Laptops

Acer has just launched a new version of laptops named as Gemstone Blue and is designed specially for those movie buffs out there. The specialty of this laptop is that it is made very much for those who prefer to watch movies on their laptops while on the go or anywhere else. Acer named these laptops as Aspire 8920 and 6920 series.

The biggest attraction of this laptop is its sound system which has Pro Logic 2.0 surround-sound audio system for the special out of the world movie experience to watch the movies on the laptop! This speaker also includes a subwoofer with 6 speakers and supports 5.1 surround sound. This is the first of its kind laptop which is fitted with such advanced sound system. Apart from its sound system, it also boasts a very special high-definition HD LCD screen for a really great movie experience visually too. Thus making it an ideal laptop for all your multimedia experiences.

Another plus for this laptop is that it has Blu-Ray disc drive too. These notebooks comes with Intel Core 2 Duo processors. The built-in OS is Windows Vista Ultimate or Home Premium.

The price that they fixed up for this series is around 2000 USD. This series of Gemstone Blue Notebooks from Acer is launched only in U.S. right now and they are planning to expand it soon to other part of the world too.

This is the latest entry-level laptop from Acer after its fellow competitors like HCL and Panasonic launching the cheapest laptops. But this Aspire 5315 is a way bit higher priced than the cheapest laptop from HCL.

The operating system for this Aspire 5315 is Linux, expectedly, just like many others who offer cheapest laptops bundled with Linux rather than Windows, which is said to escalate the cost of laptops too much. But still for entry-level laptops one would expect to get Windows preloaded rather than Linux, as the target group for these laptops would either be newbies or students who would not be much familiar with Linux.

Anyway, this laptop is powered by Intel Celeron M550. It has 120 GB and 1 GB RAM, super 8x double layer DVD, and a built-in web cam. It supports Intel Wireless Wi-Fi. It also comes with a 15-inch TFT LCD monitor. The other important feature of Aspire 5315 is the 3D sound system, which brings a video and audio output just like a home theater.

Acer’s main drawback seem to be its battery life, for this notebook too the battery life is just two hours and hope that they will improve it further on their future notebooks. The price of this notebook is fixed at around Rs. 22,000.