Background and Identification
Acer is a Taiwanese hardware and electronics corporation that concentrates on advanced electronics technology. Their products include PCs, laptops, tablets, storage devices, and many more. The Acer Aspire line is aimed at casual household users and covers both desktop and laptop PCs. The performance of the Acer Aspire laptop can range from essentials to high performance and are usually not suitable for gaming. The Aspire directly competes with the Lenovo IdeaPad and Toshiba’s Satellite. The Acer Aspire M series has been discontinued but you can still find them on 3rd party sellers such as eBay and Newegg.
The Acer Aspire M5 series has many sub-series will an array of different specifications, but they all follow a similar design pattern. The body of the Acer Aspire M5 is all gray with the Acer logos on the back and under the 15.6” display. The trackpad is a darker shade of gray and the keyboard is all black. You can find the serial number on the bottom of the laptop.
Technical Specifications
These are for the M5-583P-6428 model, specs will vary greatly
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0+HS
- Brand: Acer
- CPU: 1.6-GHz Intel Core i5-4200U Processor
- Card Slots: SD memory reader
- Company Website: www.acer.com
- Display Size: 15.6
- Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics 4400
- Hard Drive Size: 500GB
- Hard Drive Speed: 5,400rpm
- Hard Drive Type: SATA Hard Drive
- Native Resolution: 1366x768
- Operating System: Windows 8
- Optical Drive: None
- Optical Drive Speed: n/a
- Ports (excluding USB): Thunderbolt, Headphone/Mic, HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, USB 2.0
- RAM: 8GB
- RAM Upgradable to: 12GB
- Size: 15.02 x 10.08 x 0.68~0.9 inches
- Touchpad Size: 4.5 x 3.1 inches
- USB Ports: 3
- Video Memory: 128MB
- Warranty/Support: One-year International Travelers Limited Warranty
- Weight: 5 pounds
- Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n
- Wi-Fi Model: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 7260