Thread: Acer aspire 4736z

This variant of the Aspire 4736Z has everything that it takes to enjoy multimedia, be it on the go, at home or at work. At a little over 2 Kg, it's easy to carry around. The high feature set, excellent build quality and good performance make this laptop an ideal pick for those who want everything in a laptop.

Mainly intended for multimedia fans, this laptop houses a 320 GB hard drive, has an HDMI port, two hotkeys, dedicated volume control and physical switches for controlling wireless activity. It offers the latest Wi-Fi N and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity and has Bluetooth as well. What's most striking about this laptop is the heady mix of features. In addition to multimedia-centric provisions, there's a fingerprint scanner and a fax modem, which are usually common to business laptops. Other features include a 14-inch widescreen display with a native resolution of 1366 x 768 and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. Audio jacks include line-in, and there are three USB and a VGA port, a multi-card reader and a DVD¬writer. Finally, the unit comes pre-loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium. Overall, the strongest point is its rich feature set.

Built around an Intel GL 40 chipset, this laptop is powered by an Intel Dual Core T4300 processor, which is clocked at 2.1 GHz. There's 3 GB RAM and the onboard graphics are courtesy an Intel GMA 4500M HD GPU. All-in-all, apart from being able to play stutter-free movies and music, the hardware will manage some demanding applications.

Design-wise, this is a sturdy and good-looking laptop. Also, ergonomically it is quite comfortable, except that the mouse buttons are a bit hard unless you click all the way at the edges.