Product Summary
6.8
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The bad: Grey coloring; misplaced USB port; overall design.
The bottom line: The Aspire 5920 is a candidate for the ugliest laptop of the year. It's smeared in enough grey to put British skies to shame, and has had some absolutely awful design touches. But the rest of the laptop is a very good one. It's fast, feature-packed and is excellent value for money.
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9.4
out of 10CNET Asia Review
The Acer Aspire 5920's biggest selling point is its looks--or so Acer would have you believe. It was crafted with the assistance of over 100 designers and engineers from BMW Designworks--the folks behind the gorgeous BMW Z07 concept car. We thought it looked pretty sexy in pictures, but is it as impressive in the flesh?
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![]() The car door handle-style opening mechanism is a nice, BMW-inspired touch. |
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We're not afraid to say that Acer (or BMW Designworks) got it wrong with the Aspire 5920--it's hideous. We couldn't find a soul in our office who thought it was attractive. The glossy, slightly curved screen lid is trendy enough, but glossy screen lids are the laptop equivalent of jeans and a t-shirt--nothing special. Having said that, the car door handle-style screen-opening mechanism, which doubles as a Webcam, looks the business.
If you thought the outside was bad, you'll vomit when you see the interior. Don't let the white-looking pictures fool you--it's beiger than John Major. Sure, beige is inoffensive, but it makes this laptop look like it was crafted from leftover Amiga bits.
![]() The dummy button on the left reminds us of cars that don't have all the optional extras. | |
What's more infuriating is that the shortcut buttons on the left are mechanical, while those on the right (for controlling media playback) are touch-sensitive. We'd have preferred an all-mechanical design as it's incredibly easy to touch the buttons by accident. Doing so causes the laptop to emit an incredibly obnoxious beeping noise like a supermarket checkout. The hugely unresponsive mouse trackpad is almost as annoying.
The evidence suggests the designers know much more about designing cars than they do about designing laptops. Why else would the lone USB port on the right side sit about 1mm away from the DVD drive? Once you connect a standard-sized USB device, it physically blocks the drive bay, preventing it from opening. What's more, the logo showing the location of the USB port sits above the optical drive, and not the USB port. The word "wrong" doesn't do it justice.
Our final design gripe is with the mouse trackpad--it's too wide. Perhaps it's our bucket-like hands that cause the problem, but the ball of our right hand would often stray onto the mouse trackpad, causing the cursor to move around the screen just when you least want it to. This wouldn't be so much of a problem were there a button to temporarily disable the mouse--but there isn't.
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User Reviews
Good laptop...bad heat issue
Sep 10, 2008Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Gaming laptop, good specs
Cons: Heat issue after playing games...
Opinion:
Overall this is a nice laptop. After 9 months of using it, i would say this is definitely a worth buy. Just the heat issue is around to haunt you. Better buy a notebook cooler to at least overcome this issue...
Cheap yet very awesome!
Jun 21, 2008Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Gaming specs
Cons: Battery life
Opinion:
I super love this laptop! *smile*
PROS:
* Gaming specs
(Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT, 512 MB dedicated memory, 2.2 GHz, 2 GB DDRII)
* HD (High Definition)
* DVD writer
* 250 GB HDD etc.
some features/applications:
* Bluetooth
* Acer e tech.
* Built-in webcam
* wi-fi ready etc.
CONS:
* just its BATTERY.
it could have been perfect, you know! :D
HIgh end performer
Jun 3, 2008Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Excellent Graphics. High end feature packed.
Cons: Lack of adequate heat dissipation. Heavy,
Opinion:
Amazing performer for its price. Definitely one to rival the top line of laptops from other brands.
One major(and rather disappointing) problem is it heats up mighty fast. Tho it can play top of the line graphic intensive games with no problems, its lack of an effective cooling system limits playing time greatly. Be prepared to invest in some quality external cooling mechanism.
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