The Acer Aspire 2012 is part of the desktop replacement notebooks. In North America, the Acer Aspire 2012 currently comes in two configurations, the Aspire WLCi and Aspire WLMi models. The difference being that the WLCi has a 40GB hard drive, integrated Intel Extreme graphics and a DVD/CDRW combo drive while the WLMi model has a 60GB hard drive, 64MB Mobility Radeon 9700 and a DVD-dual drive. In Europe, both the WLCi and WLMi models come with the Mobility 9700 and only differ in hard drive capacity and optical drive as in USA.

The design is based upon light gray and silver colors for the lid and a combination of black with some silver around the sides (all plastic, apart from the small metal Acer logo on the lid). The weight of the Aspire 2012 is around 3 kilograms which is reasonable considering the screen size and specification. The laptop is having a DVD-Dual drive (this usually means it supports both the DVD+ and DVD¡V standards) which is a little on the noisy side when spinning up and operating at full speed. The sound from the speakers lacks bass but the volume can be turned up pretty high compared to other laptops (still not as much as a dell).

Acer Aspire 2012 supports lots of connectivity options: 3x USB 2.0 ports, 1x IEEE 1394 port, 1x S-Video out (NTSC/PAL), 1x Infrared (FIR), 1x Parallel port, 1x VGA output for external monitor, 1x 32bit type II PCMCIA CardBus slot, 1x speaker/ headphone/ line-out jack, 1x microphone/ line-in jack, 1x DC-in jack for AC adapter, 1x RJ-11 jack (56k integrated modem), 1x RJ-45 jack (10/100 integrated Broadcom ethernet). The card reader supports the Secure Digital, MultiMedia Card, SmartMedia and MemoryStick formats and the wi-fi functionality is supplied via Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG mini-PCI card but it has no integrated Bluetooth functionality. The Synaptics touchpad and the keyboard are comfortable but attract dust.

Acer Aspire 2012 Specifications