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Acer Aspire 8930G-584G32Bn Gemstone Blue Laptop

SKU: LX.AC20X.039 Quickfind Code: 370468

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The 18.4" Aspire 8930 kicks notebook-based enjoyment into the high-def future with captivating Full HD video and immersive surround sound.

The sensational 16:9 Acer CineCrystal™ Full HD display boasts a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution for true-to-master cinematic view. Acer CineSurround audio with six speakers inside -- including the Acer Tuba CineBass booster -- features optimized, 2nd Generation Dolby® Home Theater® technology, delivering movie soundtracks and sound effects just as they were intended.

Discover these enhanced sights and sounds of mobile home cinema through the touch-sensitive CineDash media console, which provides ultra-convenient, CE-style control of today's finest HD content.

The huge 18.4" LCD boasts 24 percent more screen space than 17", 16:9 aspect ratio as well as deep color, a fantastically wide viewing angle and the 16:9 golden aspect ratio for perfect cinematic viewing, ideal for HDTV and the latest Blu-ray Disc™ format. Discover visually superior, Full HD entertainment as it was originally created, without distorted images or black bars.

The Aspire 8930 is also the worlds first notebook to feature built-in multi-speaker True 5.1 surround sound through six speakers. Contemporary entertainment plays flawlessly via the latest and most powerful dual core processing technology, ensuring smooth playback and multitasking, even with graphics intensive multimedia applications and the NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GS discrete graphics card features NVIDIA® PureVideo™ for high-quality scaling and pixel calculation at resolutions up to 1080p -- essential technology for the intense HD experiences delivered by the Blu-ray drive.

The futures bright, the futures blue.

  • Processor (CPU): Intel Core 2 Duo T5800
  • Memory (RAM): 4GB
  • Hard Drive: 320GB
  • Optical Drive: Blu-Ray Drive
  • Display: 18.4" WXGA HD
  • Graphics: nVidia 9600M GS 512MB
  • Communication: 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN, Ethernet, Bluetooth
  • Multimedia: 1 Megapixel Camera
  • Battery: 8 Cell
  • Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
  • Warranty: 1 Year
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    Question from Richard: Asked on 04/01/2010 Is The Acer Aspire 8930g 32 bit or 64 bit

    Answer from SteveK: Answered on 05/01/2010
    32 bit but we are now out of stock.

    Question from Matty: Asked on 28/08/2009 Would this laptop be able to play Empire Total war and if so in what settings? Could you play the game in full graphics and would it run smoothly?

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 02/09/2009
    Sorry, this laptop has now sold out. Please call our sales team for an alternative.

    Question from nana: Asked on 28/08/2009 can this laptop still rewrite blu ray discs?

    Answer from David J: Answered on 28/08/2009
    No, this is just a blu-ray player

    Question from 8390G: Asked on 27/08/2009 Which is the better graphics chip , GeForce 9600M GS or GT

    Answer from David J: Answered on 28/08/2009
    The GT is the higher performance graphics card

    Question from maz101: Asked on 26/08/2009 is the unit fitted with a wireless network card, and is there any expansion for memory upgrade (or is it full with the standard 4 meg). thanks

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 27/08/2009
    Yes, the laptop is wi fi ready and no, the ram is maxed at 4GB.

    Question from rjenkins: Asked on 13/03/2009 Does this laptop come with 64-bit Vista?

    Answer from David J: Answered on 13/03/2009
    This comes with 32but Vista

    Question from Cammie: Asked on 07/03/2009 Could this laptop play a game that requires:
    OS-Windows XP SP2- 256mb
    OS-Windows Vista - 512mb
    Processor:
    1.0 GHz
    Hard Drive:
    15 mb
    Online requirements:
    56.6 kbps or better
    Video Card:
    DirectX 9.0c compliand video card with 32 mb of ram and support for hardware transformation and lighting
    Other:
    DirectX 9 hardware campatability and audio card with speakers and/or headphones.
    Could this laptop play a game with the abbove requirements at full graphic settings easily without slowing down computer and in the game have quice gameplay with short loding times?
    Thank you!

    Answer from david s: Answered on 09/03/2009
    you should be fine

    Question from Cammie: Asked on 07/03/2009 Could this laptop play high resolution games, such as Microsoft Flight Simulator X, at the highest graphics settings comfortably without slowing down the computer? (Are there any games it can't play?) Could it be used for high quality video editing, to do things like rip chapters/songs from DVDs(NOT Blu-ray)/CDs and convert them into many formats, then use programmes to edit them? Can it burn/make copies of Cds/DVDs? Does it have a fast internet connection and processor speed? Does it have bluetooth or infared that could send recieve data to/from a mobile phone? Does it have USB, AV or other common inputs? Is there any cheaper price anywhere else on the web? Could you suggest any other laptop that world be more suitable and still meet the criteria listed above. Thany you!

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 09/03/2009
    A few more questions than I can answer here. Please call our sales team who'll go through that list of queries with you.

    Question from Seb H: Asked on 21/01/2009 Hello, I wos wondering if Flight Simulator X would work on this computer. Would it run with graphics at decent level of detail?

    thank you very much.

    Answer from david s: Answered on 21/01/2009
    You would have to check with the games requirements but is has a dedicated graphics card so I shouldn't see why not

    Question from Kaz: Asked on 18/01/2009 Does this laptop have built in bluetooth or will I have to buy a dongle?

