ACER ASPIRE AS8943G NOW UP FOR ORDER

The Acer Aspire AS8943G is now available in the US. The Aspire AS8943G is an 18.4 inch desktop replacement laptop aimed at multimedia enthusiasts. It sports a full HD display, an Intel quad-core processor, and ATI dedicated graphics.

The Aspire AS8943G belongs to the Aspire Ethos line. It is available in two configurations: the AS8943G-6190 and AS8943G-6782. Both models have an Intel Core i7 720QM CPU, the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 graphics with 1GB of video card, a 500GB hard drive, a Blu-ray Combo drive, and an 8-cell battery which should power the machine for up to 3 hours. While the AS8943G-6190 ships with 4GB of DDR3 memory,the AS8943G-6782 has 8GB. Both models support up to 16GB of memory.

Other features include five integrated speakers, a dedicated subwoofer, Dolby Home Theatre Audio, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, chiclet style keyboard with dedicated number pad, a fingerprint reader, WiFi 802.11n, four USB ports and HDMI and VGA outputs. The dual mode touchpad has capacitive touch media controller icons for switching between multi-gesture mode to media console mode.

TheAspire AS8943G weighs 10.1 pounds. It runs Windows 7 Home Premium OS. Both models are now available for order. The AS8943G-6190 is going for $1,549.99 from Amazon whereas the AS8943G-6782 will set you back $1,599.99 (Newegg).