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The Acer Aspire 6920G, which is the world’s first notebook with a 16-inch high definition display, is offered now through retailers in the US.

The Aspire 6920G (AS6920G) belongs to the recently announced Aspire Gemstone Blue entertainment laptop series, with advanced multimedia features, an innovative design, and the latest Intel Centrino processing technology.

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The Acer Aspire 8920G, the world’s first notebook with a 18.4-inch display, is now available in the United States.

The Aspire 8920G (AS8920G) is a part of the brand new Aspire Gemstone Blue entertainment laptop PC series, with advanced multimedia features, an innovative design, and the latest Intel Centrino processing technology.

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Acer today unveiled its new Aspire 5920 notebook PC model, which features a built-in WiMax module. The laptop is planned to sell through Sprint Nextel and other companies, PC World reports.

The new 5920 will be available by the end of this year and will be sold along with WiMax service in a manner similar to the way mobile phones are sold along with service packages.

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Acer introduced today the newly designed Aspire Gemstone Blue entertainment notebooks featuring 16-inch and 18.4-inch high-definition displays with a 1920×1080 resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio, Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and the latest Nvidia video cards.

The 16″ Aspire Gemstone Blue 6920G and the 8920G 18.4-incher also include the Blu-ray Disc drives, HDMI ports with HDCP support, and the True 5.1 output, “that sets a new standard for the notebook sound capability”. The Aspire 6920G model comes with the NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS 512MB dedicated GPU and a 320GB hard drive, while the 8920G additionally has the 9650M GS 512MB option and an optional secondary hard drive for up to 640GB of storage.

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Acer’s first notebooks in the U.S. market with the Intel Core 2 Duo ” Penryn” 45-nanometer processors - the Aspire AS5920-6574 and AS7720-6604 - are now available for purchase.

The 15.4-inch AS5920-6574 and 17-inch AS7720-6604 come with the 2.1GHz T8100 “Penryn”, 3GB of RAM, a DVD burner, the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB dedicated video card, and Dolby Home Theater sound system with built-in two speakers and a subwoofer. The AS5920-6574 includes a 250GB hard drive with preloaded Windows Vista Home Premium, while the Vista Ultimate-powered AS7720-6604 ships with a 320GB of storage. The both systems have displays with a 1280-by-800 resolution and a built-in web camera on the top of the LCD panel.

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CompUSA will be offering the Acer Aspire AS3690-2970 15.4-inch laptop for only $299 during the “2 Day Blowout” starting today.

The Aspire AS3690-2970 features the Intel Celeron M 520 processor at 1.6GHz paired with the Intel 943GML 533MHz FSB chipset. It has 512MB of system memory, a 80GB hard drive, and a Combo optical drive, as well as 802.11b/g wireless, Ethernet LAN, and 56k modem connections. The notebook’s 15.4″ display with 1280×800 resolution is managed by the Intel GMA 900 integrated graphics.

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Acer Aspire AS5920-6661, the first model for the North American market in the new 5920 15.4-inch entertainment notebook PC series, is now available. It features Intel “Santa Rosa” notebook platform, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video card, HD DVD drive and HDMI output and the “Gemstone” chassis design.

Acer’s AS5920-6661 is based on Intel’s “Santa Rosa” notebook platform and comes with Core 2 Duo T7300 processor at 2GHz. The system is built on PM965 Express Chipset, which is paired with GeForce 8600M GT graphics card featuring 256MB of dedicated video memory. This GPU is DirectX 10 compatible and empowers the notebook’s 15.4″ 1280-by-800 widescreen display. Besides HDMI audio/video output with HDCP support, there are VGA out, and S-video TV-out.

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Acer has announced the availability of the Aspire 4710 14.1-inch entertainment notebook in the North America. It features Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the recently introduced “Gemstone” chassis design, Acer’s press release says.

According to the specifications of the Acer Aspire 4710, published on the PC maker’s website for Indonesian market, this laptop is not based on Intel’s “Santa Rosa” platform. Instead, it is built on previous “Napa” platform with corresponding Core 2 Duo CPU, Intel 945GM Express Chipset and the integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950. Acer Aspire 4710 has 14.1″ widescreen CrystalBrite display with 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, supports up to 4GB of DDR2 system memory, and comes with a built-in optical drive.

