Acer Aspire S7-392 Ultrabook Review

Acer has announced their latest flagship Ultrabook powered by the latest 4th generation Intel Core Haswell processor – the Acer Aspire S7-392. It’s basically an upgraded and improved version of their last year’s Aspire S7-391. The Acer Aspire S7-392 has improved battery life designed for all day computing, a 2nd generation Acer TwinAir cooling with less fan noise, and a refined electroluminescent (EL) backlit keyboard. Check out more details below.

UPDATE: The Acer Aspire S7-392-6832 and Aspire S7-392-9890 are now available for order. See specs, price and where to buy below.

The Acer Aspire S7-329 has a beautiful “Retina-like” 10-point touch 13.3-inch display at 2560×1440 pixel WQHD resolution that is protected by Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2 on both sides of the lid. The Ultrabook was re-engineered to improve its battery life of up to 7 hours. Plus its built with the new light-sensing EL backlit keyboard, with a deeper keystroke.

Not only that it is built with the latest Intel Core Haswell processor, but its storage solution is also taken care of by a solid-state drive in RAID 0 configuration. This significantly improves the read/write speeds of the Ultrabook as well as responsible for fast boot-up and wakeup time.

It is unclear whether GPU will power the Aspire S7-392, but it’s little brother the Aspire S3 will be powered by the NVIDIA GeForce GT-735M. Most probably the S7-392 will also be powered by the same latest GPU or even better since it’s a flagship Ultrabook like these laptop for computer science student.

In terms of connectivity options, the Aspire S7-392 is built with wireless display technology or WiDi that lets you stream videos wirelessly to an HDTV. There’s also USB 3.0 ports and audio port.

The Aspire S7-392 Ultrabook measures only 12.9mm thin and weighs just 1.3 kg. Its body is made out of premium materials and features a dual-torque, T-shape hinge frame design to ensure wobble-free touch use. It also features a unibody design made from a single block of aluminum resulting in a strong ultra-thin chassis.

Price and Availability

The Aspire S7-392 are now available for order. Currently, there are two models listed, the S7-392-6832 and S7-392-9890. The 6832 is powered by a Core i5 processor, while the 9890 is the higher-end one powered by an Intel Core i7 processor. Both of them have an integrated Intel HD Graphics 4400, and not a discrete one.

Acer Aspire S7-392-6832
Intel Core i5-4200U 1.8GHz 1.6 GHz (3 MB Cache)
8GB DDR3
128 GB Solid-State Drive
13.3-Inch Screen, Intel HD Graphics 4400
Windows 8, 7-hour battery life
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Acer Aspire S7-392-9890
Intel Core i7-4500U 1.8GHz 1.8 GHz (3 MB Cache)
8GB DDR3
256 GB Solid-State Drive
13.3-Inch Screen, Intel HD Graphics 4400
Windows 8, 7-hour battery life
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Below are the previous models of Aspire S7 powered by the 3rd generation Ivy Bridge Processors:

Acer Aspire S7-391-6810
Intel Core i5 3317U 1.7 GHz (3 MB Cache)
4GB SDRAM
128 GB Solid State Drive
13.3-Inch Touchscreen, Intel HD Graphics 4000
Windows 8, 6-hour battery life
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Acer Aspire S7-391-6468
Intel Core i5-3337U 1.8 GHz (3 MB Cache)
4GB DDR3 RAM
128 GB Solid-State Drive
13.3-Inch Touch Screen, Intel HD Graphics 4000
Windows 8, 6-hour battery life
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Acer Aspire S7-391-9427
Intel Core i7-3537U 2.0 GHz (4 MB Cache)
4GB DDR3 RAM
256 GB Solid-State Drive
13.3-Inch Touch Screen, Intel HD Graphics 4000
Windows 8, 6-hour battery life
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Acer Aspire S7-391-9886
Intel Core i7-3517U 1.9 GHz (4 MB Cache)
4GB SDRAM
256 GB Solid State Drive
13.3-Inch Touchscreen, Intel HD Graphics 4000
Windows 8, 6-hour battery life
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