Acer Intros 18.4" Aspire Notebook with Core i7

Acer Intros 18.4" Aspire Notebook w/ Core i7

Acer today introduced its Aspire 8940 notebook featuring an 18.4-inch display and an Intel Core i7 processor. Other key features include a full 1080p screen resolution, an Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M graphics card, and Blu-ray reader. The full specifications for the AS8940-6865 model are as follows:

• Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 720QM (1.60GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 1333MHz FSB)
• 18.4" Full HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit Display
  (1920x1080 Resolution, 16:9 Aspect Ratio)
• 4GB DDR3 Dual-Channel 1066MHz Memory
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 250M with 1GB dedicated DDR3 VRAM
• 500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
• 4X Blu-ray Disc^™/DVD SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive
• Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
• Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 802.11a//bg/Draft-N Wi-Fi CERTIFIED®
• Acer Crystal Eye™ Integrated Webcam
• Touch-Capacitive Media Control Interface
• 5 USB 2.0 Ports, 1 HDMI Port, 1 eSATA Port
• 8-cell Li-Ion Battery (4800mAh)
• Dolby Home Theater® Audio Enhancement
• Acer CineSurround Sound System (5 built-in speakers)
• Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit

The Aspire 8940 will be available "this holiday season" for an MSRP of $1,349.99.

Acer Press Release (BusinessWire.com)

 

I wish the GPU was a lot better. But, for this price, you also get the blu-ray player, and the core i7 which is not too bad.

 

Wow, that's a great deal.

I agree, wish the GPU was at least a 260M, but for the price.. that's a fantastic deal.

 

10 minutes of usage on battery. Great deal though!

 

Nice laptop overall, and comes with BD included

 

Solid 'Bang-for-the-Buck', it's on sale now at NewEgg! It will be interesting to see what other 8940G models will become available. I am thinking of buying one of these, as a pacifier, until an i7 GDDR5 Crossfire model is on the horizon.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115679

 

ddr3? not reference gddr5? wth? way to kill a card.

 

Have you ever seen a 250M with gddr5? Why would you expect it to have ddr5?

 

This machine definitely has good specifications for the money. Its best use is probably as a home multimedia machine. It is very suitable for gaming with the GTS 250M (96 cores) though for strict gaming, gamers are probably better off going with a similarly-priced ASUS machine with a GTX 260M.

 

Lol, go to Toshiba Forum and check the X500. Also they had an article about it here on the news forum.


I like this notebook but would rather take the Toshiba X500. It has SSD, DDR5, and 6GB DDR3. That being said it is more expensive. This is a good deal though i wouldnt fault anyone for picking this up.

 

Its no wonder that Acer is going straight to the top to being the largest PC manufacturer in the world. Good for them.

 

I would too, if they got rid of the red

 

i expected it because nvidia's website says so.

 

Nice notebook.
Just hope it will still stay cheap once it hit the norwegian market.

 

I believe the x505 from Toshiba does have GDDR5 card.

 

I love the Red luckily

this one also has sweet styling.