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Acer started to offer notebook PCs with preinstalled Ubuntu Linux operating system, according to the advertisement on HardwareZone website.

The advertised Ubuntu-powered Acer Aspire 5710z is priced at 999 Singapore dollars, which is about 659 U.S. dollars. It has a 15.4-inch widescreen display, Intel Pentium dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, a 80GB hard drive, a DVD burner and 802.11b/g wireless module.

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Acer Inc’s website has published the details of the Aspire 5720 15.4-inch multimedia laptop, featuring the latest Intel “Santa Rosa” notebook platform and the new “Gemstone” design.

Acer Aspire 5720 is powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processor with clock speeds in range from 1.8GHz to 2.4GHz and 800MHz front side bus. Acer’s new consumer notebook comes in two versions: the first feature Intel GM965 chipset and integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, while the second has PM965 chipset paired with the recently announced ATI Mobility Radeon HD X2300 or DirectX 10-ready HD X2400 XT video card. As same as the similar 5920 with nVidia’s graphics, the Aspire 5720 has 15.4-inch high-brightness (220-nits) CrystalBrite TFT LCD with 1280×800 resolution and 8ms response time. The notebook’s sound is powered by Dolby-certified surround system and two built-in Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers.

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Acer has announced the Aspire 5920, the 5720, the 7720, and the 9920 consumer notebooks featuring the latest Intel Centrino platform, codenamed “Santa Rosa”, refreshed Core 2 Duo processors, and the new “Gemstone” design.

The new flagship in the Aspire range, previously announced Acer Aspire 5920, is tailored to meet the needs of the advanced home entertainment user. It features 15.4-inch widescreen display, NVidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics card with up to 512MB of dedicated video memory, Dolby Home Theatre Virtual Surround sound and the optional HD DVD drive.

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Acer today announced the Aspire 5920 multimedia notebook featuring the latest Intel Centrino Duo “Santa Rosa” technology and a new Acer “Gemstone” design.

Acer Aspire 5920 “Gemstone” laptops feature the 15.4-inch widescreen displays with 1280 x 800 resolution and 8ms response time, as well as full range of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, from T7100 with clock speed of 1.8GHz to T7700 at 2.4GHz. Regarding graphics, there is DirectX 10-ready nVidia GeForce 8600M GT video card with 256MB of dedicated video memory, which can be expanded up to 2048MB using nVidia’s TurboCache technology for system memory sharing. Acer’s new notebook is offered with up to 4GB of DDR2 system memory.

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Acer will launch the refreshed Aspire and TravelMate notebook PC lines, both featuring models built on Intel “Santa Rosa” notebook platform, ComputerWorld reports.

The new Acer Aspire notebook PCs, called “Gemstone”, will be launched globally in June. The select Aspire models will feature HD DVD players, HDMI slots, Dolby surround sound and 17-inch screens. Along with “Santa Rosa”-based “Gamestone” laptops, there will be new models powered by AMD’s chipsets and processors. The new Aspire mobile computers will have changed and fashionable design when compared to current models. However, the company officials said that pricing will be competitive and there will be no premium for the extra design work that has gone into the machines.

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Acer America Corporation, today announced a voluntary program for the replacement of certain notebook computer lithium-ion batteries containing Sony-made cells.

“As announced previously by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there have been 16 reports of notebook batteries overheating. These reports were associated with earlier recalls by other notebook computer manufacturers of batteries containing these Sony cells. These previous reports involved only minor property damage and two minor burns. None of these reports involved batteries in Acer notebook computers,” Acer published.

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BestBuy has offered the 14.1-inch widescreen Acer Aspire AS3680-2022 notebook PC with Windows Vista Basic OS for $499.99. Acer Aspire AS3680-2022 features Intel Celeron M 420 processor at 1.6GHz speed, 512MB of DDR2 memory, 80GB hard drive and a DVD/CD-RW combo drive.

This sub-$500 Vista Basic laptop features an integrated Intel’s Graphics Media Accelerator 950 and High Definition Audio. Regarding communications there are 802.11b/g wireless, 56k modem and LAN connections.

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