller display.
The Acer Aspire AS5517-1208 is also available at Amazon.com now for $499.
Acer Aspire AS5517-1208 Specifications:
Brand | Acer |
Model | AS5517-1208 |
Product Height | 1.1 inches |
Product Width | 14.4 inches |
Product Depth | 10.8 inches |
Product Weight | 6 pounds |
Connections | 2 USB 2.0, 1 VGA port |
Power Device | Li-ion battery, AC adapter |
Battery | Lithium Ion, 4400 mAh , Rechargeable |
Display | HD Widescreen Acer CineCrystal LCD display 1366×768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio |
Display Size | 15 inches |
Max Resolution | 1366×768 |
Software Included | Acer eRecovery Management & othjer Acer utilities, McAfee® Internet Security Suite 2009 Trial, Microsoft Works with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial, MyWinLocker, Norton Online Backup, NTI Media Maker, WildTangent |
Operating System | Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
Hard Drive | 320GB 5400rpm SATA HDD |
Speakers | Built in , High-definition audio support |
Processor | AMD Athlon 1.2GHz |
Data Bus Speed | 800 MHz |
Networking | 10/100 Ethernet |
Data Link Protocol | 10/100Base-T Ethernet; 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WLAN |
Networking Compliant Standards | Ethernet; Wi-Fi |
Wireless NIC | Acer InviLink 802.11b/g |
Optical Storage Type | 8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive |
Read Speed | Up to 24x CDl 8x DVD |
Rewrite Speed | Up to 24x CDl 8x DVD |
Write Speed | Up to 24x CDl 8x DVD |
Card Reader Type | Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader |
Supported Flash Memory Cards | Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick (MS), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card (xD) |
Graphics Controller Type | ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics |
Video Memory | Up to 1919MB |
Graphics Installed Size | 256 MB |
Max Resolution (external) | 1366×768 |
Cache Memory | 512 KB L2 |
RAM | 4GB installed; 4GB maximum |
RAM Technology | DDR2 SDRAM |
Memory Speed | 667 MHz |
RAM Form Factor | 2 DIMM |