Acer Aspire computer notebooks

If you thought 17-inch notebooks were nicknamed "lap busters",we wonder what name would be apt for this humongous freak.At 18.4 inches,the 8920G is the largest notebook we've seen,or held.
If you're looking to lug your notebook in anything less spacious than a limousine, then we suggest you forget owning this.With a piano black finish, and a rounded,curvy posterior with a bright screen that does 1920*1080 pixels, this laptop isn't unattractive at all.With 3-GB of RAM, a snappy 2.2GHz dual-core processor and a spanking new GeForce 9500GS graphics solution, the 8920G seems to be strong contender to replace your ageing laptop (actually,it would give any desktop a good run for its buck).For those looking for something to use as a home-entertainment system, or a laptop for the entire family, you get 320GB of HDD space , and an HDMI port to connect to your large screen TV.Blu-ray optical drive was liked ,but all we got was a 20*DVD burner.
With a quirky keypad, and touch buttons that look better than they work, the 8920G is still a formidable desktop replacement solution, and it'll offer some portability to those who are muscular enough to heft its bulk around.If it loses out to the Vaio AR69GU in terms of features like a built in TV tuner,S-video connect and Blu-ray drive,it also wins big time in terms of price.At Rs79,999, it's half the price of the less bulky Sony VGN-AR69GU.Although it's not as well built and doesn't sport the same designer tag, we reckon it's a saner choice,unless you really want your notebook to grab all the attention.


Acer Aspire 6920
The smaller brother to the Aspire 8920G(by 2.4 screen inches,to be exact)looks identical to its larger,faster and costlier sibling.The quirky touch-type multimedia keys remain unchanged from its older brother.However,it's a lot more portable,although these aren't the type of notebooks anyone would want to cart around.It's as well built as its sibling but makes do without any discrete graphics powering its video subsystem.Once again 3GB of system memory makes the 6920 snappy.Both acers have a CPU in common.A large,powerful notebook simply requires a graphics card and an X3100 video solution just doesn't cut it for viewing HD content,or any kind of serous multimedia usage.And that's the kind of user who will buy such a laptop-a person who wants a powerful notebook to replace his main desktop solution.
At Rs.49,999, the 6920 is a sturdy, large notebook meant to be plonked on to a desk and for the most part,kept there.We really wish for a discrete graphics solution on this one but if wishes were Acers, this one would be an unavoidable recommendation. As it stands, if you're looking for a powerful desktop replacement notebook and you're on a budget,it doesn't get stingier than this.

Acer Aspire 5290
Acer reminisces with the lego toys of yesteryear with a return to plastic with their aspire 5290.
The finish although cheap looking, and off white in color,(the worst color for dirt prone touch pads),does seem to be of good quality,especially after a week of regular use.It's the larger twin of the Aspire 2920, and for a 15.4-inch notebook , its heavy too(3kg).The configuration is a Core 2Duo T555O(1.83GHz) coupled with 2GB of RAM is good enough for office work and the internet on the window vista.A shame then, that Acer chose to bundle Linux with this notebook, although frankly we were interested to see the difference this made in the pricing.At Rs.39,139 the Aspire 5290 aspires to be something it is not.Do not aspire to own this, you will find better options among the other contenders.



Acer Aspire 2920
One look at the Aspire 2920 had us thinking cheap,tacky and plasticy.However,once you use the notebook, you realise the simple plastic beige bezel is misleading-it's clearly a cost-cutting move rather than a cheap tactic to rake in bigger profit percentages on sales.The notebook has this tacky looking cover, and a cheap looking (but not so) inner bezel.What is annoying is the large footprint(for a12.1-inch notebook) courtesy a larger,rounded body.It's heavier than your average 12.1 inch too at 2.04 kg.It's for this reason that the Aspire2920 finds itself in this category than the 'ultra compact' category, which is more suited to notebooks bearing similar screen sizes.The keypad is surprisingly good, and very usable.The configuration is fine for the home or office-a 1.83 GHz Core 2Duo,2GB of RAM, and a 160GB HDD.Linux is the OS of choice, another cost-cutting move.With such capers being cut, we expected the price to be really superb.At Rs.41,199 the Aspire 2920 isn't exorbitant, but it's much costlier than the Fujitsu S7211, which is a better notebook(albeit with 1GB less memory).For this reason as well as the quality of the materials and finish on this product, you gotta stay away from this.