Acer Announces New Flagship Notebook -- Aspire AS8950G-9839

Posted 01/06/2011 at 7:53am | by Paul Lilly

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Acer's rise to become the world's second largest notebook maker came about largely by attacking the entry-level and mainstream markets. That doesn't mean Acer doesn't know how to put together a higher performing laptop; the company's churned out a handful of gaming oriented notebooks under its Gateway subsidiary, and now it's releasing a high end laptop under the Acer brand.

It's called the Aspire AS8950G-9839 (good luck remembering that without writing it down) and it's Acer's new flagship model. Like the other recently announced Aspire units, this one rocks an Intel Sandy Bridge processor, specifically the Core i7 2630QM. Other features include 8GB of DDR3 memory, ATI Mobility Radeon 6850 graphics with 2GB of video RAM, a spacious 18.4-inch edge-to-edge glass LED backlit display (1080p), 750GB SATA hard drive, Blu-ray, and Dolby optimized Acer CineSurround sound.

"The new Acer Aspire AS8950G is the ultimate portable entertainment center," said Preeta Anil, Acer product marketing. "The new 2nd generation Intel Core i7 processor delivers approximately a 20 percent overall performance gain, while its graphics subsystem delivers performance comparable to an entry-level discrete graphics card. This allows the Acer Aspire 8950 to process video and play Blu-ray better than ever."

Priced comparatively high to your average mainstream notebook, this one still won't break with the bank with an MSRP set at $1,600.

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