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Best Back-to-School Laptops for 2011

Acer Aspire 8951G Ethos ($1,599)

For students who don’t have enough room for a notebook and a TV, this innovative 18.4-inch entertainment laptop pulls double duty. Uniquely, the Aspire 8951G Ethos’ touchpad can be removed and doubles as a remote control for when you want to watch Blu-rays on the 1080p edge-to-edge glass display. And this notebook can handle any game, thanks to a quad-core Intel Core i7-2630QM processor, 8GB of RAM, and Nvidia GeForce GT555M graphics with 2GB of memory. Five speakers (and a subwoofer) powered by Dolby Home Theater Audio provide plenty of audio oomph.

$1,599
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Read our Acer Aspire 8951G Ethos review

Comments (9 Responses) 

9 Responses to “Best Back-to-School Laptops for 2011”

  1. Jordanbob Says:
    June 17th, 2011 at 12:25 am

    Review the hp dm4x!

  2. TrackSmart Says:
    June 17th, 2011 at 12:18 pm

    Just a heads-up, but I think you’ve got the wrong image for the Acer Aspire AO722 ($379). No 11.6″ netbook is going to have a full number pad. That must be a 15.6″ or larger system pictured there.

  3. NocoLoco Says:
    June 29th, 2011 at 5:07 am

    A pretty solid list, though I’m having a HP dv6zqe built with power-sipping AMD A6 Fusion processor

  4. Jon Fingas Says:
    July 11th, 2011 at 11:10 am

    Having been through college (or university if you want to be finnicky): get the 11-inch MacBook Air.

    Lugging around textbooks is bad enough; you want something that won’t double the weight of your bag. The small storage is about the only limitation for a student. Just wait until Apple refreshes the line with Core i5/i7 models — possibly this week.

  5. Bryan Says:
    July 11th, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    I think the Toshiba Portege is a better option at $799. All of these specs plus it’s only 3.2lbs.

  6. Dave Says:
    July 11th, 2011 at 4:14 pm

    I think Samsung has been releasing some nice laptops lately… they aren’t even mentioned. Sure they look and feel like macbooks but they are half the cost, and lets face it… isn’t everyone trying to look and feel like a macbook?

  7. anon Says:
    July 16th, 2011 at 11:51 am

    I’m sorry but that whole tear-dropped shape BS apple has going on is an UGLY design. I sure hope the iphone 5 isn’t tear-dropped shape. Seriously…. I like my laptop looking like a laptop, not something that can be easily crushed. I own a REGULAR macbook pro. Forget the macbook airs…. they are most likely to have problems.

  8. julie Says:
    August 2nd, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    Does this laptop have a dual core? Can you use Skype?

  9. zana Says:
    August 2nd, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    that’s my laptop ! but I bought it only $300

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