Thread: Acer Aspire 5738G

Recently, we reviewed Acer'sAspire 5536, a basic entry-level multimedia notebook, which impressed us. Now, we take a look at Aspire 5738G. This laNop looks similar to 5536 and has the same screen size and aspect ratio.

The 5738G sports a better configuration in comparison with the 5536. Instead of AMD Athlon processor and ATI graphics card, 5738G has Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor and NVidia Graphics card with 512 of video memory. Acer had chosen DDR3 memory instead ofDDR2 to boost the system performance. Well, these modifications do give an impression that Aspire 5738G is going to give a tough competition to other high-end notebooks. Read on to find our take.

keypad, and the keys use a spring like mechanism that feel comfortable while typing. You can remove all the keys to clean them. The keyboard has several dedicated keys for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, One-touch backup and battery optimization. There is a dedicated key to switch off the touchpad, this key is highlighted by a stylish orange light. The touchpad worked fine during our test.

Four USB 2.0 ports, a VGA port, an Ethernet port, a Modem port, a HDMI port, Fingerprint recogniser, Kensington lock, Mic in, Speaker out and a 3.5mm port are housed on both sides. The Aspire 5536G comes with a 15.6in display with a l366x768 resolution, which ensures you can enjoy nop HD videos. It also sports a built-in Acer CineCrystal webcam that is capable enough to shoot videos in 640x480 resolution with 30 frames per second. Acer Aspire 5536G comes bundled with Windows Vista Home Premium.

On the performance front we were a bit disappointed as it fell short of our expectations. The machine comes loaded with a surfeit of applications, which eat up a lot of memory. We had to uninstall quite real performance.

We did try some of the modem high-requirement games and the performance was decent. Though it scaled 1080p HD movies to nop, movie viewing experience was good. The on-board speakers lack bass on the highs, but in the mids and lows they are decent. Pairing a good speaker system can produce a soothing sound. Battery performance is decent.

With eco mode on we got more than 4 hours while using 4-5 application simultaneously. In high-performance mode it was around 2 hours, which is not that bad.