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Acer Aspire
Acer Aspire V5
Developer	Acer
Type	Laptop All-in-One Desktop
Release date	September 1995; 29 years ago (1995-09)
Operating system	Windows, Linux
CPU	AMD APU, AMD Ryzen Intel Core i3, i5 or i7
Memory	Varies
Display	Built-in or external
Graphics	AMD Radeon, NVIDIA GeForce, Intel HD
Input	Varies
Connectivity	Wi-Fi B\G\N and Ethernet
Power	Battery or AC
Dimensions	Varies
Mass	Varies
Marketing target	Consumer / Home purpose

Acer Aspire (stylised as Λspire or ΛSPIRE) is a series of personal computers by Acer Inc. aimed at casual household users. The Aspire series covers both desktop computers and laptops. Acer developed the series to range from essentials to high performance. The Aspire mainly competes against computers such as Asus' Transformer Book Flip, VivoBook and Zenbook, Dell's Inspiron and XPS, HP's Pavilion, Spectre, Stream and Envy, Lenovo's IdeaPad, Samsung's Sens and Toshiba's Satellite.

The Aspire series was first brought to the market in September 1995, which featured the Intel Pentium processor. The Aspire series then replaced the AcerPower series in 2002 and became one of Acer's main series.

Switch tablets

Acer Aspire Switch is a series of two-in-one tablet computers running Windows 8, with a tablet and detachable keyboard sold together.

List of Acer Aspire Switch models

SW3-013
SW3-013P
SW3-016
SW3-016P
SW5-011
SW5-012
SW5-012P
SW5-014
SW5-014P
SW5-015
SW5-111
SW5-111P
SW5-171
SW5-171P
SW5-173
SW5-173P
SW5-271
SW7-272
SW7-272P

Switch 10

Acer Aspire Switch 10 was announced in April 2014. It is a 10.1-inch two-in-one, with a 1366 × 768 resolution display and Intel Atom Z3745 processor. A second-generation Acer Aspire Switch 10 was then launched in October 2014 It was given a different display resolution of 1280 × 800, and a different Intel Atom Z3735F processor.

Switch 11

Acer Aspire Switch 11 was announced in September 2014, as a larger 11.6-inch version, that was planned for release in November. There are two models of the Acer Aspire Switch 11: The Acer Aspire Switch 11 SW5-111 with an Intel Atom Z3735 processor, 2 GB RAM, and a 1366 × 768 resolution display, and the Acer Aspire Switch 11 SW5-171 with an Intel Core i3 processor, 4 GB RAM, and a 1920 × 1080 resolution display.

Laptop models

The Aspire series was introduced in 2017 with four main models: 1, 3, 5 and 7. In 2018, the Aspire 6 was launched exclusively for Malaysia. The Aspire 6 is simply an Aspire 5 with a Captain America-inspired aesthetics. As with many Windows laptops, different models may have different specification in different parts of the world, but most of the Aspire laptops, produced from 2005 to 2012, were developed with a standardized modular internal design (known as Intel Common Building Block).

Aspire series

The Aspire 5 was originally launched with Intel Kaby Lake processors (i5-7200u and i7-7500u) and then was updated with Kaby Lake R processors (i5-8250u and i7-8550u) and more recently updated with Whiskey Lake processors (i3-8145u, i5-8265u and i7-8565u) which came along with a redesign which involved slimmer bezels but dedicated maintenance panels for RAM and storage was omitted. More recent products such as the A715-74G and A715-75G feature a choice between the Coffee Lake 9th Gen Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, or the AMD Ryzen 3 and 5 processors.

Aspire E series

The Acer's Aspire E series also contain the Aspire ES sub series. The Aspire E series is a laptop line geared to being more affordable than other offerings. The Aspire E comes with either a 14" or 15.6" 16:9 display named E14 and E15 respectively. The Aspire ES comes with either an 11.6" or 14" 16:9 display named ES11 and ES14 respectively. The Aspire E series has been updated annually with newer Intel processors. The Aspire E series is currently offered with Intel 8th generation Intel Core I series processors but has been offered with 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th generation Intel Core i series processors.

