Acer Aspire 8940 is in line with initially by the family Gemstone Blue, Acer’s range of excellence intended as a replacement for desktop laptop, as seen in models such as the Aspire 8935G. This new model is updated in points as the processor, which leads into a Intel Core i7 720GM at 1.6 GHz, the most basic of the new quad-core processors from Intel.

Chaired by a large 18.4-inch screen Full HD (1920 x 1080) LED-backlit, the Acer Aspire 8940 has just been announced for the U.S. market, where he will arrive before Christmas with a great team. Separate processor, will have 4 GB of DDR3 RAM standard, 500 GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive and Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M graphics with 1GB dedicated video memory.

As usual in this family of notebooks, the Acer Aspire 8940 reader will have Blu-ray and a touchpad for controlling the multimedia section. The default sound they put their five integrated speakers with virtual surround effect, although of course the team is prepared to interact with 5.1 systems. In the physical connections are 5 USB ports, an eSATA and HDMI, plus a memory card reader multiformat.

Equipped with an 8-cell battery, rather than necessary for autonomy is not stunted, this notebook will use a 64-bit edition of Windows 7. Be one of those computers that weigh a ton, and is therefore rather a “portable desktop”, whose mobility is restricted mainly to the various rooms of the house than outside. Its tentative price is $ 1349, a figure that we’ll see how it translates into euro is announced for Europe.