15.6" Laptop with 1080 IPS Touchscreen for $499, 4th Gen I5, Acer V5-573P-6896

[Roland00Address]

Saw this on slickdeals, but this has the been the cheapest I ever seen an 1080p ips screen with a haswell cpu (and an i5 at that.)

Microsoft Store page with the laptop on sale here
Microsoft Store

Slickdeal Thread Here
Slickdeals Thread

This laptop may have a msata slot, the nvidia graphics version of the laptop has a msata slot.

This laptop has an ips 1920x1080 screen.

Operating System Windows 8
Processor Core i5-4200U, 1.6 GHz dual core with max turbo boost of 2.6 ghz
Memory 4 GB (Soldered in) with 1 free DIMM Slot that can take up to 8 GB support up to 12 GB
Hard Drive Capacity 500 GB
No Optical Drive Type
Screen 15.6" FULL HD 1920x1080p In-plane Switching (IPS) LED Backlit
Touchscreen Yes with 10 point Multitouch
Graphics Card Intel HD4400 integrated graphics (shared)
Network 802.11 a/b/g/n (supports 5 ghz), Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 4.0 +HS
Memory Card Reader Secure Digital (SD) Card
Webcam Yes
Microphone Yes
HDMI Yes
VGA Yes
Total Number of USB Ports 3 (2 USB 2, 1 USB 3)
Operating System Windows 8 64 Bit
Battery Lithium Polymer (Li-Polymer)
Battery Capacity 3560 mAh (the voltage and watt hours are not listed)
Maximum Battery Run Time 6.50 Hour
Maximum Power Supply Wattage 65 W
Dimensions Height (Front) 0.79", Height (Rear) 0.90", Width 15.0", Depth 10.1"
Weight (Approximate) 4.85 lb

 

[daveybrat]

Already Out of Stock. Great price though.

 

[bradley]

Damn, that's on fire. Too bad I missed it.

 

[neocpp]

Update for those interested, even though this shows out of stock online, it might be available at a B&M Microsoft Store.

I just stopped by at the Boston Microsoft Store at Prudential Center around 6:30pm today (Dec 15), and although this wasn't out on display, they were able to grab one from the back. The salesman I was working with said they had a few more left, but I didn't push for specifics.

Also, at least in-store the student discount will stack with this, knocks about $50 off! You get a $25 "Windows Store" card as part of a promo deal too. Was able to get mine for $480 or so out the door.

My initial impressions: Pretty happy with it. Key travel is a bit short, but nothing to really complain about. Touchpad is meh, but I honestly don't like touchpads at all, so take that with some NaCl (even the supposedly-good Apple ones are not something I enjoy using). The screen is nice, and I will probably drop an old SSD into it once I'm sure it has no problems. Forgot how long boot times can be with a normal drive, although it isn't terrible.

 

[Awesomedude99]

Update for those interested, even though this shows out of stock online, it might be available at a B&M Microsoft Store.

I just stopped by at the Boston Microsoft Store at Prudential Center around 6:30pm today (Dec 15

), and although this wasn't out on display, they were able to grab one from the back. The salesman I was working with said they had a few more left, but I didn't push for specifics.

Also, at least in-store the student discount will stack with this, knocks about $50 off! You get a $25 "Windows Store" card as part of a promo deal too. Was able to get mine for $480 or so out the door.

My initial impressions: Pretty happy with it. Key travel is a bit short, but nothing to really complain about. Touchpad is meh, but I honestly don't like touchpads at all, so take that with some NaCl (even the supposedly-good Apple ones are not something I enjoy using). The screen is nice, and I will probably drop an old SSD into it once I'm sure it has no problems. Forgot how long boot times can be with a normal drive, although it isn't terrible.

Awesome information, thank you so much