Aspire One series

Main article: Acer Aspire One

Acer Aspire One is a line of Aspire subcompact notebooks (netbooks) similar to the Asus EEE.

Aspire R series

The Acer Aspire R 11 (model R3-131-...) is an 11-inch convertible (2-in-1) laptop with a mainstream folding design. It has a display resolution of 1,366x768, and comes with Intel Celeron processors of the Braswell architecture, up to 500GB of HDD storage, and 4 GB of RAM.

The Acer Aspire R 14 (model R3-471T-...) is a 14-inch convertible (2-in-1) laptop with a mainstream folding design, similar to the Lenovo Yoga 3 14" laptop. It has a display resolution of 1,366x768, and comes with 5th generation Broadwell processors, a 1 TB HDD, and 8 GB of RAM.

The Acer Aspire R7 (model R7-572-...) is a 15.6-inch convertible (2-in-1) laptop with a single-hinge "Ezel" folding design. It has a display resolution of 1,920x1,080 and N-Trig DuoSense technology stylus support. It comes with 4th generation Haswell Processors, a 1 TB HDD, and 8 GB of RAM.

The Acer Aspire R13 (model R7-371t-...) is a 13.3" convertible (2-in-1) laptop with a double-hinge "Ezel" folding design. It has two available display resolutions of 1,920x1,080 or 2,560x1,440, and Synaptics stylus support. It comes with either 4th generation Haswell, 5th generation Broadwell processors or 6th generation Skylake processors, solid state hard drives in sizes of 128, 256, or 512 GB, and 8 GB of RAM.

The Acer Aspire R 15 (model R5-571T-...) is a 15.6 inch convertible (2-in-1) laptop with a mainstream folding design.

Aspire S Series

The Acer Aspire S3 is a 13.3-inch Ultrabook with an Intel Core 1.6 GHz processor, 320 GB hard drive, a media card reader. Moreover, it has an integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000-chip and four gigabytes of RAM. Overall, the Ultrabook weighs 2.98 pounds.

The Acer Aspire S5 is a 13.3-Inch Ultrabook, which the company said is the world's thinnest Ultrabook at 15mm-thick. It weighs 2.97 pounds and includes an Intel Ivy Bridge processor, 8 GB of DDR3 RAM, SSD storage for speed and increased shock resistance plus professionally tuned Dolby Home Theater v4.

The Acer Aspire S7 is a 13.3-inch Ultrabook, a successor to the Aspire S5. It uses the same aluminum frame wrapping a pearly white plastic and Gorilla Glass encasement and is able to bend backwards 180 degrees and lie flat. It weighs roughly less than 1.3 kg and includes an Intel Ivy Bridge processor, 8 GB of DDR3 RAM, SSD storage for speed and increased shock resistance plus professionally tuned Dolby Home Theater v4.

The Acer Aspire S13 is a 13.3-inch Ultrabook, a successor to the Aspire S7. The computer has an Intel Core i5 dual-core processor, 1080p display, SSD storage, USB-C port, and 8GB of RAM.

Aspire Timeline Series

Main article: Acer Aspire Timeline

Acer Aspire Timeline is a discontinued sub-line of the Aspire series which consisted of Ultrabook. The indirect successor to the Aspire Timeline's are the Acer Swift lineup.

Aspire V Nitro Series

The Acer aspire V Nitro series consists of the Acer Aspire V15 Nitro, and the Acer Aspire v17 Nitro.

The Acer Nitro 16 features a 16-inch QHD+ display at 165Hz, powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS processor and an RTX 4070 GPU. The device is equipped with 16GB DDR5 SDRAM and a 1TB SSD for storage. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2, with ports such as 1x HDMI, 1x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, and 1x RJ-45. The laptop has dimensions of 36 x 27.9 x 2.5cm and weighs 2.79kg. Alternative configurations offer different processors, GPUs, RAM sizes, and storage capacities.

Aspire V Series

The Acer Aspire V series consists of the Acer Aspire V, Acer Aspire V3, Acer Aspire V5, Acer Aspire V 13 and Acer Aspire V15.

