AMD Center Giveaway: Acer V5, 11.6" quad-core Temash Notebooks
by Anand Lal Shimpi on September 5, 2013 6:30 PM ESTToday we launched the AMD Center, a portal on AnandTech that aggregates all of our AMD content in one place. Thanks to AMD's sponsorship you'll get a cleaner interface on all AMD articles, as well as reduced advertising on those pages. The portal will also serve as a way for AMD to reach out to you all directly as we're pulling in AMD tweets and have a feed of AMD's own blogs on the right hand side. AMD also wants to hear from you, and we've got some opporuntities to help with that going forward. Finally, the AMD Center serves as a destination for a bunch of pretty awesome AMD giveaways we've got planned. With AMD's support we've got better prizes and more of them to give away. We're kicking off the giveaways with three ultra thin 11.6-inch notebooks: Acer's V5.
The V5 features a touch enabled 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 IPS display, 4GB of DDR3L memory (2GB on board, 2GB in a single SO-DIMM slot, expandable to 6GB total) and normally ships with a standard SATA hard drive. I asked AMD if they would be willing to swap out the hard drives for SSDs and they agreed - so if you win, your V5 will ship with a 128GB Samsung SSD 840 drive (you can thank me later ;)).
The 2.65 pound Acer V5 features AMD's quad-core A6-1450 APU. That's four Jaguar cores running at 1GHz (1.4GHz max turbo) with a Radeon HD 8250 GPU. It's a nice little system with a very power efficient APU.
Here's the deal. To enter, simply post a comment below (US residents only, please only make a single post, contest requirements below) explaining your current PC setup and why you want, or need to win a V5. What I'm looking for here is an understanding of what you currently own in terms of computing devices (PCs, notebooks, tablets, etc...), how you use them and how winning a V5 would change/improve your current setup. Make your entries good as they may come in handy for some other stuff we've got planned in the future.
If you win, AMD wants your feedback on the machine after you get it. You'll be asked to provide a short review (a paragraph or two) talking about your experience with the system. Do a good job and your feedback may even be featured on AnandTech.
Good luck!
Entries will be accepted from 6:30 PM ET on 9/5/2013 through 6:30 PM ET on 9/9/2013. We will draw 3 winner(s) who will be selected by 9/10/2013.
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robbertbobbertson - Thursday, September 5, 2013 - link
I currently have a desktop running Windows 7 thats built for gaming and is about 4 years old now. It idles around 240 watts. My only mobile computing is my phone and I'm looking to replace the desktop with something much more lean, as I frequently leave it on 24 hours a day. I would like something with HDMI out so I can use my existing H243H monitor, and still have the option to unplug it and go mobile. Now that my brother has a kid that I sometimes babysit, it would be nice to be able to bring my computer with me. I think it would be a great help. Thanks, RB.KT32 - Thursday, September 5, 2013 - link
I currently have an Intel based notebook running Xubuntu 12.04. I'd like to use this as an opportunity to see how far AMD has come in terms of power efficiency and Linux support since I last had an AMD based notebook 5 years ago.Paazel - Thursday, September 5, 2013 - link
My work platform consists of a Intel Core i7-3770 Desktop with 27" monitor. I love working on this thing. I do all my general business & photo editing here. Things get done fast. When I'm on assignment I use a 15" Macbook Retina. It's good... fast enough; but very big & heavy.If I win this laptop, I would use it as a general web browsing computer and as a Rosetta Stone client, as my wife and I would be able to use it easily in the other room of our 1 bedroom apt without disturbing the other or worrying if one of us is traveling with our work laptops.
Phynaz - Thursday, September 5, 2013 - link
Let's see, this is going to be long. In the house we have 2 gaming desktops, four laptops, three tablets.I'd love to write a review of a APU notebook!
worm - Thursday, September 5, 2013 - link
I built my DVR using a AMD Athlon II x2, initally with a NVidia graphics card, but removed the card, and just used the AMD MB graphics. The combination was more stable, and uses less power. I look forward to the new generation of AMD APUs to lower the power figure even more. This Temash laptop would be a nice upgrade to my aging C2D both in performance, power, and will not miss the occasional BSD. Wish me luck.Koramchad - Thursday, September 5, 2013 - link
I have a 15" rMBP. It's a PAIN to commute with it on my bike to school, so I would love to have a portable laptop that I can use on my everyday classes. The V5 fits my purpose perfectly!Kemock - Thursday, September 5, 2013 - link
I have a gaming computer that I just recently build. I'm going to school and have a good full time job so I don't get to spend much time playing games anymore but with a portable device I could get a lot more of my classes done on the go.Stimpack - Thursday, September 5, 2013 - link
My Acer laptop died earlier this year. The GPU fried. I ended up building a desktop after that, but I dearly miss the portability and functionality of my laptop. Considering mine was 17" and used as my main computer, a smaller laptop could find even more uses in my life! Plus, I've never had an SSD! This seems to be a really fantastic giveaway.tiquio - Thursday, September 5, 2013 - link
I currently own a Dell E6400. This is a bulky 15'' Core Duo (Note Core 2 Duo) laptop. I also own a custom built Core 2 Duo E8400 desktop that I inherited from my cousin. I use the laptop for school. I am a medical student and I take the laptop to school every day and I take notes with Microsoft OneNote. I always have to be plugged in because my battery won't last longer than an hour. My desktop is hooked up to a projector and I use it occasionally for movies/tv shows and games. This ultra light laptop would be perfect for school. As a medical student, I lug my laptop around all day and I study all day, every day. This would be the perfect companion to my studies. I read Anandtech almost every day (I use it as a study break) and it's great reading about the latest technologies but it would be even better if I could own it.joshua1570 - Thursday, September 5, 2013 - link
Right now I have an AMD based pre-built desktop that is pretty powerful. I also have an old hp mini 311 that has ubuntu and windows installed, although its battery doesn't hold a charge very long and the wireless isn't the best. I also have an ipad 3 but a tablet just doesn't have the same functionality as a regular notebook. With this laptop I'll finally be able to do work while not tied to a desk.