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Acer Aspire 8920G Specifications

By Craig Simms on 23/04/2008

More Acer reviews , RRP: AU$2699.00

The good:

  • Good quality screen
  • 16:9 ratio
  • "Cinetouch" media navigation
  • New design
  • Acer Empowerment software

The bad:

  • Cheap plastic wrist rest
  • Cinetouch panel too high friction
  • Entire mouse pad isn't active
  • Integration between media controls, Acer Arcade Deluxe and Windows Media Center is lacking
  • Single TV tuner only
  • Sound management is not made easy, with different options in three different places
  • Yahoo toolbar

The bottomline:

Acer's interesting take on the entertainment desktop replacement makes a few good steps, a few bad, but ultimately is a viable option.

Editors' rating:

7.9/10

Users' rating:

10/10

Battery

  • Battery type included
  • Lithium-ion

Connectivity

  • Network interface
  • 10/100/1000 LAN, Bluetooth, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
  • Dialup modem
  • Yes
  • USB ports
  • 4
  • VGA
  • Yes
  • HDMI
  • Yes

Display

  • Natural resolution (max)
  • 1920 x 1080 pixels
  • Diagonal screen size
  • 18.4 inch

Drives

  • Primary hard drive
  • 320 GB
  • Optical drive
  • Blu-ray

General

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 44.2 x 441.4 x 300 mm
  • Weight
  • 4.1 kg
  • Laptop type
  • Desktop replacement

Memory

  • Amt of RAM
  • 3GB
  • RAM type
  • DDR2-667
  • Memory card reader
  • Yes

Other

  • Motherboard chipset
  • Intel 965PM
  • Integrated webcam
  • Yes
  • TV tuner
  • Yes

Processor

  • Processor type
  • Intel Core 2 Duo
  • Processor speed
  • 2.4 GHz

Software

  • Operating system
  • Windows Vista Home Premium

Sound

  • Digital audio output
  • Yes
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