MacBook Air vs Acer Aspire S

 
From all vendor that We knew, there is some notebook or desktop PC vendor that always been underrated by IT World user and one brand that I knew of is Acer Inc. We put this statement based on Our interaction with Our IT colleagues, social friends, customers, etc. Hence We have any obligation to do that Acer Inc really a great brands as We vouch sincerely without hidden agenda. We say, there's more in Acer than meet the eye. In fact, We use some of Acer notebook for more than 7 (seven) years and still does good.
 
For Us, whenever that kind of IT brands which could stand for more than 5 (five) years and still good already prove that They do marvelous job to design Their IT product. And not just that, You know what? Some of Our friends use Acer Iconia tablet PC beside Apple iPad2 & Samsung Galaxy Tab. They say, They really feel satisfied surprisingly. So, how about this MacBook Air vs Acer Aspire S series contest?
 
This article would be MacBook Air test case #4 after We write MacBook Air vs iPad2 ; MacBook Air vs ASUS Zenbook and previous MacBook Air vs Samsung Series 9. Simply We need to check if Acer could stand in good fight on MacBook Air vs Acer Aspire S and from that We could see in this 3 (three) ultrabooks which run in Windows 7 64Bit environment, which hold best P/P rule of thumb between ASUS, Samsung & Acer brands. Don't get shocked with Our comment if We say honestly that Samsung is really great in Their smartphones & tablet PC, ASUS is really great in Their tablet PC & notebooks which Acer, himself also great in Their tablet PC & notebooks but still, There isn't any IT Company so far done perfectly hold this 3 (three) IT mobile tech musketeers.
 
In year 2012, most of IT business vendor gotta think to face about 3 + 1 IT World trends, They are smartphones, tablet PC & ultrabooks which hold by Their Operating System. The best IT business vendor We knew could do it all already still Apple Inc, with Their iPhones4/4S (smartphones) ; iPad2 (tablet PC) ; MacBook Air (ultrabooks) with Their great OS in existence of MacOS X Lion & iOS5. We hope in the future either Samsung or ASUS or Acer or new players maybe could done great enough to face Apple Inc & bring balance in IT World Business market.
 
MacBook Air Physical Dimensions. Height. 0.11-0.68 inch (0.3-1.7 cm) ; Width. 11.8 inches (30 cm) ; Depth. 7.56 inches (19.2 cm) ; Weight. 2.38 pounds (1.08 kg).
 

 
Acer Aspire S Physical Dimensions. Height. 0.7 inch ; Width. 12.6 inch ; Depth. 8,5 inch ; Weight. 2.98 pounds.
 
Seems on physical dimensions, Macbook Air vs Acer Aspire S, We see MacBook Air almost got landslide victory score.
 
MacBook Air tech spec. 11.6-inch (diagonal) high-resolution LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors ; 1366 by 768 (native) ; 64GB flash storage ; 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 with 3MB shared L3 cache ; 2GB 1333MHz DDR3 RAM ; Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor with 256MB ; FaceTime camera Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors ; Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps) ; Thunderbolt port ; Wi Fi 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking ; IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible ; Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology.
 
Acer Aspire S tech spec. 13.3" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit Display ; 1366 x 768 ; 320GB SATA HDD & 20GB SSD ; 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5-2467M Processor 1.6GHz ; 4GB DDR3 1066MHZ ; Intel® HD Graphics 3000 with 128MB of dedicated system memory ; 1.3MP HD Webcam(1280 x 1024) ; 2 USB 2.0 Ports ; 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi ; Bluetooth® 4.0+HS ; 2-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader ; Dolby® Home Theater® v4 audio enhancement ; 1- HDMI™ Portwith HDCP Support ; 3-cell Lithium polymer Battery.
 
On this hardware comparison fact between MacBook Air vs Acer Aspire S, both of Them almost bring same tech spec, features & for make things sort on this MacBook Air vs Acer Aspire S article, We just quote MacBook Air VGA spec has higher graphics RAM, bigger SSD storage, and MacBook Air also has Thunderbolt I/O port. However, Acer Aspire S has great combination 320GB HDD & 20GB SSD, bigger memory RAM, digital media card reader ; HDMI port & Dolby Home Theater audio enhancement. On this hardware comparison fact, We value MacBook Air vs Acer Aspire S on rough same score.
 
About next 2 (two) category in OS & battery lifetime, same in case when We write MacBook Air vs ASUS Zenbook and MacBook Air vs Samsung Series 9, We simply say that whether in MacOS X Lion or Windows 7 Pro 64bit occupy different market value. Both of OS are really great in Their own market whether in Windows loyal user or Apple loyal user. That things also happen in Their statement that Their own laptop either on MacBook Air or Acer Aspire S could be on long time usage period. We just say that long time usage period always been relatively different for some of laptop user. How can We compare usage period between general user vs CAD/CAM engineer user? Simply can't do on different basis. MacBook Air vs Acer Aspire S in both of this area, seems roughly We have to give same score also.
 
Now maybe the last thing also that We usually determine how worthy the product are, when We could compare MacBook Air vs Acer Aspire S on price tag fight. We already knew for sure that MacBook Air got $999 price tag in Their official website. But how much is cost for same spec of Acer Aspire S? After We check it respectively for awhile until November 23th, 2011, in Amazon sites, that Acer Aspire S cost Us $899 or maybe even cheaper. Unbelievable Acer Aspire S!
 
Acer Inc does as We believe to be great price cut strategy when delivering Their IT product though that strategy should be done carefully especially in this not so good economic situation nowadays. Finally We hope this MacBook Air vs Acer Aspire S article would bring deep analysis point to You as You want to purchase new laptop for Your daily activity. We try to give the best brief analysis on MacBook Air vs Acer Aspire S but decision of course would be in Your hand, please use it wisely. Warm regards!