The Acer Guy

Some of you might have noticed a funky little thing at the bottom of each post. The reason I did this was that I will be going on holiday soon and I don’t want to interrupt the flow of your conversations by having to moderate everything… So now the conversation is entirely in your hands [...]

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My wife doesn’t let me loose with the fun stuff all that often so it’s good to see that some users are putting the Aspire 5920 to good use! I was following a discussion over on Notebook Forums and came across this video. Like the comment says, it’s not really a pic of the laptop [...]

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One of the questions I was recently asked is whether the Aspire 5920 has a 6-cell battery or an 8-cell one. “Generally”, 8-cell batteries are identified as follows: 19V 4800mAh while 6-cell batteries are like this: 19V 4000mAh I say “generally” because for example one of the batteries supplied with the Ferrari 1000 is 8-cell [...]

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A while back CNet published an article damming the Aspire 5920 for both its looks and features. I still think the article was so bad I’m not going to link to it but if you don’t remember or really need to check my sources, have a read of what I said in response. Anyway, one [...]

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I have decided to turn the tables completely. After all, blogs are about opinions, feedback and free dialogue so what better way to support this than asking someone who actually bought an Acer laptop to reviews it and publish it here? No journalist bias or marketing spin. Just the facts…

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The Aspire 5920 has picked up another recommended award from PC Pro magazine. The verdict? A new processor, new Nvidia graphics and a competitive price make it a great buy – if you like the styling. I like the way the styling of the Acer 5920 has upset the establishment to the point where it [...]

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Have any of you read The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual? Right now I’m halfway through it and can confirm all the hype you may or may not have heard about this book. I’ve read quite a few books on blogging and have followed some pretty in-depth courses but this really does [...]

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It’s getting hard to keep up with these reviews, particularly as they’re all worth publishing. The latest one to arrive in my inbox is this great review of the Acer TravelMate 6292 from CNET Australia. The conclusion: “A well-built and — shock-horror — good-looking business notebook, the Acer TravelMate 6292 would be one of our [...]

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Good news from Acer India. The Acer Aspire Aspire AS-L310 has received a fantastic review by Zee Business, with an 8-minute review broadcasted on the “Gadgets & More Show”. The review highlights the ultra compactness, superb design & the processing performance with extensive I/O Ports & features. It also features Cyber Media Review Specialist – [...]

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Received a mail this morning from Oni from TechCast Network. He’s just completed his own detailed review of the Aspire 5920 and thought I’d like to take a look. Apart from thanking Oni for the heads up, I really recommend you check this out. It’s clear, honest and the accompanying product pictures are 1st class. [...]

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