Acer Aspire 3935 is out in M'sia!

So, I went to Saberkas today to buy some stuff and manage to come across Acer's brand new product brochure.

Flipped through the brochure... 4 pages only anyways.

Then I saw, at the 3rd page, the Aspire 3935-742G25 for RM2999! Nice price! Though not much different than the one on the post previously, we are getting a faster processor(P7450 @ 2.13GHz). Hey, 0.13GHz can make a world of difference sometimes. But, however, we are still getting the dinky GMA 4500MHD from Intel, meh.

At any rate, it is 1.9kg and less than 1" thick.

Now here's waiting for the 18.4" monster. BD burner FTW.^^

On an unrelated news(RELATED >_>), I bought a 32" standard LCD TV... well, my mother did, and it belongs to my sister now. Oh yayz... there goes some budget as well as my sister has to abide to some rules. XD Now... I just need a PS3, XBOX 360 and Nintendo Wii. >_>

New Acer Lappies Soon-ish?

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/acers-13-3-inch-aspire-3935-now-available-for-899-18-4-inch-8/

Please, click on that link. Mmm, beautiful looking laptop Acer has there!

Acer Aspire 3935-6504 Specifications

• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7350 (2.0GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
• Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1
• 13.3-inch HD Acer CineCrystal™ LED Display
• Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset
• 3072MB DDR2 1066MHz Memory
• Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
• 250GB SATA Hard Drive
• 8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
• Acer Crystal Eye Web Camera
• 5-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
• Intel® WiFi Link 5100 802.11a/g/Draft-N Wireless LAN
• Acer Bio-Protection Fingerprint Solution
• 3 – USB 2.0 Ports
• Acer Touch-Sensitive Hotkeys
• Convenience Buttons
• 4-cell Li-ion Battery
• 4.18 lbs.
• 12.8" (W) x 1.0" (H) x 9.3" (D)
• MSRP $899.99

Hopefully it will be available here soon and at a really reasonable price. To my direct raw exchange rates conversion, the Aspire 3935-6504 should come at the earlier RM3k, which seems quite reasonable for the specs and portability.

There are two problems you might see with the laptop, spec-wise... WTF they give only a 4-cell? Hopefully it is long lasting or... there goes portability(I must see 4 hours clocked or else!). XP Another one being the chipset being used. Why can't they use the nVdia chipset with the built in GeForce 9300M or even 9400M? That would had made the laptop all the better.

Ah well, since it hasn't come over to this side and that that' the US specs, does not mean we will get those specs... if it comes here. >_>

Acer Aspire 8935G Specifications

• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor technology
• Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1
• 18.4-inch Full HD Acer CineCrystal™ LED Display
• ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4670
• 4X Blu-ray Disc™ Writer/DVD SuperMulti double-layer combo drive
• Acer Crystal Eye Web Camera
• 5-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
• Intel® WiFi Link 5100 802.11a/g/Draft-N Wireless LAN
• Acer Bio-Protection Fingerprint Solution
• 4 – USB 2.0 Ports
• Backlit Keyboard
• Acer Touch-Sensitive Hotkeys
• Convenience Buttons
• 8-cell Li-ion Battery
• 10.1 lbs.
• 17.34" (W) x 1.73" (H) x 11.62" (D)

At any rate, the more important one here is the 8935G. Looks like a screen size upgrade to our current 16" version(well actually the 18.4" never came over here, to my knowledge). To my personal view, the gaming graphics doesn't change much and the screen resolution is the same, but you'll get a much bigger screen, which in turn makes it easier to read, especially with that kind of resolution on a laptop screen(though I guess battery life will reduce).

Hrm, the thing that kinda interest me this laptop is the... BD writer. w00t! Finally! But in the end, I'd probably won't be getting such a powerhouse of a laptop. X/

Okay, that's all for my randomness for now. This is yet another filler post. XD

Oh BTW, for those who are gamers and did not went to the PC Fair recently, the ATI Radeon HD4890 is everywhere in M'sia already. ^^

Long Time No Update!

Well, with life going on and lack of mood to type long articles filled with information and sane stuff, I, today, decided to post up a short review article on an Acer desktop I bought during the April PC Fair.

Acer M5640-284X
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400(3.0GHz, 6MB L2 cache, 1333MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
1GB DDR2 RAM
320GB Hard Drive
DVD Super MultiPlus Writer
NVDIA GeForce 8600GS 512MB Graphics Card
10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet
40-in1 Card Reader
Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
Edifier E1350 Speakers

Free gifts;
D-Link Wireless Draft N Router
D-Link Draft N Adapter

Price: RM2188(!)

Looking at the specs, then the price, you have to say "WOW!". I mean, seriously, it's the best-bang-for-buck I've seen in a while.
Sadly it was cut short because of the 1GB of RAM, so I decided to manually upgrade by adding another 1GB of RAM(Kingston) for dual channel. The good part about this is that it speeds up this desktop by quite a lot. For those curious about the full specs you can visit the specs page on Acer here(this is for the newer model, difference is only the extra gig of RAM and they are using Sonic Gear speakers).

Okay, on with the short review, but not any normal review, a hardware review, just a short and simple one.

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