Acer Aspire 5930G
Filed Under (Acer, Laptops) by admin on 01-01-2009 >> 111 views
Tagged Under : Acer, Acer Aspire 5930G, Laptops
Another notebook review. This time, I didn’t do it by myself. The reviewer is Squalledd, member of Kaskus and Chip forum. I got a permission to post it here by himself. Anyway, as for me, I think this one is a lot better than its sibling, Aspire 5920G. I own it by my self, and you can check more detailed review about 5920G here, so you can compare it by your own.
Specification:
- Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
- Platform: Intel Centrino 2 processor technology, featuring
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.4Ghz, 1066 MHz FSB, 3MB L2 cache)
- Motherboard Chipset: Intel Cantiga PM45
- Graphic Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512 MB Turbo cache GDDR3
- Display: 15.4″ WXGA Acer CrystalBrite LCD (8ms/220nit)
- Memory: 2 Gb DDR2 (up to 4Gb)
- HDD: 320 GB WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0 ATA Device
- Media: DVD Super Multi DL
- Wireless: 802.11a/b/g/Draft N 3×3 WLAN
- Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
- 4 USB 2.0 port (including 2 in 1 USB+eSATA)
- Infrared port
Overview:
The good: Down to earth price, good performance; stylish looks; good connectivity; great media features; Centrino 2 technology.
The bad: Keyboard is not quite good as it should be, dust magnet
The bottom line: The Aspire 5930G is a stylish machine that offers great performance for watching movies or playing the latest games. It’s an excellent option if you’re looking for a desktop replacement laptop that can keep you entertained. Besides, it has the latest Centrino 2 technology which increase battery performance.
Full Review
The Acer Aspire 5930G is part of the company’s new Gemstone Blue range of entertainment-focused laptops. There’s more to this machine. It boasts a speedy graphics chip, innovative touch-sensitive media controls and Dolby Home Theatre virtual surround sound. You can buy it for US$1,399 (Rp 12,750,000), but has it really got what it takes to be a top entertainer?
Frankly, yes. The Aspire 5930G really impressed me. It looks great, sounds great and has a good screen. It also offers up muscular performance from both the processor and graphics chip. If you’re on the market for an attractively priced desktop replacement that can take care of your entertainment needs and not consider the bluray (different type of 5930G got the bluray with higher price in Singapore, though), it’s definitely worth serious consideration.
Design
Like its little brother (but better), the Acer Aspire 5920G, the 5930G is certainly an attractive laptop. The lid is finished in glossy piano black and the Acer logo in the center lights up when the laptop is turned on. Open up the laptop and you’ll find a spacious keyboard that’s flanked on the right which touch sensitive dedicated media button.
On the whole there isn’t much to complain about on the 5930G. As i am picky, i’ll complain about the keyboard. The keys are well-spaced, but they feel plasticky compared to many other laptops i’ve used. And sadly, there is no way to turn the light off of the touch sensitive media button. It’s annoying when watching film.
Features
Toshiba has raised the bar somewhat for audio on laptops by opting for Harman Kardon speakers on its entertainment models, but here Acer has added a subwoofer, bottom mounted, and support for Dolby Home Theatre virtual surround sound. As you would expect it never sounds like a true 5.1 surround setup, but the subwoofer does help to add more meat to the bottom end and the spatial effect succeeds in widening the stereo imaging to a pleasing degree.
If you want, you can also use the S/PDIF digital audio output to hook it up to an external surround sound receiver, and the HDMI port also makes it easy to connect the laptop to an HD-ready TV. In fact, connectivity is very good as you get four USB ports 9 including 2 in 1 USB/e Sata port, a VGA monitor connector along with Bluetooth 2.0, Infra red and Draft-N Wi-Fi support. To top all this off there’s also a fingerprint scanner for security and a Webcam and mic at the top of the display for making video calls over the Net.
Performance and Battery Life
It’s pretty handy when it comes to gaming, too, as Acer has used a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT has 512 MB discreet memory and also GDDR3 so it’s 20% faster than DDR2. It’s scored 5.9 on Vista Test Performance.
i think it will not surprising that the laptop would turned in a healthy score of 3DMark06 (i will update the score–>updated). The 9600 chip also has another trick up its sleeve–it features Nvidia’s PureVideo HD technology that offers hardware decoding of HD video.
I have a SiSoftware Benchmark result for “processor multimedia”, it show how your processor handle multimedia instruction and data, both 5930G and 5920G. It says 5930G = 155284 iit/s and 5920G = 119355 iit/s. 5930G has better value than 5920G by 23%.
I already run the test for battery life. I get 3 hour and 15 minute on high performance setting when doing work using MS WORD and listening music (half volume) with windows media player. For me, it’s amazing. The new Centrino 2 technology, it’s surely increasing battery performance.
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Bag, Warranty International, Warranty lokal, Manual, Laptop, Charger
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From left to right: Kensington Lock slot, Acer Easyport IV connector, Eternet (RJ-45) port, VGA port, HDMI port, USB 2.0/e Sata, 5 in 1 Card Reader, Expresscard/54 slot
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From left to right: Line in jack, Microphone in jack, headphone/speaker/line out jack with S/PDIF support, optical drive, two USB port, RF in port, Modem (RJ-11) port
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From left to right: USB 2.0 port, Volume control, InfraRed port
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