Acer AS8730-6951 18.4-Inch Laptop
- Multimedia-focused laptop with award-winning sapphire blue Gemstone design and 18.4-inch screen for true 16:9 aspect ratio
- 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 processor (Centrino 2), 320 GB hard drive, 4 GB RAM (8 GB max), dual-layer DVD-R drive
- Draft-N Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n); Bluetooth; Gigabit Ethernet; Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT graphics (up to 1791 MB total)
- Connectivity: 4 USB, 1 HDMI, 1 VGA, ExpressCard 54/34, 6-in-1 memory card reader
- Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 (64-bit version)
Product Description
Intel Centrino2 Processor Technology; Intel Core2 Duo Processor P8600 (2MB L2 Cache | 2.0GHz | 800MHz FSB); Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit w/ Service Pack 1; 18.4 WXGA HD Widescreen Display (1680 x 945); Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset; 4096MB DDR2 667 MHz Dual Channel Memory; NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Graphics; 320GB SATA 5400RPM Hard Drive; 8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive;6-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader; Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100 802.11a/g/Draft-N; Acer Crystal Eye Webcam; Acer Bio-Protection Fingerprint Solution; Dolby Home Theater Audio Enhancement; 4 – USB 2.0 Ports; 1 – HDMI port with HDCP Support; Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; 8-Cell Lithium-Ion (2.4); 9.04 lbs. | 4.1 kg (system unit only).Amazon.com Product Description
Featuring Acer’s eye-catching, award-winning Gemstone design the Acer Aspire AS8730-6951 presents a cool, confident look and delivers powerful mobile computing. Designed for high-definition multimedia entertainment at ho… More >>
Acer AS8730-6951 18.4-Inch Laptop
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5 comments
VistaFan on December 15, 2009 at 7:42 am
Not ready for Prime Time!
No Support for XP MODE in Windows 7.
The BIOS is for third graders. There is no way to enable VT technology on many ACER laptops, because the BIOS does not show the enable/disable option.
Too much money for a machine that is not ready for Windows 7 and XP MODE.
rob schlicher on December 15, 2009 at 10:12 am
I had purchased an Acer 15″ AMD Athlon earlier this year to replace my Dell Vostro that over heated and shut down to often. I was very impressed by the 8 hr battery and how cool it ran. I figured the Toshiba satellite would be even better with the Intell processor and Toshiba quality. I replaced th Acer. My toshiba kicked the AMD on windows performance score but overheated. I sold it the second month I had it and went and reviewed the Acer brand again. This model had the Intel processor and 4 gig ram etc. I loved the thing for it ran well a few pauses etc this week. Today it would not boot tried various recovery techniques. None worked so far. I dont like buying a computer that does not have OS on CD or DVD etc. so I am mixed I will try another and see what happens.
djf on December 15, 2009 at 10:45 am
Linux works great on this box.
( ubuntu runs about 10 times faster than vista – ordered win7 because I believe it will be faster – but still on the slow side like its big brother vista )
1. First thing I did was pop in ubuntu 9.04 – wide screen requires no configuration – and wireless requires no configuration ( and no problem with verizon router ).
2. Second thing I did was reduce the vista partition to 50Gigs so I could load ubuntu, fedora 11, and RHEL5 in new linux partitions I created – no problem so far.
3. Last the touch pad does all the basics – but will look into extra capabilities.
30% off – all my favorite linux distros work with Acer hardware – this is a nice linux platform. And Acer does not try to be linux ready – so linux does a very good job of detecting the hardware they have installed.
NOTE1: Have only had this Acer for a matter of hours – I will add more Linux comments should I run into challenges or find very nice suprises – but the first blush results are very good for linux on this box.
NOTE2: I use windows 5-10 times a year – and I would have just blown away vista – but the free win7 was a bonus. I blew away Microsoft Office and installed Open Office for no cost from [...] – this will save you hundreds of dollars and do everything 99% or you require. Rather than use virus software I blew that away too – and will just re-install win7 when the ad-ware starts to take over.
NOTE3: acer as8730-6951
Gordon Freeman on December 15, 2009 at 11:02 am
This was a great deal. I had to get rid of the bloatware, but after that it works pretty quickly. I’m still waiting on the free Windows 7 upgrade, but even if it doesn’t come I have no regrets.
Miss Mewsic on December 15, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Nice laptop – fast and great graphics. There is NO blue-ray whatsoever and vista 64bit is not compatible with my important software. I’d like to see lighted keys on the higher end laptops, but overall the performance of this notebook is great. The touchpad is too far to the left for us right handed people. I would have liked to have forgone the time consuming process of making backup and operating disks and wish they could just include the os and driver disks with a new pc of this price.