Pros

  • Super thin and handsome looking
  • Excellent performance for an Ultrabook

Cons

  • Relatively short battery life
  • Pretty expensive

Manufacturer’s Description

Radically thin, supremely strong, scratch resistant and easy to clean: White Gorilla Glass 2 makes the beauty of the 13.3" Aspire S7 Series gleam at an ultra-thin 11.9 mm. The 11.6" model, with its sleek aluminum unibody, is just 12.2 mm slim. Either Ultrabook gives you the freedom to go anywhere, carefree and looking fabulous.

Performance

Overall Performance
Worldbench Score 72
Worldbench Version 8
Battery
Battery Life 3:54  (hh:mm)
Start Up
Start Up 11  seconds (lower is better)
Office Productivity
PCMark 7 Productivity Suite 2506  score (higher is better)
Web Browsing
Peacekeeper 2356  score (higher is better)
Storage Performance
File Compression 124  seconds (lower is better)
PCMark 7 Storage Test 5373  score (higher is better)
Power Usage
Idle power usage 10.5  Watts
Content Creation
Image Editing 240  seconds (lower is better)
Audio Encoding 260  seconds (lower is better)
Video Encoding 188  seconds (lower is better)
Gaming
Dirt Showdown, High Quality, 1920x1080 13.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
3DMark 11, 1920x1080 Extreme 222  score (higher is better)
Civilization V, Leader Benchmark, Low Quality, 1366x768 642  Frames per second (higher is better)
Civilization V, Leader Benchmark, High Quality, 1920x1080 10.3  Frames per second (higher is better)
Civilization V, Late Game View, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080 5  Frames per second (higher is better)
Dirt Showdown, Low Quality, 1366x768 35  Frames per second (higher is better)
Civilization V, Late Game View, Low Quality, 1366x768 11.4  Frames per second (higher is better)
Civilization V, Leader Benchmark, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080 8.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Civilization V, Late Game View, High Quality, 1920x1080 6  Frames per second (higher is better)
3DMark 11, 1280x720 Performance 661  score (higher is better)

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