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December 30, 2008

Acer launches cheap quad-core laptop

Aspire 8930G runs Intel's Core 2 Quad

Agam Shah

Acer has launched a quad-core laptop based on an Intel chip at a price that may appeal to buyers on a budget.

The Acer Aspire 8930G-7665 laptop is designed as a gaming laptop or desktop replacement and is powered by Intel's Core 2 Quad mobile processor. The Core 2 Quad has four cores and runs at up to 2.0GHz. It also includess 6MB of cache.

With a starting price of $1,799 (£1,240) in the US, the Acer Aspire 8930G-7665 could be a bargain compared to expensive quad-core laptops from the world's top PC vendors. HP and Dell both offer quad-core laptops as either gaming laptops or mobile workstations with prices starting at over $2,000. Acer is the world's third-largest PC vendor behind HP and Dell, according to analyst firm IDC.

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The laptop includes an 18.4in screen that can display high-definition images and video. It also includes 4GB of RAM, Nvidia's GeForce 9700M GT graphics card with 512MB of video memory, a 500GB hard drive, a Blu-ray Disc drive and Wi-Fi wireless networking. It comes preloaded with the 64-bit version of Windows Vista Premium OS.

The laptop is now available in the US through retailers, the company said. Acer could not be immediately reached for comment on worldwide availability.

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Comments received

Saddaf said on Tuesday, 30 December 2008

Thats wicked, Acer Laptop's are really good. i would like to buy the Quad-Core laptop if it comes to the UK

N Sharpe said on Tuesday, 30 December 2008

Laptops with big computing power are always going to be double the price of the desktop alternative.

Viper217 said on Sunday, 04 January 2009

Anyone seen the Car Battery you will have to power this 18.4" Laptop - yes laptop, that's laptop - portable computing?

I bet if you crank this baby up you will get under 60mins on battery (if that)

Wonder how far you can travel before the power lead pulls you up short?

Anyone else seen the Intel Atom 1.6ghz duo embedded itx mobo for under £50 notes? - will run most browsing, office apps and all for below 40Watts at full tilt - now that is the future!

Ralf said on Wednesday, 07 January 2009

I wouldn't mind trying out one of these machines but name me 4 critical simultaneous jobs that one would feel the need to do,smart ass.
The smart money is on cheap low spec netbooks pal.

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