Acer V5

The Acer Aspire V5 is a tiny, run-of-the-mill 15-inch laptop, conservative in design, and modestly priced at $729 for this Intel Core i5 configuration. But, it includes a touch screen, and not as a special feature worthy of promotional point-of-sale stickers, but simply as a matter of course, because that's what (according to one reading of the tea leaves) you'll expect from all but the cheapest of budget laptops in the world of Windows 8.

 

 

If you're looking for an inexpensive entry point to the Windows 8 touch experience, that's going to be hard to beat; the V5 is decent-looking for a $700 laptop, but for $529, with its edge-to-edge glass and big, buttonless touch pad, it's a real looker.

 

Some importants things:

 

Price: $729; Processor: 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317M; Memory: 4GB, 1600MHz DDR3 ;Hard drive: 500GB 5,400rpm ;Chipset: Intel HM77 Graphics Intel HD4000; Operating System: Windows 8; Dimensions: (WD) 15.0 x 9.9 inches Height 0.9 - 1.0 inches; Screen size: (diagonal) 15.6 inches; System weight : Weight with AC adapter 5.4/6.0 pounds; Category: Midsize