Acer Aspire Vero AV15-51 15.6 Inch Laptop - (Intel Core i5-1155G7, 16GB, 512GB SSD, Full HD Display, Windows 11, Grey, 30 Percent PCR Chassis)

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The RE letters represent the four key parts of Acer’s environmental philosophy: Review, Rethink, Recycle, Reduce. It’s a Tiger Lake chip with four Hyper-Threaded cores, and it has a peak single-core Turbo speed of 4. There’s no touch capability to the screen, but that’s not much of a deal breaker on a desktop-replacement machine.

The Fingerprint scanner is the only means of biometric log-in and sits in the top left corner of the touchpad. Acer’s machine uses Intel’s integrated Iris Xe graphics, which means you can only play casual games.In addition, I think Acer has the display brightness icons backwards on the F3 and F4 keys and for no apparent reason. Acer’s environmentally friendly approach extends even to the packaging, 85% of which is made up of recycled paper. But these attributes, cute as they are, aren’t enough to make me recommend the Aspire Vero on the merit of its environmental impact. Its looks will divide opinion, and this certainly isn’t the only environmentally conscious laptop on the shelves. If you want a laptop to last for years – so you can avoid electronic waste – the Acer doesn’t inspire huge amounts of confidence.

The keyboard feels a bit light when compared to more robust typing units, but only serious typists should look elsewhere. The Vero works with Windows 11 to give you the very best performance, the latest design and seamless integration of services such as Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams.

The Aspire Vero feels solid enough that while I didn’t drop it onto the ground during my review, I got the impression that it could take the rigors of daily use in stride.