Looking beyond its svelte 23mm thin profile, the newly announced Acer Aspire V5 Ultrathin Notebook is one of the best bang for you buck laptops in town right now.

Sure, it may not be an Intel Inside lappie, but everything else its got is quite a treat.

The Acer Aspire V5-551G-84556G75 – yep, that’s its full name -  rocks a 15.6-inch HD 1366×768 resolution Acer CineCrystal LCD display with a 1.6GHz AMD A-Series quad-core processor, 2GB onboard + 4GB of RAM, a 750GB HDD, Windows 8 as its OS, and – here’s where it gets good – two graphics cards ready for your beck and call – AMD Radeon HD7600G (integrated) and Radeon HD 7650M (discrete) with 1GB of VRAM, making this on-the-go rig perfect for gamers.

And the best part is, SRP of this sleek beast is just – wait for it – Php30,900!

Yeah yeah, I know. There are more affordable AMD-powered laptops out now, but how many do you know are equipped with dual-graphics and retail for less than Php31K? ‘Nuff said.

The Acer Aspire V5 Ultrathin Noteobook should be readily available by now at your neighborhood PC stores.

Allan David

Online, Allan’s got you covered as far as news (and some reviews every now and then) goes. Offline, you’ll see him either sweating it out in the badminton courts or dining out in one of the new restos around town. His favorite noodles: cold soba.

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