Acer Aspire AS8940G-6865 18.4″ Laptop With Quad-Core Intel Core i7 And Windows 7
If you’re looking for an 18.4 Inch large screen laptop, you are limited to a handful of brands. I was thorn between HP HDX18 and Dell XPS, what stops me from buying these models are the price, which is ridiculously high.
The new Acer Aspire AS8940G-6865 18.4″ Notebook comes with Quad-Core Intel Core i7 and Windows 7. It is at least 500 dollars cheaper than Dell and HP. I could get myself a 18 inch laptop and a netbook if I decided to go for an Acer.
Acer is the world’s 3rd largest computer company, after HP and Dell. They are poise to take over the second spot from Dell within a year or two. Having said that, lots of people complain to me on the reliability of Acer’s laptop with frequent hardware failures. Which is not an isolated case happened to Acer only, I bet Toshiba, Sony and all the other laptop manufacturer have the same problem. After all, most laptops are designed by Taiwanese and manufactured by the Chinese.
Main Features And Specifications Of Acer Aspire AS8940G-6865:
- Large 18.4-inch full HD (1920×1080 pixels) widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) CineCrystal LED-backlit display
- Intel Core i7 Processor 720QM (1.60GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 1333MHz FSB)
- 4GB DDR3 Dual-Channel 1066MHz memory and 500GB 5400RPM SATA HDD
- Advanced NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M graphics with 1GB dedicated DDR3 VRAM allows buffering capacity for seamless graphics as well as visuals
- 4X Blu-ray Disc/DVD SuperMulti DL drive and multi-in-1 media card reader
- Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100 802.11a//bg/Draft-N Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
- Dolby Home Theater Audio Enhancement technology combined with Acer CineSurround sound system (5 built-in speakers)
- Acer Tuba CineBass booster bring clear tones and deep bass beats aimed for incredible entertainment
- Acer’s Touch-Capacitive Media Control Interface allows users to quickly and easily manage their entertainment choices
- Acer Crystal Eye webcam ensures smooth video streaming and high quality images, while digital microphone conveys superior voice quality
- 5 USB 2.0 port, 1 HDMI port and 1 eSATA port
- 8-cell (4800mAh) Li-Ion Battery and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit operating system
p.s. Am using Acer Aspire 9420, been three years now. So far so good, no hardware failures – yet, but the hinge did broken.
4GB Mini Spy Pen With Digital Audio And Video Camcorder
Am thinking of getting one of these mini spy pen for fun, sometimes it can be handy for evidence purposes. Anyway, this Spy Pen thing is not really that expensive, USD27 is rather affordable. Here are the specs:
- Photo Resolution – 3264 x 2448, 72 DPI, 24 Bits
- video bit-rate – 3000-9000 Kbps
- Video resolution – 640×480 pixels, 24 bits
- Video Frame rate – over 29fps，up to 30FPS
- Video file format – avi
- Audio Format – PCM
- Audio Bit rate – 192 kbps
- Audio Resolution – 8bits
- Audio Sampling rate – 24 KHz
- Battery – Lithium-polymer battery (85 – 110 minutes)
Amazon have the same thing but cost twice the price, I tried ebay and a ‘power seller’ from China is selling it for half the price and twice the hardware specs. It does make sense anyway, since everything is now made in China, why not go to the source instead of buying it from the middle man?
Spy Pen Video Sample
Download the video and photo sample (10.1MB) for the mini 4GB spy pen. If the video is really what it claims to be – recorded with the mini 4GB spy pen, I gotta say this is rather impressive.
