Display and Design
The Acer Aspire E5-521 (NX.MLFEK.015) offers a 15.6-inch TFT Colour LCD LED backlit display with Active Matrix technology and a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels. The 30.3mm thick black colored outfit doesn't have anything fancy. It has a decent weight of 2.5kg as well.
Hardware and Software
Under the hood, the laptop is packed with 1.8GHz AMD Quad-Core A6 6310 processor. It works in tandem with a massive 8GB DDR3 RAM which is capable of making light of numerous powerful tasks running at the same time. For even better performance, you can utilize the 2 user accessible DIMM slots and increase its capacity to 16GB. It sails on 64bit Windows 8.1 OS.
Camera, Storage and Multimedia
The Acer Crystal Eye webcam embedded in the bezel above the display can shoot 720p videos and manages video calls well. The Acer Aspire E5-521 (NX.MLFEK.015) boasts of a massive 1TB SATA HDD operating at 5,400rpm. If you want to transfer files through CDs and DVDs, the laptop has a DVD Writer. The stereo speakers deliver HD Audio solution.
Battery and Connectivity
The Acer Aspire E5-521 (NX.MLFEK.015) sips the required amount of juice from a 6 cell Li-ion battery. Moving on to the networking and connectivity features, the laptop is loaded with Bluetooth v4.0, Gigabit Ethernet, WLAN, 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 USB 3.0 port, HDMI out, digital media reader and VGA port.