Acer calls this their ultimate multi-media laptop with a large 18.4-inch 1080p display running a Core i7 and ATI Radeon 5850. The Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G comes with all the bells and whistles to make your desktop PC look like a netbook.
Specs: Acer Aspire 8943G-728G1
18.4″ Full HD Display @ 1920×1080 pixels
Intel Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz (4 cores, 8 threads, Turbo Boost to 2.8GHz)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 w/ 1GB DDR3 VRAM
2 x 640GB HDD
8GB RAM (2 x 4GB DDR3)
Blu-ray, DVD SuperMulti Drive
Gigabit LAN
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 3.0 + HS
Fingerprint Reader
Card Reader (SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)
5 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x eSATA port
1 x IEEE 1394 port
1 x HDMI port
1 x Consumer Infrared (CIR) port
Acer Media Center Remote Control
4800mAh 8-cell Li-ion battery
Comes pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Premium and has a suggested retail price of Php120,900. Acer didn’t bother to pump the battery capacity (says only up to 3 hours) with all that juice-guzzling specs. At 10.1lbs (4.6kg), this is the heaviest laptop we’ve seen so far.
A powerful share, I simply given this onto a colleague who was doing a bit of evaluation on this. And he actually bought me breakfast as a result of I found it for him.. smile. So let me reword that: Thnx for the treat! However yeah Thnkx for spending the time to discuss this, I really feel strongly about it and love reading extra on this topic. If doable, as you turn into experience, would you thoughts updating your blog with extra details? It’s extremely helpful for me. Large thumb up for this blog post!
mas maganda pa pag nag-order sa US. promise. half ang price. ahaha
aus prain ako, maganda ang mga laptop ngaun puros super specs na, ito na kesa sa desktop na laging ngaatract ng alikabok.
Wow, they nearly copied the specs of Asus g73jh
But the asus model is cheaper, lighter and has the 5870 graphics card. Parang mas maganda parin ang asus.
You’re getting a top-notch machine.
The price justifies the specs.
Not like some Brand who blames it their popularity.
(Starts with S and ends with a Y)
wink, wink
mala alienware… taya na ng lotto!!!
speaking of Android, Sir Yuga yung Nexus One mo, na-upgrade na po ba sa Android 2.2? Worried lang kasi ako na baka pag bumili ako sa Greenhills eh 2.1 pa rin sya at di ko ma-upgrade sa 2.2 kasi dahil sa location natin kasi nasa Pinas tayo.. :(
@yuan – saw that one yesterday ata. downloaded.
@anton – try Amazon.com
@marco – will try. =)
Where do we buy the e-sata cable? and how much please? haha! thanks!- can’t seem to find a store that has one.
sir yuga, try this one! :D WordPress for Android! http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/08/13/wordpress-for-android/#continued
I’d either get a MacBook Pro or setup a more powerful desktop gaming rig for that amount of money instead of buying that back-breaker.
im not really sure which one to get.. alienware m17x or this…. hmmmm help me pls
sir abe pagawa naman po ng review nito bago ko po xa bilhin.. pinagiicipan ko kc kung eto ang bibilhin ko or ung predator na desktop na lang.
what do you think?
hmm nice laptop by acer but its to much expensive but the specs is really good XD
8GB RAM (2 x 4GB DDR3) <— this is at least worth 20k.
*place emoticon here*
All those goodies but no USB 3.0. I think I’ll pass (to think I have the money)
And I’ve had my fair share of peripheral nightmares care of Acer’s motto–quantity over quality.
I think I’ll pass, Acer–TH Tung, Ted Hsu, Wayne Hsieh, and MT Lia were right in their decisions to leave your company.
“make your desktop PC look like a netbook.”
more like making your desktop PC a better buy plus extra cash to own a decent netbook… or a smartphone!
but this can be recommended to bonel balingit or asi taulava, though…
This is a desktop replacement.
I hope you get to review the ASUS NX90Jq notebook Abe! Now THAT is worth waiting (plus robbing a bank) for.
This and the Neo you last covered are both drool worthy…
Pwede na pero mas ok ang alienware laptop…
Mommy. I want one.
Wow 18.4″ screen.
But yeah, this is not definitely a laptop for portability.
Price is too high!!! Not practical for a laptop…
Wala pong webcam na built-in?
@dan – Turbo Boost is 2.8GHz
At 4.6 Kg, I might as well get a desktop.
bkit 1.6ghz lng?
nice! pero ang mahal.. hehe.. assemble na lang ako ng desktop :)