Acer Gemstone Blue 8920g
August 11th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets
OK, I’ve had this PC for long enough now to know what I like and what I don’t like, so I decided to write up a quick little review of it… I gave a quick overview a little while back, when I first got it, but let’s go over it again quickly, eh?
Overview: 18.4″ Full HD widescreen LCD screen, full qwerty keyboard with a numeric keypad and Cinedash Media Controls (also comes with Media Player Remote Control), Core 2 Duo running at 2.4GHz, 3 GB RAM, NVidia GeForce 9500 GS with 512mb dedicated, and up to 712mb shared system memory, 320GB HDD, Blu-Ray Combo drive, Bluetooth, ethernet connection, wireless capabilities, integrated TV card (comes with TV tuner), webcam, microphone (also comes with Bluetooth wireless VoIP phone), 4x USB ports, card reader, fingerprint reader, 5.1 Dolby Home Theater Surround Sound (with Tuba bass)… Oh, and fairly sexy design. So what’s it like?
Pros: Let’s start with the good, shall we? Let’s face it, it’s got a(n almost) 19″ widescreen LCD screen. Many people don’t have such a nice screen for their desktop, let alone their notebook, so this is obviously the best feature, and is the most immediately impressive. In fact, it’s what made me WANT it so much. And it is great, let me tell you. A little strange if you’ve never had a widescreen screen — the Internet isn’t made for widescreen! Yet…
The processor runs at a good clip, and it runs Vista without any hiccups. In fact, it runs most anything without any hiccups (although I haven’t run Crysis on it… I think it might struggle a little there, but doesn’t everything?), and is a welcome change to my old crapbook. I haven’t got any complaints about the system, it’s pretty solid really.
The integrated webcam is nice, it’s quite clear actually, and negates the need for an external cam, unless you need a high-end one (in which case you’d probably have a hi
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