2nd Acer Aspire 9800 Review
In contrast to TrustedReviews’ assessment of the Acer Aspire 9800, CNET only awards the 17.3-pound notebook an overall rating of 6.8 out of 10 (TR awarded 8 out of 10) in their recent review of it.
Based on their conclusion, it seems that this relatively weak rating reflected the Aspire 9800’s sheer lack of portability and lousy ergonomics - despite its strong feature set. While I realised its lack of portability would be a heavy drawback (no pun intended), ergonomics was something I believe most of us had forgotten.
But if you’re looking for a HD-DVD-enabled notebook with all the multimedia features to make HD video playback a dream, then the 9800 is probably still one of your best bets. 20.1″ of screen real estate, a 2.16GHz Core Duo processor and a 256MB nVidia GeForce Go 7600 will still blow your mind out, even if your muscles won’t appreciate the 17.3-pound monster.
September 6th, 2006 17:12
[…] With all the top-of-the-line desktops and notebooks released in recent days, one might be tempted to forget about the budget-class, entry-level PCs Acer has used successfully to corner the Indian market. […]