Acer Aspire ‘Gemstone Blue’ series details
- March 12th, 2008
- 5 Comments
Here’s a little more information about Acer’s new Gemstone Blue notebook series. First up, there are two models; the Aspire 8920G and the Aspire 6920G. Both feature an Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo processor and Vista Ultimate or Home Premium and up to 4GB of DDR2 667MHz memory, depending on your tastes. Both also have an integrated webcam, fingerprint reader, draft-N wireless, Bluetooth, CineDash media controller (see above photo) and Acer Arcade Deluxe software for all your media files.
The 6920G can handle a 320GB hard drive, 1X Blu-ray Super Multi double-layer drive, and your choice of a 16-inch LCD screen at 1920×1080 or 1366×768. Graphics are handled courtesy of an NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS with 512MB of dedicated video RAM that can also grab up to 768MB of system RAM. The notebook weighs 7.7 pounds with the standard battery attached.
The 8920G can handle two hard drives of up to 320GB each, 2X Blu-ray Super Multi double-layer drive, and comes with an 18.4-inch LCD running at full HD (1920×1080). You can opt for the same GeForce 9500M GS graphics or bump it up to the 9650M. Video RAM is the same as the 6920G. The notebook weighs nine pounds with the standard battery. Nine pounds, I said.
Both will be available in about a month with pricing starting at $900 and topping out at under $2000 depending on your configuration.
Acer Gemstone Blue [Acer.com]
Mark L (Who am I?)
5 months ago
Not exactly the stats I was hoping for, but I’ll keep an eye on it. I still think it looks pretty cool, and there are definitely some things I like about it…but I wish it had a bit more performance. Does that seem on the slower side for a notebook? (sorry I’m a desktop guy, I’ve said before that I don’t know too much about notebooks, just getting into them)
On something off topic (kind of), is there any type of notebook you guys would recommend? Maybe have a write up on some of the best out there?
R. (Who am I?)
5 months ago
Any idea when this laptop is definitely coming out? I called Acer about it, and they don’t seem to know a thing about it at all…I wonder if it’s worth waiting for.
John Biggs (Who am I?)
5 months ago
should be in the next month.
R. (Who am I?)
5 months ago
Do you know if there any sites taking pre-orders on it yet? I guess you can tell I really want this laptop like yesterday huh….
Orlbuckeye (Who am I?)
4 months ago
I have the Acer Aspire 9810-6829 with a 20.1 in screen. It’s also a multi-media machine but with HD-DVD. The big difference between the 8920 and the 9810 is about 9 pounds (yes the 9810 is 17 pounds)