    Answer from david s: Answered on 19/01/2009
    This model does have bluetooth

    Question from Pumba: Asked on 03/01/2009 Hi, is it possible to connect this to a LCD TV via a HDMI connection?

    Answer from david s: Answered on 05/01/2009
    yes

    Question from Svane: Asked on 02/01/2009 Will World of Warcraft expansion - Wrath of the Lich King run smoothely on this laptop?

    The system requirements for the program is:

    Hard Drive Space : 15 GB free hard drive space

    Operating System : Windows XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)

    Processor : Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1500+

    RAM : Minimum: 512 MB RAM (1GB for Vista users)

    Video Card : Minimum: 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting with 32 MB VRAM Such as an ATI Radeon 7200 or NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or better

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 05/01/2009
    It will play WOW Wrath of.... with ease.

    Question from skelly: Asked on 15/12/2008 hi my lappy is aspire 8930g 740 but is not listed on your website please help id like to know the full spec thanks

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 16/12/2008
    Please check the Acer website, they have the spec of all the machines they sell.

    Question from rama: Asked on 07/12/2008 Hi,I found in comments that display's resolution is 1366x768, but Technical Specifications saying max.resolution 1920 x 1080 (WUXGA ). What it's mean?

    Answer from Matt: Answered on 08/12/2008
    It's actually 1680 x 945, I'll get them to change that.

    Question from IceZaroth: Asked on 27/11/2008 hi i bought a brand new 8930 laptop 3 weeks ago and the screen has cracked, i returned to the retailer to find out he has more 8930's with defective screens and some other nasty stuff wrong with them, can someone comment on this, because i'd rather move to something like sony if acer standards are this bad.

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 27/11/2008
    Hi, please give Acer a call for any queries such as that one. We are just a reseller and have had no bad reports on the models we've sold so far.

    Question from darthflea: Asked on 11/11/2008 OK I should have reworded my question. IS this laptop screen Full HD?

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 12/11/2008
    No, its got a resolution of 1366 x 768 which is better than 720P but not as good as 1080P.

    Question from darthflea: Asked on 11/11/2008 Could you confirm whether or not that the screen on this laptop can achieve Full HD (i.e. 1920x1080)?

    Answer from david s: Answered on 11/11/2008
    Yes

    Question from HAl: Asked on 04/11/2008 can i have two hard drives in this model, ie add a second one.

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 05/11/2008
    No, but you can get an external hard drive to extend your storage capabilities.

    Question from Merkitch: Asked on 04/11/2008 Does this model have the fingerprint scanner on it ??

    Answer from Matt: Answered on 05/11/2008
    Yes.

    Question from Dent: Asked on 03/11/2008 I have been for some time now waiting for this item to show in stock, please could you confirm when this is going to happen?

    Answer from Matt: Answered on 04/11/2008
    It looks like they have been delayed until sometime next week.

    Question from Jake: Asked on 03/11/2008 This will proberbly sound stupid but would this laptop be able to play the latest games on there full graphics e.g world of warcraft. and be able to run them with no problems at all?

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 05/11/2008
    There isn't really a laptop out there that will play every game on full graphics but this model does have a good one which will play all the games at some sort of setting.

    Question from ashley: Asked on 02/11/2008 hi i dont want to sound stupid but will this laptop play the latest games e.g world of warcraft , also when it say dual layer does that mean there are 2 dvd slots that you can put 2 cds in at the same time

    Answer from Matt: Answered on 03/11/2008
    It should play the latest games with no problems at all. A Dual Layer DVD means there is twice as much data on the same disc, there is only one slot.

    Question from M1888: Asked on 31/10/2008 Does this model have a remote control or just cinedash thing next to keyboard?

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 05/11/2008
    No, just the cinedash. If you go for one of the 8930s with a TV tuner built in then you'll get the remote with it or alternatively you can order it as an accessory from Acer.

    Question from Hobro: Asked on 29/10/2008 Does the 8930 facilitate Mogo Mouse and is it PC card or Express Card

    Answer from peterh: Answered on 29/10/2008
    The 8930 has an ExpressCard/54 slot. This model has bluetooth and the slot, so you should have no trouble with the ExpressCard/54 version of MoGo Mouse or MoGo Mouse Pro.

    Question from tony: Asked on 13/10/2008 sorry if this is a silly question but I dont know much. Can u use a mouse with this rather than the keyboard?
    8930G

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 14/10/2008
    Yes you can. It connects via the USB just like a desktop.

    Question from davehickman: Asked on 07/10/2008 Could you please tell me the overall weight and dimensions of the 8930G Gemstone Blue laptop please

    Answer from peterh: Answered on 07/10/2008
    Weight is 4.1 Kg, Dimensions are: 441.4 (W) x 300 (D) x 40.2/44.2 (H) mm

    Question from mark: Asked on 06/10/2008 Hi, what is the screen resolution of this model

    Answer from Matt: Answered on 07/10/2008
    It looks like it will be the 1680 x 945 one, but we'll have to wait until more information is available closer to it's release before we can update the specification.

    Question from J.F.: Asked on 01/10/2008 How is the ghz number? 2.0ghz or higher?

    Answer from peterh: Answered on 03/10/2008
    That is a dual-core 2.0GHz CPU

    Question from JJ: Asked on 29/09/2008 What capabilities does the blu-ray drive have, e.g. can this laptop still rewrite dvds?

    Answer from SteveF: Answered on 30/09/2008
    Yes, it can write DVD's and CD's

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