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    I will be doing an extensive review of my 8930 on Saturday.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by plasma., Oct 22, 2008.

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    Well, after 1100 posts with no notebook on NBR, i have finally decided to contribute a review to the community. I will make it very thorough, and will cover lots of benchmarks. You can request some here if ya like. I havent recieved it yet, will be on THursday.

    EDIT: Im trying to find my camera, might have to resort to online images for the review. Or ill use my Nokia...
     
    plasma., Oct 22, 2008
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    I hope you give some detail on the quality of the LCD display, spotted a 8920g on display in a store today... not sure if there's a different LCD display on the 8930g.

    Thanks.
     
    laptodd5, Oct 22, 2008
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    Yep. Ok, heres the list: wPrime, 3dmark06, PCMark05 and Vantage, HDTune and Passmark.
     
    plasma., Oct 23, 2008
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    How awesome! I am planning on buying one next week, so timing could not been better!
     
    osinsh, Oct 23, 2008
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    It's a great machine! ^^
    yesterday I turned on my old laptop and the difference in screen is so big, this thing is HOT! :D
     
    Psynalizer, Oct 23, 2008
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    Ah crap, the date has been pushed back to Monday...
     
    plasma., Oct 24, 2008
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    Just registered!!

    Was waiting for someone to do something like this!

    I'm living in Italy, and I'm about to buy one of these really nice and powerful 8930, and precisely the one with the P8600.

    It should be just one step behind the top one, but in this way I'm saving 200€ :p

    One thing I still can't seem to understand: is there a combo usb/e-sata port?
    Many sites say that there are only 4 Usb ports and no e-sata.
     
    cirifax, Oct 24, 2008
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    Mine has 3 usb ports and 1 combo usb/esata i think.
     
    plasma., Oct 24, 2008
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    Thx for your answer!

    Just to know, what is the exact name of the model you own?
    Is it with one HDD or 2 HDD?

    The one I'm interested in is ACER AS8930G-864G64BN, with P8600, 2x320GB hdd, 4 Gb DDR3, 9700GT, B-R disc and tv-tuner, and I've found it as low as 1500€.

    Can't wait to read some reviews and get my "paws" on it!!!
     
    cirifax, Oct 25, 2008
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    When you get around to your review could you mention if it's WUXGA or not and wither you notice any light leak at bottom when playing a DVD or Blu-ray in fades to black or very dark scenes?

    Sadly all the 8920/8930 I have seen on display in stores were only XGA.

    Thanks.
     
    laptodd5, Oct 26, 2008
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    Ima getting the same model,except a T9400 instead of the P8600. Does yours have Vista Ultimate?

    @laptodd, will do.
     
    plasma., Oct 26, 2008
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    The one I'm interested (not yet mine, unfortunately) has WV Premium, not the Ultimate...

    I'm going for the one just a tad less powerfull because I would have to pay 200€ more to get the top one (which is the one you're receiving), and the only differences would be the processor (t9400 instead of p8600) and WV Ultimate instead of WV premium.

    And since 1500€ is already a bit over my initial budget (I was trying to find something in the 1000-1300€ range, but heck, when I saw the 8930 I really was bewitched), I really can't afford to pay those 200€ more.
     
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    Thats ok, your model is very powerful as well. My 8930 should be coming today (i hope).
     
    plasma., Oct 26, 2008
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    where did you order yours from?
     
    Jsebastien, Oct 27, 2008
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    YEAHHHHH!!!! its here! This thing is huuuuge. The keyboard is awesome, the numpad is actually 4 rows! Cinedash is cool too. This thing is flying.

    Ill post up a preliminary thoughts review soon.
    i bought mine from bestdeal4u.com.au (not a spam site, just really bad naming)
     
    plasma., Oct 27, 2008
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    ohh Australia. ****NNN

    Im in los anageles.

    I love the Numpad. I spent the time ogling over the keyboard while trying to make it work before I figured out it was defective. :( now I gotz to wait for my new one to arrive.\

    I also had fun playing with the Cinedash. I feel like just being a geek and imagining that Im on the Enterprise and Picard is ordering my to turn on the volume :D hehe
     
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    Wow, The lights are awesome, just wish they had a backlighted keyboard. one annoying thing, i keep hitting 4 or 7 instead of backspace, which brings me back to the front of my sentence..

    oh well, ill get used to it! :D
     
    plasma., Oct 27, 2008
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    haha, well I sent you a message. Go read it. pRivate message
     
    Jsebastien, Oct 27, 2008
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    Ah ****. I had my MSN account on my old comp on "remember always" or something. now i forgot my account password! and the msn messenger thing is takin forevr to download.
     
    plasma., Oct 27, 2008
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    go on your old comp :p
     
    Jsebastien, Oct 27, 2008
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    Nah. No MSN chatting for me, I gotta do an assignment.

    On topic: Dreamscene is AWESOME! vista really owns XP imo so far
     
    plasma., Oct 27, 2008
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    Can't wait :D
     
    cirifax, Oct 27, 2008
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    Ive done the review but im waiting for 3dmark06 and UT3Demo to finish downloading. Im at school right now.

    ah 3d06 is downloading at 74kb/s :(
     
    plasma., Oct 27, 2008
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    ITS UP! Look in Nbr reviews and news forum
     
    plasma., Oct 29, 2008
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    Sorry, but can't seem to find it :(
     
    cirifax, Oct 30, 2008
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    Thx for the heads up :)
    Already found it...

    I thought it was in the "Notebook Reviews" tab of this site, while instead it was in the Notebook Reviews and News of the forum...

    My bad.
     
    cirifax, Oct 30, 2008
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