Display and Design
The Acer Gateway NE56R sports a 15.6-inch Gateway Ultrabright LED-Backlit TFT LCD display offering a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels. This model has a black body and comes with a full sized standard keyboard with Numeric keypad, with a multi-gesture supported touchpad.
Processor and OS
The machine is powered by Intel Pentium dual-core B960 2nd Gen processor, clocked at the speed of 2.1GHz, with mobile Intel HM70 Express chipset, providing a moderate performance. To enhance performance, the device has 2GB DDR3 RAM, which is expandable up to 8GB. The device on-board comes with a Linux OS, 64 bit architecture.
Camera, Storage and Multimedia
In-built features include HD webcam, microphone. The machine comes with 500GB hard disk drive to store plenty of data. Gaming will be interesting as it comes with Intel HD graphics processor, with dedicated graphics memory of 128MB. The laptop has built-in stereo speakers which satisfies the audio needs.
Battery and Connectivity
The device comes with a 6 cell LI-ion rechargeable battery; which provides usage up to 5 hours, which is appreciable. For connectivity, the device possess 3 x USB 2.0 port, a HDMI port, a VGA port, many in one digital card reader and WLAN. A DVD SuperMulti drive with dual layer support is available, which makes the transfer of data from disk very fast and easier.