Acer Aspire Vero 15 review: The sustainable waste-laptop with a QHD webcam surpasses all expectations

50 % of its key caps are also made from PCR materials, its touchpad is made from Ocean-Bound plastic and the laptop’s packaging is made from 90 – 100 % recycled paper and polyester. Despite the manufacturer’s eco concept and goal of creating a sustainable product, the laptop suffers one major drawback: It doesn’t feature a RAM slot, which, in our eyes, is an unnecessary mistake. Especially when you consider that the 15.6-inch office laptop’s predecessor still had a memory bank.

We are happy to see its good connectivity options, which include Thunderbolt 4, true HDMI 2.1, 2x USB-A 3.2 as well as fast Intel Killer WiFi 6E. Further specs include its 16-GB LPDDR5 RAM, Intel Core i7-1355U and 512-GB PCIe 4.0 SSD (which unfortunately delivers PCIe-3.0 speeds and is throttled after a longer period of time). The amount of pre-installed bloatware is also rather annoying. 

Further details, extensive analyses and a comparison between our test sample and the Framework Laptop can be found in our complete review of the Acer Aspire Vero 15.