The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    opinions on Acer Aspire 4720?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by puter1, Jan 26, 2008.

  1. puter1

    puter1 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    95
    Messages:
    776
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I checked out an Aspire Aspire 4720 in a big box store. It seemed okay but the keyboard looks a bit strange. Any thoughts on it? This 4720 model had the Intel graphics chip.

    I am wondering if it is decent for the price or if the low price is indicative of something negative.

    I was comparing to: HP 2517ca and Toshiba Satellite Pro U300-TP2.

    Anything to recommend or how would you compare?

    Thanks.
     
  2. lappyforphotoshop

    lappyforphotoshop Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    87
    Messages:
    892
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Well , it is a good budget model, but it gets so hot some times, so I may be selling it to my younger sister.

    But my 4920G302G16 is very fast , I like 4920G much better than my friend's 4720G302G25Mn , and I think most of pre-configured 4920 G series come with an ATI Radeon HD-X 2500 with dedicated Vedeo Ram (128mb).

    I have no idea how good this GPU is compared to nVidia GF8400GS on my friend's HP DV2700T.

    I dont know if this configuration is available in your area, but I like the 4920G302G16(T7300, 2gb, ATI HD-x2500 with 128mb, 160gb HDD,Vista HP).

    There is a similar Acer model configured with nVidia GF8400MG with 128mb, called 4720G302G25Mn (T7300,2gb, GF8400M G with 128mb, 250gb HDD, Linux BE)

    they cost the same here , both are priced at 34900 baht , roughly 1100us.

    If the 4920G does not get hot , I love it and I think this is the best bang for my baht in Vista land.

    I don't know if the Linux BE is as good as other kind of Linux but I avoided it because my photoshop CS3 does not run on it.

    Hope this healps.
     
  3. lappyforphotoshop

    lappyforphotoshop Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    87
    Messages:
    892
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Oh have you ever considered the HP DV2700T , which seems a bit more sophisticated than this Acer model with better keyboards.

    Or Acer 5920G series ,which comes with a bit more powerful GF8600GT graphic card with 256mb? of dedicated ram.

    I think 5920G302G16 is a well configured model(T7300,2gb,Vista HP, nVidia GF8600GT with 256mb of dedicated ram, 160gb HDD).