New Acer Aspire 4710 Laptop PC.

New Acer Aspire 4710 Laptop PC.

Whenever someone asks us if you can really get a decent thin-and-light laptop for about S$1,500 (US$986.03), offer up the Acer Aspire 4710 as evidence. Here you've a thin-and-light laptop with an attractive 14.1-inch display, a solid keyboard, and all the ports and connections a home user could need, for just S$1,448 (US$952.63). The catch, if you consider it one, is that inside the case you'll find a dual-core Pentium processor which, though it has multiple processing cores, isn't enough to keep up with Core Duo and Core 2 Duo systems. No one expects a cheap laptop to win any speed contests, though. Fortunately, some countries offer configurations equipped with a speedy Core 2 Duo processor. Many home users just want a machine for checking email, typing documents, and watching DVDs. So for those users, we recommend the Acer Aspire 4710.