Review of the eMachines E725 laptop

In 2007, Acer bought the eMachines brand. Since the Taiwanese computer equipment manufacturer was leading in the segment of budget devices, and the products of the absorbed brand were positioned as a commodity of this class, the acquisition was a logical step for further development. In addition, the Acer management sought to create laptops with the best price / quality ratio, which coincided with the policy of the American company. The eMachines brand products have never been characterized by high performance or unique design. But the feature of these devices is reliability. Today's review is dedicated to the eMachines E725 notebook , the specifications of which will be described below. It is quite difficult to find information about this model on the official website of the manufacturer. But this does not prevent us from learning the answer to the question of how this notebook differs from others.

First impression

After purchasing the model, you will receive a package containing the eMachines E725, a battery, a charger and a small manual. The laptop comes preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Basic. One more thing: you need to write a disk for system recovery yourself, it does not come bundled. To do this, you can use the proprietary utility. Now let's take a closer look at each face of this laptop.

Performance

The notebook is equipped with a 2-core entry-level processor Intel Pentium Dual-Core T4200 with a clock speed of 2.0 GHz. But at the same time there is no SSE4.1, which negatively affected the processing speed of the video. It is worth noting that the power consumption of the T4200 in standby mode will be higher than in notebooks with Core 2 Duo. Since the processor does not support virtualization technology, its performance is between P7350 and P7370. Nevertheless, in synthetic tests he showed a worthy result. However, testing in real applications once again proved that the speed of work is greatly influenced by the amount of cache memory. But in general, the performance of this processor is enough to easily cope with office programs. This will help him 3 GB of RAM, which is a good indicator for a representative of the budget class. There is one important caveat. The laptop has 2 memory slots, in which 1 and 2 GB are installed, respectively. However, for an unknown reason, the developers decided to install RAM from different manufacturers, although their characteristics are exactly the same. So we figured out the main features of eMachines E725. The price of the device is about 8 000 rubles.

Video

The laptop is equipped with an Intel GMA x4500 graphics card . Since it does not have its own memory, it uses RAM for its needs. In the worst case, the video card will draw you 1759 megabytes. If we compare it to its predecessor, then GMA x4500, it has 2 times more shaders and a higher core frequency, which had a positive effect on its speed. Of course, with its help you will not be able to play some modern games, but after all this laptop is quite another purpose. And with its task - office applications, GMA X4500 copes with a bang. Nevertheless, the video card was the weakest link in the eMachines E725 notebook.

Design

Given the budget orientation of the device, it is not surprising that the laptop received a classic design with strict lines and rounded edges. In order to save the Taiwanese manufacturer used different types of plastic. For example, the upper part is made of glossy material with a relief texture, so prepare for a large number of prints. In turn, during the creation of the lower part of the company used a matte plastic, which looks like magnesium alloy. Like the top of the laptop, the frame around the screen is glossy, so it gets dirty very quickly. In general, there are no complaints about the quality of the eMachines E725 model. The maximum angle of tilting the screen is 185 degrees, which is more than enough for comfortable work. Under the display there is a pair of built-in stereo speakers, and a couple more you will find in the notebook case. The sound quality is good, but in some cases there is not enough volume.

Input Devices

The full-size eMachines E725 keyboard is made of matte and practical plastic. It has several drawbacks. First, it flexes slightly when pressed, although you can get used to it. Secondly, English and Russian letters are painted with one, and even gray, color, so that with a minimum screen brightness in a dark room it will be difficult to distinguish buttons. The touchpad is not directly in the center, but slightly on the left. It is large and made of smooth plastic, so that it is easy and pleasant to use.

We have already figured out almost all the indicators of eMachines E725. The matrix received a resolution of 1366x768 pixels. The Pentium T4300 processor has a frequency of 2100 MHz. Dimensions of the device - 372.3 x 246.5 x 39.6 mm at a weight of 2.7 kg. Various formats of memory cards are supported: xD-Picture Card, SD, MS. The volume of the HDD is 250 GB. Optical drive internal DVD-RW. A network card is responsible for communication, which operates at a data transfer rate of 10/100 Mbps. The type of Li-Ion battery, according to the manufacturer, provides 3 hours of battery life.

Summing up

The laptop is an ideal option for office work. The main advantages of this model are:

• Low price;
• Good performance;
• Comfortable keyboard.

But the device has a number of shortcomings. Among them, it should be noted:

• A small number of ports;
• Glossy surface;
• A low-resolution webcam.

Now we can answer the question that was asked at the beginning of the article. The eMachines E725 notebook features high reliability and good performance compared to devices from other manufacturers.