The Acer Aspire V5 is available in 14 and 15.6 inches and comes with a silver scratch resistant exterior. Released in 2012. It comes configured with a 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317M, 4GB, 1600MHz DDR3 of ram, and Windows 8. It is considerably slim and is offered in both 10-point multi-touch and non-touch variants. The V5 comes with a HD display with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels and a webcam on top.

Aspire VX Series

The Acer Aspire VX 15 specifications includes the use of either an Intel Core i5-7300HQ or an i7-7700HQ, 8 or 16GB DDR4 SDRAM, a 15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) 16:9 and either a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with 4 GB Dedicated Memory or a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti with 4 GB Dedicated Memory.

The Acer Aspire VX 5 specifications includes the use of either an Intel Core i7-7700HQ, 8GB DDR4 SDRAM, single-channel, a 15.6" 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel 141 PPI HD and either a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Laptop) - 4096 MB, Core: 1493 - 1620 MHz

Aspire M series

The Aspire M sub-series has since been discontinued. Its unofficial successor is the Acer Swift series.

Reception
Year	Model	Publisher	Rating
2013	M5-583P-6428	PCWorld
2013	N/A	Wired	5/10
2013	M5-583P-6428	Laptop Mag
N/A	M5-583P-6637	PC Mag

Aspire One Cloudbook

The Aspire One Cloudbook was a very-low-cost laptop released by Acer in 2015. The model featured a 14-inch, 1366 x 768 display, a 1.6-GHz Intel Celeron N3050 CPU, 2GB of RAM and 64GB of flash storage. The OEM build of Windows 10 contained a one-year free subscription offer to both Office 365 and a 1-TB OneDrive account, cloud-based productivity software and file storage from Microsoft (hence the name Cloudbook). It was the first machine released under Microsoft's cloudbook initiative, intending to compete with the Chromebook.

Aspire 4720z

Acer Aspire 4720z was a line of consumer laptops during 2006 to 2008. It featured Wireless B/G, Bluetooth, 5.1 audio output. These laptops were part of a class action lawsuit that claimed the laptops did not come with enough on-board RAM to run the pre-installed Windows Vista operating system.

Aspire 5738

Acer Aspire 5738 is a dual-booting (Android and MS-Windows) 3D laptop which includes Dynamic Digital Depth TriDef software.

The Acer Aspire 5738PG computer also includes the Acer multi-touch technology.

All-in-Ones models

List of Acer Aspire All-in-Ones Models

5600U
5920G
7600U
A3-600
C20-220 Elxan
C20-720
C22-720
C22-760
C22-860
C24-760
C24-865
C24-963
U27-880
U5-610
U5-620
U5-710
Z1100
Z1110
Z1-211
Z1220
Z1-601
Z1-602
Z1-611
Z1-612
Z1620
Z1-621
Z1-621G
Z1-622
Z1-623
Z1650
Z1-751
Z1-752
Z1800
Z1801
Z1810
Z1811
Z1850
Z20-730
Z20-780
Z22-780
Z24-880
Z3100
Z3101
Z3-105
Z3-115
Z3170
Z3171
Z3280
Z3-600
Z3-601
Z3-605
Z3-610
Z3-613
Z3-615
Z3620
Z3-700
Z3-705
Z3-710
Z3-711
Z3-715
Z3730
Z3731
Z3760
Z3761
Z3770
Z3771
Z3800
Z3801
Z5101
Z5600
Z5610
Z5700
Z5710
Z5730
Z5735
Z5751
Z5760
Z5761
Z5770
Z5771
Z5801
ZC-102
ZC-105
ZC-106
ZC-107
ZC-602
ZC-605
ZC-606
ZC-610
ZC-700
ZC-700G
ZS600
ZS600G
5100 series

Desktop models

The original Aspire desktop computer was introduced in 1995; designed by Frog Design, it was characterized by a sloped case design, and sold in "charcoal" gray and a dark green "emerald" colors. It was cited, along with HP's Pavilion, as part of a trend towards more contemporary designs for PCs in home environments.

The AcerPower S series was replaced by the Aspire desktop series in 2002. The AcerPower S Series consisted of two types: the AcerPower Se Series and the AcerPower Sn Series desktop. As of July 2019 Acer offers three desktop Aspire model lines.