News - Acer Aspire S5 world’s thinnest Ultrabook UK launch soon

[HEXUS]

Only 15mm thick and 1.35Kg in weight.

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[Biscuit]

'worlds thinnest' isnt going to make you massive sales, why dont any of these companies get that?

[aeonf242]

But it gets you press headlines.... :-)

[3dcandy]

and some sales...

[kingpotnoodle]

Stupid I know, a few mm here and there isn't making a difference but claiming "world's best" is hard to substantiate, so claiming a measurable metric like "world's thinnest*" is easier to get away with and in the impressionable minds of consumers creates and illusion of best-ness.


*at time of writing this ad

[Hicks12]

really dont see the point... increase the thickness by 2 - 5mm and give me a larger battery, thanks .

[Animus404]

hmmm... I'm turned off by the chiclet keyboard, does anybody have a dislike for them or am I very much in the minority?

[Biscuit]

hmmm... I'm turned off by the chiclet keyboard, does anybody have a dislike for them or am I very much in the minority?

Personally I quite like them!

[finlaymurray123]

I want performance NOT a thin piece of trash.

[miniyazz]

So thin and light it floats upon its own reflection

Lol

[Ulti]

Personally I quite like them!

They look nice IMO but typing on the Acer S3 and Toshiba Z830 is a really odd experience, the laptops are so thin that the keys hardly have any trouble. I imagine if one was used to Lenovo keyboards and/or mechanical keyboards, they would literally rip the chiclet keyboard and destroy it.

It's not a problem of design though, the Samsung Series 9 manages to have a chiclet keyboard with half decent travel. Haven't tried other thing ultrabooks or the MBA though.