Did you love the value of that Acer Aspire notebook? But was turned away by the dull gray/black design? We would like you to meet the Packard Bell TK notebook series. With Packard Bell being a sub-brand of Acer its notebook share the same design, build quality, hardware and price but add a splash of color to the Acer's black and gray chassis. Today we will have a look at the Packard Bell EasyNote TK87 (GU-021UK) which features a red color scheme and an Intel processor. There is also the TK85 which is black, while TK81 (black) and TK83 (red) come with AMD processor options. If a red 15.6 inch notebook packing a dual core processor for under £400 is your thing, read on past the break to find out more.
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DesignStarting with the design the Packard Bell EasyNote TK87 is an decent looking notebook. It by no means will compete with the likes of MacBook Pro or HP Envy lines but at less then £400 it doesn't have to. The back cover is made of matte plastics and Packard Bell added a textured finish to make it look a bit more unique. This also helps with keeping the fingerprints pretty much invisible.
The plam rest continues the same design as the back cover made of hard plastics makes this notebook feel more solid then you would expect at this price point. But Packard Bell couldn't stay away from the glossy plastics completely with the screen bezel made of glossy plastics to match the glossy surface of the screen.
The dimensions of the chassis (381 mm x 253 mm) and weight of 2.7kg is slighlty higher then the recently reviewed HP Compaq Presario CQ57-300 (CQ57-371EA) but it's a few milimitres thinner at 34mm and it feels more solid as well.
