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As we mentioned it is made out of ocen-retrieved plastic. Additionally, you can toggle performance modes by pressing the Function and “F” buttons simultaneously.īelow the keyboard, you will find the “OceanGlass” touchpad. You can see that the “R” and “E” buttons are mirrored to reflect the REcycling nature of the machine. Moving to the base, we see a backlit keyboard, which sports decent key travel and clicky feedback, which makes it a comfortable unit for long typing sessions. Yet, the top one houses a Web camera, which is good. On the other hand, the old-school look is further enhanced by the thick bottom and top bezels. Furthermore, once you open it, the backside of the base lifts from the ground, which provides more airflow to the fan. Thankfully, the lid opens easily with a single hand. Unfortunately, the rigidity of the lid is not very good, but the base handles twists pretty well. The surface is rough, but quite surprisingly it is comfortable to rest your wrists on. It sports sharp corners and a pretty boxy design. The laptop weighs 1.5 kg and has a profile of 17.9mm, which makes it pretty thin and light in our opinion. You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: Īs we saw with the 15-inch model from last year, the plastic body has a green tint and is covered with thousands of speckles. So, let’s not waste any more time, and see what Acer created for the environmentally-conscious user. You can also expect to see only 1080p IPS panels, which is actually good news. Well, you will be glad to hear that it uses Alder Lake-U processors, which are plenty fast, and pretty efficient.

This means that you need to be conscious of its technological capabilities too.

And they are absolutely right to do so.Īnyways, the Aspire Vero (AV14-51) is a laptop in the first place and only then an Avenger of the Earth. What is interesting is that the company decided to use upgradability to promote a lower carbon footprint. This means that despite the name of the material (Ocean Glass) the unit does not contain glass.įurthermore, Acer didn’t apply any paint to the surface of the device. Not only that but the touchpad is now made from ocean-retrieved plastic. Interestingly, it is used for both the body and the keycaps. This is why it now makes sense to build an entire laptop using post-consumer-recycled plastics. It is no longer that expensive to make one product out of materials from another. And Acer decided to take full advantage of that. You will be surprised by the number of products that can be reused. However, throwing it in the trash is not always the best solution. Most of the time when you come across a piece of junk on the ground, you pick it up and throw it in the nearest trash can. Every once in a while we should stop and think about the environment.
