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Core 2 Duo P8600 / 2.4 GHz - Centrino 2 - RAM 4 GB - HDD 500 GB - DVD More product details

Acer Aspire 8930 Series
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November, 2009

81 / 100

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Acer Aspire 8930-6448

Big, 18-inch, 16:9 screen ; surprisingly good battery life

No Blu-ray drive ; touch controls not as responsive as they should be

With a true 1080p display, the 18-inch Acer Aspire 8930 is a capable HD-content playback machine, but we'd spend a bit more for a Blu-ray-equipped version.

The original Acer Aspire 8920 was the very first 18-inch laptop we had a chance to review, and the follow-up Acer Aspire 8930-6448 is similar in terms of its essentials, with only a handful of component upgrades. Unfortunately, you'll have to...

January, 2009

Rating

75

Partner Source
cnet.com
US

Aspire 8930

By Arthur Gies

Acer has put just enough features and perks into the Aspire 8930, its high-end performance laptop. Thanks to a couple of reasonably primo parts, this high-octane portable is a solid choice for mobility-minded gamers. And with a price tag under two ...

Great Hi-def screen Good gaming performance

Poor surround speakers

As with many laptops, sound is the Aspire 8930's sole stumbling point. The machine is billed as a home-theater substitute, and it comes with a full 5.1 setup. In stereo mode, it performs reasonably well; music is loud, and movies are clear. ...

The Acer Aspire 8930 offers a great combination of price and purpose. The Aspire 8930 also offers a lot in the way of ports, with three USB 2.0 inputs, two eSATA ports, VGA, HDMI, and DisplayPort video outputs, and line-in and microphone audio...

March, 2009

Rating

81

pcworld.com
US

Acer Aspire 8930G - Review of the Acer Aspire 8930G

By Jeffrey L. Wilson

Award: Editor's Choice!

A huge, high-def display, awesome sound, and loads of multimedia extras make the Aspire 8930G a droolworthy desktop replacement notebook.

High-quality 1080p LCD panel, True 5.1 speaker setup, Fast performance and improved graphics, Blazing hard drive, Very good webcam

Small touchpad, Configuration with Blu-ray much more expensive, No FireWire port

Acer's 1-megapixel Crystal Eye webcam is simply one of the best integrated notebook cameras that we've ever had the pleasure to use. Unlike the vast majority of webcams on the market, it serves up sharp images with excellent, lifelike color balance. ...

Parts of this article were taken from our Acer Aspire 8920G review. When the Acer Aspire 8920G debuted earlier this year, it made a big splash for more than just its sexy Gemstone Blue design. Its follow-up, the Acer Aspire 8930G, ups the ante by...

November, 2008

Rating

80

laptopmag.com
GB

Acer Aspire 8930

By Dan Ackerman

With an 18-inch screen, true 1080p resolution, 16:9 display and touch-sensitive media controls, the Aspire 8930 is an impressive package for movie watchers, especially HD fans. It's also a robust all-round performer, able to handle heavy multi-tasking ...

Large 18-inch,16:9 screen ; surprisingly good battery life

Touch controls not as responsive as they should be

With a true 1080p display, the 18-inch Acer Aspire 8930 is a capable playback machine for high-definition content. It's a strong all-round performer too, able to handle heavy multitasking smoothly, and offering a good gaming experience. It also ...

Video-playback battery-drain test (in minutes)(Longer bars indicate better performance)Acer Aspire 8930171 HP Pavilion dv7159 Sony Vaio AW125117 Dell Studio XPS 16103 ConclusionThe Acer Aspire 8930 is a strong performer that won't disappoint...

February, 2009

Rating

75

Partner Source
cnet.co.uk
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Acer Aspire 8930G

By James Holland

To enjoy proper Hi-Def you need a stupendously expensive set-up involving an HD-ready TV, surround sound speakers and a Blu-ray player, right? Wrong. All you need is the Acer Aspire 8930G. This multimedia monster comes with a built-in Blu-ray player ...

Great full-HD screen. Plenty of connections. Optional Blu-ray drive

Try lugging around this 4.1kg behemoth

The term all-rounder is often a polite way of saying corner-cutting try-hard. That's not the case with the Acer Aspire 8930G.

June, 2009

Rating

80

electricpig.co.uk
GB

Acer Aspire 8930G

Everyone likes a home cinema system, but normally any attempts at squeezing one into something you carry around fail. With epic proportions. The Acer 8930G doesn't. With a gorgeous shell, 18.5 inch full HD screen, 4 gigs of RAM, a 320GB hard drive and ...

The base model is fantastic enough for watching DVDs, but upgrade to the Blu-ray 8930G model and you might as well throw your flatscreen away. It's dazzling, and the CineDash media control panel next to the keypad is a piece of baked goods to use. ...

The 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo chip is zippy, but a quad-core processor wouldn't have gone a miss, and for a laptop so big, the trackpad is mighty small. Sure, you'll be using a mouse at home, but if you do lug this out of the house, you'll want to take a ...

Real AV enthusiasts will no doubt snub the idea of a laptop as a quality high-def screen and machine, but the Acer 8930G really is that, and should you own a bigger HD screen, you can always hook it up via HDMI to make sweet 1080p love. The Acer 8930G ...

April, 2009

Rating

100

fwd.five.tv
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Acer Aspire 8930 review

By Arthur Gies

Acer has put just enough features and perks into the Aspire 8930, its high-end performance laptop.

The Acer Aspire 8930 offers a great combination of price and purpose. Our only reservations relate to our review model's lack of a Blu-ray drive (since the machine has a Full HD display but its video card won't run games at that resolution, you'll ...

March, 2009

Rating

80

pcadvisor.co.uk
AU

Acer Aspire 8930G (Core 2 Duo T9400 processor 2.53GHz, 4GB RAM)

By Dan Ackerman

acer aspire 8930g (core 2 duo t9400 processor 2.53ghz, 4gb ram) review: With a true 1080p display, the 18-inch Acer Aspire 8930G is a capable HD content playback machine.

Big, 18-inch, 16:9 screen, Surprisingly good battery life, Touch controls not as responsive as they should be

Touch controls not as responsive as they should be

The original Acer Aspire 8920G was the very first 18-inch laptop we had a chance to review, and the follow-up Acer Aspire 8930G is similar in terms of its essentials, with only a handful of component upgrades. Design The Acer Aspire 8930G is, like...

February, 2009

Rating

75

cnet.com.au
DE

8930G: HD-Update bei Acer

By Stefan Trunzik

US Note: This is an automatic translation. The text can differ from the original review.

The new Centrino-2-string from the house of Acer's in 16:9 format. The update Aspire 8930G is reflected in the strongest configuration in the test lab .

+ application performance, + Blu-ray drive, HD + high-contrast display, + Soft-Touch Panel Media + processing

- illumination, - Keyboard, - Battery life

very

September, 2008

Rating

100

Partner Source
Notebook Journal
DE

Acer Aspire 8930G

By Thomas Rau

US Note: This is an automatic translation. The text can differ from the original review.

full high-definition notebook Acer Aspire 8930G is set: It brings a Full HD display in the Page Format bit ...

also user-friendly : If you choose to download a driver on the Acer Aspire 8930G, the website that you can get the driver for all model variants, and not only for a certain configuration. The user must then know what hardware is in his laptop to download...

The Blu-ray drive in the Acer Aspire 8930G plays high-resolution films from which the 18.4-inch display with a full - HD resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels in 16:9 format kinotauglichen page is reproduced. The test showed the display bright, crisp ...

February, 2009

Rating

56

pcwelt.de

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