Where is the Gemstone Blue?
- posted by Michael Walsh on April 11th, 2008


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Now that the event’s been and gone and the only thing all of you who really, really want one of these notebooks have to enjoy in the meantime are my frankly laughable videos, I thought I’d put up something that harnessed the collective wisdom and generosity of TheAcerGuy readers and kept you busy.
I want you to tell me (and everyone else) where and when the Gemstone Blue is available.
Officially it should hit the shelves mid-May…
With the original Gemstone 5920, this got really messy with me trying to coordinate your thoughts with official Acer info but I’ve learned my lesson and this time round I’ll leave it up to you.
This post, then, is for you to signal places where the Gemstone Blue is available (on or off-line). No affiliate links please, just good old-fashioned detective work.
In your replies, please indicate both country as well as the name (and link) of the business. I ask this as requests have been coming in from all over the world and it’ll help readers zone in on relevant answers.
You can also discuss spec differences if there are any. Don’t know if there’s a single, global spec sheet but it’s very unlikely because as I’ve mentioned before, country managers order what their clients (distributors/retailers) think you’ll want to buy so the specs are occasionally very different from one country to the next.
So, the search is on. Where’s it at?
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Royster wrote, on April 11th, 2008:
I’ve ordered one from acer outlet and they’ve got a delivery estimate of 2 weeks but Play are quoting mid may for their availability estimate so I guess I’ll probably be in for disappointment in 2 weeks time. I’ll keep you posted.
Fallen wrote, on April 14th, 2008:
Tried to post earlier. Oh well second time lucky.
In Paris I saw some in fnac store on display and inn stock
http://www.fnac.com/
They have all nearly all the models up to 18 inch with the T9300 and Nvidia 9500m but not the the top model listed on the Acer website with Nvidia 9650m. They all have the French keyboard.
Im trying to find it in the UK and so far:
http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODCATEGORYVIEWPAGE&USG=APPLICATION&ENT=APPLICATION&KEY=71842
and
http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_8920G-934G50Bn_LX.AP30X.036/version.asp
Again all available accept except the one with the Nvidia 9650 card which is the one I want so if anyone sees that model for sale in the UK please post.
By the way screen on the 18 inch is amazing!!!
Jacko wrote, on April 22nd, 2008:
Acer Direct seem to be the first company in the UK with the full 8920 range in stock, I should be receiving my Acer Aspire 8920G-934G64Bn tomorrow, I’ll post a review in a couple of days.
http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_8920_Gemstone_Blue_Laptops/prod.asp
Chris wrote, on April 27th, 2008:
I have ordered 934g64bn from laptopsdirect uk – its supposed to arrive 28th april – I will let you know