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Acer Aspire 8930G in Laptops
Verdict
Big, brash and powerful to boot. Acer's 18.4in desktop replacement is guaranteed to entertain.
Review Date: 30 Apr 2009
Price when reviewed: £652 (£750 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Part Code | LX.AC20X.039 |
| Review Date | 30 Apr 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £652 |
| Price inc VAT | £750 |
| Overall rating |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| Performance |
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| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty final | 1yr collect and return |
| Physical specifications | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 441 x 300 x 44mm (WDH) |
| Weight | 3.980kg |
| Travelling weight | 4.5kg |
| Processor and memory | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 |
| Motherboard chipset | Intel PM45 |
| RAM capacity | 4.00GB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| SODIMM sockets free | 0 |
| SODIMM sockets total | 2 |
| Screen and video | |
|---|---|
| Screen size | 18.4in |
| Resolution screen horizontal | 1,680 |
| Resolution screen vertical | 945 |
| Resolution | 1680 x 945 |
| Graphics chipset | Nvidia GeForce 9600M GS |
| Graphics card RAM | 512MB |
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs | 1 |
| HDMI outputs | 1 |
| S-Video outputs | 0 |
| DVI-I outputs | 0 |
| DVI-D outputs | 0 |
| DisplayPort outputs | 1 |
| Drives | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 320GB |
| Spindle speed | 5,400RPM |
| Internal disk interface | SATA/300 |
| Hard disk | Western Digital Scorpio Blue |
| Optical disc technology | Blu-ray reader |
| Optical drive | HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW CT10N |
| Battery capacity | 4,800mAh |
| Replacement battery price inc VAT | £0 |
| Networking | |
|---|---|
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| 802.11a support |
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| 802.11b support |
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| 802.11g support |
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| 802.11 draft-n support |
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| Integrated 3G adapter |
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| Other Features | |
|---|---|
| Wireless hardware on/off switch |
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| Wireless key-combination switch |
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| Modem |
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| ExpressCard34 slots | 0 |
| ExpressCard54 slots | 0 |
| PC Card slots | 0 |
| USB ports (downstream) | 4 |
| eSATA ports | 1 |
| PS/2 mouse port |
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| 9-pin serial ports | 0 |
| Parallel ports | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 0 |
| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 0 |
| 3.5mm audio jacks | 3 |
| SD card reader |
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| Memory Stick reader |
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| MMC (multimedia card) reader |
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| Smart Media reader |
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| Compact Flash reader |
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| xD-card reader |
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| Pointing device type | Touchpad |
| Audio chipset | Realtek HD Audio |
| Speaker location | Front edge |
| Hardware volume control? |
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| Integrated microphone? |
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| Integrated webcam? |
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| TPM |
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| Fingerprint reader |
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| Smartcard reader |
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| Operating system and software | |
|---|---|
| OS family | Windows Vista |
| Recovery method | Burn own recovery discs |
| Software supplied | Microsoft Works 8.5, Acer Arcade Deluxe |
| Battery and performance tests | |
|---|---|
| Battery life, light use | 207 |
| Battery life, heavy use | 88 |
| Overall application benchmark score | 0.98 |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | 45fps |
| 3D performance setting | Low |
User comments
Great piece of kit
I bought one from Argos, yes Argos, after much searching for an affordable laptop that could manage a decent go at gaming. It has a T6400 cou and Geforce9600M GT in it and plays COD4 well but not on full settings. It has a Blu-ray player and on the 1920x1080 HD screen films are superb. Oh and it does the officey stuff well also;-) Comet have a very similar model for around £630 at the mo. No Blu-ray and you'd need to check the screen res. Not realy suitable for on the road but if you want to be able to easily move your PC from room to room it's great. I'm still really pleased with mine after 5 months.
By iwsmallwd on 13 Aug 2009 
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