Acer Switch 5 SW512-52-71RC Laptop (12" Touchscreen, i7 7500u, 512GB SSDm, 8GB Ram, Includes Keyboard and Pen) $1189 @ JB Hi-Fi

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misterpotatomato on 07/09/2018 - 11:24 jbhifi.com.au (682 clicks)
Last edited 07/09/2018 - 18:27 by 1 other user

Hi all,

I was in the market for a tablet and I thought this was a really good price. JB also has 15% off computers at the moment.

i7 7500u
8GB ram
512GB NVMe SSD storage
Includes keyboard and pen (unlike surface pro/go)

Plus its fanless, and the screen is apparently okay too.

According to https://www.ultrabookreview.com/17821-acer-switch-5-review/ it reviews well. 7500U is 7th gen, so not true quad core like the 8*** series CPU's. But do you really need that in a tablet? Next cheapeast 8550u tablet I could find was about $1600 so I couldn't justify it.

Small Review:

The keyboard is backlit and has an impressive amount of travel
Pen seems to work well
Magnetic attachment between keyboard and device seems very strong
Screen seems okay (maybe not as vibrant as Samsung equivalent)
keyboard is also impressively quiet

For the money I think its great

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  8200 on 07/09/2018 - 12:17

  Good deal!

  Does O/W have this price-match and 5% less?

  I like the Samsung Galaxy, but its $100's more…

  It does have a better quality screen, and SIM card slot

  https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-Book-4G-LTE-12-FH…

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    zrmx on 07/09/2018 - 12:31

    Doing a quick google, staticice, and pricehipster search shows no other retailers except JB HiFi.
    So I don't think anywhere else can price match it

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      8200 on 07/09/2018 - 12:36

      Yeah, i voted for it, top find

      Q/ Does it have a illuminated keyboard?

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        zrmx on 07/09/2018 - 12:49

        +1

        Google/Manufacturer's page is your friend =)

        The key outline has backlight, https://www.acer.com/ac/en/AU/content/series-design/switch5 , but not the actual letters.

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        misterpotatomato on 07/09/2018 - 15:39

        @zrmx: I bought it so I will update the original post with a mini review

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        zrmx on 07/09/2018 - 15:46

        @misterpotatomato:
        It is a very good price for the form factor.
        Looking forward to your review =) Hope you'll like it.

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        misterpotatomato on 07/09/2018 - 19:04

        +1

        @zrmx:
        I gave it a light review in the original post. I think it's good. No gripes so far.

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    Mechz on 07/09/2018 - 12:51

    Half the storage though.

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  NotCheap on 07/09/2018 - 12:55

  I've got one of these (well my kid has one for school), the audio is particularly poor like really tinny and distorts even when not on max - i noticed it straight away when cortana was talking crap setting up windows, it also had a dead pixel, so took it back and swapped for another, the audio on the 2nd one was just as shit, otherwise seemed ok.

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    cameldownunder on 07/09/2018 - 13:04

    I missed out on the 256GB model, when JBHIFI had it at $840. I was so angry at Myself back then.
    The price changed to this price for the 256, and then went to 1500+ for this model. This was in …. February

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  samelight on 07/09/2018 - 13:12

  is it powerful enough to play overwatch ?

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    onlinepred on 07/09/2018 - 14:51

    It's fanless, so perhaps it is on lowest settings, but will get very hot.

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  diceman99 on 07/09/2018 - 13:17

  I picked this one up refrubished for $549.00
  ACER SW512-52-52JU 12"+i5+256SSD+8GB RAM+windows 10- NT.LDSSA.001 × 1
  Refurbished from https://renewd.com.au/
  It goes ok for me, but doesnt like to go from tablet mode to keyboard mode and getting out of hibernation. But I think those are windows problems not the units problems

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    Geekomatic on 07/09/2018 - 13:41

    The only thing I'd worry about w/refurb is reduced battery life depending on previous owner/age. I wonder how these units rate?

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      diceman99 on 07/09/2018 - 14:45

      I've got no issues with my battery life. It looked like a new unit. But it was missing the pen.
      I got it for Uni work, and liked the idea of watching Powerpoint presentations in bed with tablet mode. But its pretty heavy. I still rather use my Lenovo P3 android for watching youtube in bed. I dont really use the tablet mode on the switch5 much at all. It is fanless which is nice. But its heavy and I'm worried that if it falls off bed it may be damaged due to weight. The android tablets fall off all the time without any ill effects. Those these have covers, whereas the tablet does not.
      All in all I do like my switch5.