Acer Aspire S vs Asus VivoBook F556UA

Discussion in 'Which Laptop should I buy?' started by Abdul, Dec 7, 2016.

  1. Abdul

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    Hi

    I am purchasing a new laptop in the next 2 weeks. This will NOT be a gaming or heavy video editing laptop, just heavy browsing, streaming, music, text editing.

    I have narrowed my search down to 2 laptops. Please advise any pros cons. It will be greatly appreciated. I am in Canada and will buy from amazon.ca

    Laptop 1: Acer Aspire S 14.1" FHD Laptop (Core i5-6200U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) with Windows 10 (French Bilingual Keyboard)
    Link: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01MPZBDYV/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1

    Laptop 2: Asus VivoBook F556UA-AB54 15.6-Inch Full-HD (Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256G SSD) with Windows 10, Gold
    Link: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01M08DL26/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1

    I am leaning towards the Acer even though I have heard mixed reviews about Acer laptops. Regardless, the reasons I am leaning towards the Acer are:
    1) Battery Life is significantly higher from what I've read
    2) Audio is high quality
    3) The size is more portable

    HELP ME CHOOSE PLEASE!
     
    Abdul, Dec 7, 2016
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    Welcome to the laptop forums site


    Well you have posed a difficult decision, the second one the ASUS has a
    faster cpu and does seem to be a standard type laptop.

    As you have listed the acer has many addition advantages including the battery life.

    It's going to be a very hard decision.

    Personally I like acer laptops.

    I have listed this site it will give you the benchmark for cpu's

    http://www.passmark.com/about/
     
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    Thanks for your input. Would you mind telling me why you like Acer laptops over Asus?
     
    Abdul, Dec 8, 2016
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    Yes I have owned a few ACER laptops I find them to be quite sturdy, reliable,and the bios
    on them seem better than the ASUS.

    I have owned 1 ASUS netbook and 1 tablet this has left me no longer a fan of asus none of the makes have broken down however.

    You know that it's all subjective you can purchase a bad machine that puts you off a certain make.

    You may want do some more homework to see if you can obtain parts for them, such as lcd screens,batteries, also if you can update them easily , ram and, hard drives ,etc.
     
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