Acer Aspire 6920 Review

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August 10, 2008

Acer Aspire 6920 Reviews

The Acer Aspire 6920 is a 7.7-pound, mainstream consumer notebook computer.Compared to other general-purpose notebooks on the market, it is relatively inexpensive at around $970.Has Wi-Fi (wireless connectivity) built-in.Features NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 512MB of video RAM.

Notebookreview.com reviews the Acer Aspire 6920 and writes:

The Acer Gemstone Blue series has one of the coolest designs we have seen in our office in quite a long time. The attention to detail is astounding, especially with the screen cover where you realize the color isn’t a solid blue, but instead a smooth transition to a lighter color towards centered Acer logo. Even the screen hinges weren’t overlooked, with the chrome accents and inner blue LED lighting when plugged in. While our review model lacked HDMI out and a Blu-ray drive, it still handled downloaded HD content (720P) and DVD movies just fine. The built-in subwoofer performed well, but covered up the anemic audio that the main drivers put out.

For the going price of $899 this notebook configuration is a lukewarm deal, but if you find it on sale for $699 (which we have seen) it turns into a great deal for all that you get.

Pros

Solid build quality
Cool screen cover paint finish
Chrome and LED trimmed pieces everywhere
Operates with lap friendly temperatures
Great battery life

Cons

Anemic main speaker drivers
Mild keyboard flex under typing pressure
Poor screen viewing angles

Notebookcheck reviews the Acer Aspire 6920 and writes:

The Acer Aspire 6920G proved to be a good notebook in our test, whereas especially the changed details scored points. The case was completely redesigned and is now robust, compact, and also looks nice.

While you’ll need some time to get used to the way typing feels and to the nearly sticky surface of the keys, the new input console, called CineDash Media Console is another highlight regarding design and ergonomics. It makes a number of inputs easy and enables to quickly and strikingly control the media player functions.

The new 16:19 aspect ratio display with HD resolution of 1366×768 pixels makes this notebook especially attractive. In combination with the Blu-Ray drive you can watch films in best quality, accompanied by a good sound quality. While the display’s brightness is good, its contrast is only below-average and the viewing angles are moderate.

Being a multimedia notebook the hardware equipment of the Aspire 6920G is good. The Core 2 Duo Penryn T8100 CPU with 2.1 GHz and the Geforce 9500M GS ensure good benchmark results and also make the Acer Aspire 6920G to some extent fit for current computer games.

Unfortunately the noise of the fan is a little bit too loud, especially if operated with low load. In return, the surface temperatures of the Aspire 6920G are very low.

The battery runtime ranges from a little more than one hours under load to nearly three hours maximum runtime. The runtime when using WLAN is a little more than two hours which should allow mobile operation to some extent.

CNet reviews the Acer Aspire 6920 and writes:

Pros: Has 4 GB RAM, which is considerably more than some similarly priced notebooks.By way of comparison, the typical cost of a product with this ample a RAM is $1,575.Also, this notebook has a 320GB hard drive, which is somewhat larger than some similarly priced notebooks.In fact, the average cost of a product with this large a hard drive is $1,375.

Cons: Has a 7.7-pound weight, which is somewhat heavier than some similarly priced notebooks.For example, the HP Business nc4200, at around $970, has only a 4-pound weight.

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