Acer Aspire V5-473

2013 · laptop

Specifications

Cpu: Intel 4th gen (Haswell) U-series, dual core 15 W: Core i3-4010U, i5-4200U or i7-4500U
Ram: max: 12 GB (4 GB soldered + one SO-DIMM slot up to 8 GB) · base: 4 GB DDR3L-1600 (part soldered)
Ports: USB 3.0 ×1 · USB 2.0 ×2 · HDMI · Gigabit Ethernet · SD card reader · Headphone/mic combo jack · Acer converter port (VGA/USB/RJ-45 dongle)
Battery: 4-cell 53 Wh lithium-polymer (internal), rated up to 8 hours; real-world runtimes notably shorter
Display: 14" LED-backlit 1366x768 glossy; P/PG models add 10-point multi-touch, select P SKUs shipped 1920x1080 IPS touch
Storage: base: 500 GB 5400 rpm SATA HDD · options: 750 GB HDD · 1 TB HDD
Weight: 1.9 kg
Os Support: latest: Windows 10 · shipped: Windows 8 64-bit (later SKUs Windows 8.1)
Release Price: ~$650 (i5 touch config at US launch)

Variants

Revisions

V5-473Base model, Intel HD 4400 graphics, non-touch

V5-473GDiscrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2 GB (GT 750M on some SKUs), non-touch

V5-473P10-point touchscreen, integrated graphics

V5-473PGTouchscreen plus discrete NVIDIA GPU

Upgrade paths

RAM

12 GB total (8 GB SO-DIMM alongside the 4 GB soldered) · One accessible SO-DIMM slot; the base 4 GB is soldered. Bottom panel comes off with standard screws.

~$25

MODERATE

storage

2.5" SATA SSD · Swapping the 5400 rpm HDD for a SATA SSD is the single biggest speedup this machine can get.

~$30

MODERATE