Is this entire laptop made of Aluminum? Also is it thin as an Ultrabook and will it play Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3
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No on the first two. The aluminum part is the deck around and below the keyboard. The rest is plastic colored to look like brushed aluminum. It is very sturdy, though and the aluminum deck gives it a very solid feel under your hands. This machine is not *quite* as thin as an ultrabook. It is almost that slim, though. I think the specs say it's 1" thick closed, which is about right. I haven't tried SC2 or D3 on mine, but this Acer runs League of Legends very well, and I have run SC2 on less powerful laptops. I would think you could play both games, but not on max graphics. This computer is definitely a step down from a performance ultrabook, but for the money, it's not a big step down.
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We purchased it but did not receive it so I can't say. Sorry. We got a hair iron instead..
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No on the first two. The aluminum part is the deck around and below the keyboard. The rest is plastic colored to look like brushed aluminum. It is very sturdy, though and the aluminum deck gives it a very solid feel under your hands. This machine is not *quite* as thin as an ultrabook. It is almost that slim, though. I think the specs say it's 1" thick closed, which is about right. I haven't tried SC2 or D3 on mine, but this Acer runs League of Legends very well, and I have run SC2 on less powerful laptops. I would think you could play both games, but not on max graphics. This computer is definitely a step down from a performance ultrabook, but for the money, it's not a big step down. No on the first two. The aluminum part is the deck around and below the keyboard. The rest is plastic colored to look like brushed aluminum. It is very sturdy, though and the aluminum deck gives it a very solid feel under your hands. This machine is not *quite* as thin as an ultrabook. It is almost that slim, though. I think the specs say it's 1" thick closed, which is about right. I haven't tried SC2 or D3 on mine, but this Acer runs League of Legends very well, and I have run SC2 on less powerful laptops. I would think you could play both games, but not on max graphics. This computer... » Read More No on the first two. The aluminum part is the deck around and below the keyboard. The rest is plastic colored to look like brushed aluminum. It is very sturdy, though and the aluminum deck gives it a very solid feel under your hands. This machine is not *quite* as thin as an ultrabook. It is almost that slim, though. I think the specs say it's 1" thick closed, which is about right. I haven't tried SC2 or D3 on mine, but this Acer runs League of Legends very well, and I have run SC2 on less powerful laptops. I would think you could play both games, but not on max graphics. This computer is definitely a step down from a performance ultrabook, but for the money, it's not a big step down. « Show Less
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Hi. Its really thin and light, no doubt about that. I bought this laptop only because I did not get anything cheap with that thin and light ultrabook look. But, regarding gaming: i have no clue, but this laptop is on the slower side in terms of configuration. Maybe its the processing speed or RAM or its just because of Windows 8. I don't at all like its Speed.
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It is aluminum. I somehow got some few small dings where it exposes it a little and it is clearly aluminum. If you update to Windows 8.1 you are going to need to download the drivers directly from Acer. I had many bugs and getting the new drivers they are fixed.
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I recomend you the newer model (Toshiba Satellite S855-S5170). I love my computer but it aint a gaming computer. It has a intel graphic controller. When I try to play a game it kicks to the desktop.
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No, I don't believe it's a 3D notebook. The screen resolution is very clean and crisp so HD movies, Netflix or Youtube comes out wonderfully. For gaming, in Star Craft II, I can run it in medium resolution playing 3v3 just fine so that's good enough for me.
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I run it for basic usage, not for gaming. The scree is shiny to me. and I watch video on youtube, for my personal feeling, the screen is OK.The laptop's weak-point (for most Acer laptop), when you type the keyboard, sometimes the focus jump away.
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Yes it is and is a great laptop. Got it for my dad so I cannot benchmark games on it.
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I looked at one of these at Micro Center, it is a very well built laptop, not cheap or flimsy at all in my opinion.
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The laptop should be fine on School work and Minecraft but I'm unfamiliar with the requirements of Rust. This is a business grade laptop so they usually do not have a really powerful gaming video card in it.
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It will play lowend games like mine craft , if you invest in a solid state hard drive it will play games way better
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Hey bro im going to tell my sincere experience... I bought that laptop like 1 momth ago, is got a lot of style and is very slim but i start downloading games like BF 4, Skyrim and watch dogs and in my experience the computer overheated cuz is too slim. I played liked 1 hour and the computer went to desktop or tell that it have an error and when i checked the tempetures was like 150 F so i returned the laptop and bought the Asus G750 js and in 1 word is a Beast! Is heavy but man im 6'2 so i dont care carrying a bit of weight thats it! Hope it help!
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Based on the screen size 15.6 I would say this is quite thin and light. But I don't think is good for gaming. :)
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Effectively this is an old laptop. As far as I know gamers want the latest, greatest, fastest, with huge memory and probably solid-state hard-disk. Video should be 'dedicated graphics' (should show as a separate high-end video card in the device manager). If you have a desktop with no video card and you use the ONBOARD VIDEO, that is 'integrated graphics'. Video Editing ok, but not gaming. I have a Z77 chipset, i5 chip, 32gb memory, onboard video, SSD (desktop, not my Gateway). I would add a high-end video card if I started gaming. Talk to a hard-core gamer, so you don't regret a purchase.
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The top feels like some kind of thin metal yes, but the underside of the laptop is definitely a hard plastic. It is solidly built though.
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I just purchased the iMac 21.5 with ATI Radeon 4670 & I've played SC2 beta. It runs sooo smoothly. If you're an avid gamer, I'd recommend the 27" with the i5/i7 processors. They have a better graphics card than the 21.5" but I'm sure if you wait until August, they'll get an upgrade.I played SC2 with my friend yesterday with Photoshop running in the background. I didn't realize it was running but the fan was incredibly quiet & he was the one who got dropped from the game. The iMac will handle.
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It is an excellent desktop replacement laptop for its price. It has plenty of processing power and better than usual sound so it is good for games that do not push the video too hard. Unfortunately it uses the CPU chipset video (an integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600) which is very good as far as imbedded 3D video goes but I am not sure it is up to the cutting edge 3D performance needed by some of the newer high-end games. I do not think it has a slot to install a third party card but I could be wrong about that.
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Absolutely not! I used this for gaming for about 9 months and it was terrible. I just recently got a new laptop for gaming, a Toshiba Satelite and it is 150% better than the Dell Inspiron. I recommend either a Toshiba, Asus or an Alien ware (if you have the budget)