Acer has more floating style of earlier keyboard Aspire M3 instead of using the island-style design with individual keys. The key - as is typical for Ultrabooks - offer only a short depth, but can be used well and offers a clear pressure point. The individual keys is quite large and the U.S. keyboard layout of our test device is good. Perhaps surprisingly, the small number pad also made it into the 15-inch case. Cursor keys have been changed to be more efficient dimensioned, because too many key functions, which are expected on a notebook this size. The special function is done through a combination of Fn.
Since M3 is pitched as Ultrabook Aspire Gaming, we also see the ghosting keyboard. There is no kind of problem with the regular game. Ghosting In Microsoft device, however, we did not find one limitation: the combination of the left arrow key, the space bar and did not work. It can be frustrating in certain platforming game where it is often necessary to run and jump.
Overall, the keyboard makes a good impression and comfortable to use despite the limitations of light gaming. What we found most lacking is a keyboard illumination, which will be assisted in the dark or low lighting conditions.
Touchpad
Touchpad can not quite compete with a good keyboard as a whole. Indeed, the touchpad is a good size and have a good quality slide, but the lack of dedicated keys, as in many Windows notebooks, proved to be a mistake. The problem here is fairly obvious as the touchpad software itself can be so overwhelmed with complex operations. For example, actions such as multi-touch, click and drag-and-drop continuously flooded to the point where the driver is not operating properly can become frequent. Above all, drag-and-drop actions have the highest possibility of failure. Also, as can be seen from the Apple notebook, using the mouse buttons below the touchpad as a special could potentially become worse as the driver can not always properly recognize the click of a multi-touch gestures.
