Our review of the Acer Aspire 5 A515-57-59QR
Nomadic with its 8-hour battery life under Windows 11, the thin and light versatile laptop PC Acer Aspire 5 A515-57-59QR 15-inch IPS Full HD anti-reflective screen performs well in everyday use thanks to its Intel Alder Lake-U hybrid Core i5-1235U processor with Iris Xe graphics capable of running modest games. This Ultrabook with an elegant silver design benefits from fast SSD storage which increases its responsiveness, a backlit keyboard, a fingerprint reader and even connectivity with Thunderbolt 4 USB-C and Wi-Fi ax.
Features of the Acer Aspire 5 A515-57-59QR
| Screen(s) | 15.6’’ Full LED IPS ComfyView (1920×1080, antireflet) |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-1235U Alder Lake (10 cœurs : 2P 1.3GHz, 8E 0.9 GHz, TDP 15W) |
| Installed RAM (max) | 8 Go DDR4 3200 MHz (32 Go), 2 slots |
| Graphic card | Intel Iris Xe integrated into the processor |
| Storage | SSD M.2 de 512 Go (NVMe PCIe) |
| connectors | 3 USB 3.0 + 1 USB-C Thunderbolt 4, HDMI |
| Network | Wi-Fi 6E ax (2×2, Intel AX211), Bluetooth 5.1 + Ethernet Gigabit |
| Backlit Keyboard | Oui |
| Numeric keypad | Oui |
| Windows Hello | Yes, via fingerprint reader |
| Audio system | 2 speakers |
| Operating system | Windows 11 64 bits |
| Announced autonomy / Battery | 8 hours / Li-Ion 3 cells |
| Poids / Dimensions (mm) | 1.77 Kg / 362.9 x 237.8 x 17.9mm |
The Acer Aspire 5 A515-57-59QR against the competition
The Acer Aspire 5 A515-57-59QR is currently showing in promotion at Acer France and offers a configuration/price ratio interesting for its category where the competition is very limited at this price level and where it is one of the only ones to offer such a recent processor with such a high number of cores as well as such a large graphics solution and Thunderbolt connectivity.
Chassis, connectors, screen of the Acer Aspire 5 A515-57-59QR
With its thin and light anthracite design, it sports a look of sobriety and elegance.
The connectivity integrated into this versatile laptop is good, including 1 USB-C Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi ax and Bluetooth 5.2 wireless modules for remote connections and communications, a useful HDMI video output to easily connect this computer to a monitor or a TV for example, Ethernet and audio ports but also 3 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) guaranteeing transfers made up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 if USB 3.0 peripherals are connected.
You can authenticate yourself biometrically via Windows Hello technology on this laptop because it includes a fingerprint reader.
A solution for backlighting the keys is fitted to the chiclet keyboard, which is practical for better distinguishing them when the ambient light is reduced.
Thanks to its anti-reflective treatment, the screen is more readable in a bright environment (eg outside) than a glossy panel. In addition, it lends itself well to the display of High Definition content such as videos due to its precise Full HD definition and its 16: 9 format. As it adopts IPS technology, the screen also has significant viewing angles, both horizontally and vertically.
Performance, autonomy of the Acer Aspire 5 A515-57-59QR
The Acer Aspire 5 A515-57-59QR is a thin and light 15-inch laptop intended for everyday general purpose use.
Built around a low-power Intel Alder Lake-U hybrid Core i5-1235U processor and 8 GB of RAM, this versatile Ultrabook delivers good general performance.
Admittedly, the amount of RAM is contained for modest multimedia work, but in this area, the Core i5-1235U processor proves to be an asset in areas using multicore and therefore the 10 cores of the Core i5 Alder Lake-U, such as in photo editing. and video encoding.
The fact remains that it is better to opt for a PC with a non-low power processor and/or an appropriate dedicated graphics card if you plan to often perform resource-intensive work. processor and/or graphics.
The Core i5-1235U Alder Lake-U in any case offers the advantage of integrating directly within it the Iris Xe, a graphics module thanks to which you can watch photos and videos but also play modest titles.
On the storage side, Acer unsurprisingly chooses an SSD which clearly enhances responsiveness and fluidity on a daily basis compared to a simple hard drive.
Because an SSD is silent but also less energy-consuming, more robust and above all much faster.
The SSD guarantees, for example, much faster starts / stops, processing and software launches than with a hard drive, or even a faster arrival on the cards of online games.
It is a 512 GB SSD which is integrated here, capacity in line with the standard of hard disks, enough to store a lot of software and files. But of course in case we need more space, we can use an external storage unit. Favoring a USB-C / USB 3.0 / Thunderbolt device then represents an interesting option for obtaining fast transfers.
As for autonomy, bet on about 7 hours of battery operation in light use for this versatile Ultrabook whose finesse and contained weight facilitate transport.