The Acer aspire laptops have slim and sturdy cover, made out of magnesium alloy, which is 20 times stronger and much lighter than plastic, thereby minimizing weight and protect against drops, shock, vibration, dust, rain and everyday wear and tear. The keyboard provides intuitive and efficient access, because of the thoughtful grouping of hot keys and Acer Empowering Key. Enhanced security is achieved through Acer BioProtect technology, which is a complete fingerprint recognition solution that eliminates the need to remember user ID/password, and the process of typing in these login data, and prevent wild guesses from intruders. All you have to do is just swipe your finger across the reader to turn on and login applications like Office or your favorite browser.