- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How it compares
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Acer Aspire S S3-951
- 13.3"
- Core i5 1.6 GHz Single core
- 4 GB DDR3
- 240 GB SSD
First seen on December, 2011
Rated 100% by by Mark-Twain (Mar, 2012)The primary reason I bought the Acer S-3 i5 with Solid State Hard Drive (SSD) is for the speed, weight, and form factor.
Features Key features of the Acer Aspire S S3-951
1.6 GHz
Intel Core i5 2467M
Rated 100% by by Austin-D. (Feb, 2012)I'm obsessive about design/style/looks, and I am very very happy with the styling of the S3.
screen size
13.3"
15.5"
13.3"
Aspire S S3-951 by Mark-Twain (Mar, 2012)I was concerned that the 13.3" screen on the Acer would feel too small, but that has not been an issue.
Aspire S S3-951 by Alan-H.-Waitt (Jul, 2012)Done the tablet thing, didn't find them practical and notice that nearly everyone with a tablet puts a keyboard on it, as i did, but then the screen size of 10.1 was too small to do any heavy work.
screen resolution
Aspire S S3-951 by Gregg-A.-Lebovitz--glebovitz (Mar, 2012)Bright - the screen is easy on the eyes even though the resolution is only 1366x768.
cpu speed
| 0 GHz | 3.1 GHz | 4 GHz |
Aspire S S3-951 by Gregg-A.-Lebovitz--glebovitz (Mar, 2012)Fast - I was running a Dell 6520 with an i7 processor prior to this.
processor
Aspire S S3-951 by J.F.The core i7 processor also makes this a speed demon when you're opening up applications like photoshop, illustrator, indesign, or any CPU heavy applications you throw at it.
Aspire S S3-951 by J.F.Most laptops are advertised with an amazing battery life, but to actually achieve hours and hours, you'd have to have wifi off, your screen brightness super low, and not run any CPU intensive applications.
memory
| 0 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Aspire S S3-951 by M.-Svensson--MSven (Nov, 2011)Overall, satisfied with the purchase and am much happier having the added RAM, processing speed, HDMI out, and SSHD that cheaper ones don't have.
Performance Real world tests of Acer Aspire S S3-951
battery life
7 hour
4.5 hour
9 hour
Aspire S S3-951 by J.F.I'm happy with it, 3 hours is plenty for me, plus I always bring the charger just in case!
Aspire S S3-951 by Cooperstown39 (Apr, 2012)I have not yet stressed the battery life but a first go around looks like it will be approximately 5 to 6 hours.
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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1.3 MP -
0.1 ms (SSD) -
24 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v4.0)
cons
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13.3" -
2.3 GHz (Intel Core i5 2467M) -
240 GB -
1.6 GHz -
DDR3 -
Single core -
can't read a camera or phone memory card -
23.27 -
5,891 (Intel Core i5 2467M) -
57 MB/s (USB 2.0)
Reviews Word on the street
 |    Rated by 39 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by J.F. Rated 100% by by william (Aug, 2012) Rated 100% by by D.-Tsai--Hardware-Guy |
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Harddrive
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 100% by by ben (Jul, 2012)I bought this for my father he needed a new laptop and he loved how small the net books wereThe ssd is perfect he doesn't need much space but the speed is amazing.
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 100% by by Mark-Twain (Mar, 2012)The SSD drive makes the laptop very responsive, and the fact that it is 256GB instead of just 128GB or 160GB like some of the other brand laptops I was considering is nice.
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 100% by by J.F.You can still fit a ton of stuff onto 240GB, but I'd install all necessary applications first, and then add the fun stuff for last so you know you have room on your hard drive.
Ssd
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 80% by by K.Colby (Jun, 2012)For the SSD memory compared to it's competitors you save about 400.00 and you can't beat that.
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 100% by by D.-Tsai--Hardware-GuyIf you want a truly portable laptop (< 3 lbs) and has a big enough usable disk space (240GB SSD), this is the one for you.
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 100% by by Fernando (Dec, 2012)Now I can do all my work faster thanks to SSD and a power full processor.
Storage
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 100% by by D.-Tsai--Hardware-GuyI was also considering the Acer 6646 model, which has a hydrid drive (20GB SSD + 320GB HDD) and costs about $800 but I didn't want to deal with the headache of a split partition and, the slow speed and reliability problem of the harddrive.
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 80% by by Sam_Long-Island (Jul, 2012)Hard Drive space is not 240 GB its only 214 GB.
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 100% by by QuinnRaymond (Jun, 2012)And once or twice I missed having a DVD ROM Drive.
Screen
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 100% by by Mark-Twain (Mar, 2012)Coming from a 15.6" screen laptop that weighed almost 7 lbs, this unit is refreshingly light and appealing to the eye.
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 100% by by Cooperstown39 (Apr, 2012)The keyboard works well for touch typists with no strange key sizes or rearrangements.
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 20% by by Tim-Nisly--SoydeTim (Sep, 2012)Wish I didn't have to return it, but it freezes every 5-15 minutes, gives me a blue screen of death or just restarts.
Size
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 100% by by Web-Goddess (May, 2012)The laptop is very thin and light, doesn't get too warm, great viewing angles, doesn't come loaded with too much cr@pware, is a breeze to set up, and sounds great!
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 100% by by Jianfeng (Jun, 2012)Slim, bright, lightweight, fast, good looking, everything is fine, except the noise of the fan and the weak wireless signal, compared with my Thinkpad x200 machine.
Acer Aspire S S3-951 13.3", 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 240 GB SSD | Rated 60% by by Gregg-A.-Lebovitz--glebovitz (Mar, 2012)It really makes my travel bag easy to carry.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Sony VAIO S Series OK CPU benchmark score Sony VAIO S Series vs Acer Aspire S S3-951 |
 | 3 | Samsung Series 5 NP530U3B-A02US 3-way tie: Fast USB Samsung Series 5 NP530U3B-A02US vs Acer Aspire S S3-951 |
 | 4 | HP Folio 13-1020us Longest battery life HP Folio 13-1020us vs Acer Aspire S S3-951 |
 | 5 | Acer Aspire V3 Fastest processor Aspire V3 vs Aspire S S3-951 |
 | 6 | ASUS X202E-DH31T Newest on the market ASUS X202E-DH31T vs Acer Aspire S S3-951 |
 | 7 | Samsung Series 5 Ultrabooks 4-way tie: Most CPU cores Samsung Series 5 Ultrabooks vs Acer Aspire S S3-951 |
 | 8 | Acer Aspire S5 Thinnest Aspire S5 vs Aspire S S3-951 |
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Editions Editions of the Acer Aspire S S3-951
| Price | Edition | RAM type | Battery life | Cores | Manufacturer code | Compare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | | DDR3 | 7 hour | Single core | S3-951-6828 | | ||||
 | | DDR3-1333 | 10 hour | Dual core | S3-951-6432 | | ||||
