(Source: Acer)

Its previous reviewer didn’t find it too impressive, but neither does PC Advisor in their assessment of the Acer CP-8660 digital camera.

They did, however, award it a marginally higher overall rating, i.e. 7 out of 10, and were pleased with the clean images produced by the CP-8660 - even on lower ISOs.

All in all, they thought that, “The Acer ticks many of the right boxes, but struggles to deliver overall, with focusing and white-balance concerns compromising the generally good image quality. For £249, we’d expect better.”

(Source: TrustedReviews)

After a dearth of reviews in the initial stages, the Acer Aspire Idea 500 is now getting the attention it deserves.

PC Pro, as you would have expected, loved the design, its range of features and of course, the excellent price (£853 inc VAT). They loved it enough to award it 5 out of 6 stars - though they did not that its default warranty wasn’t good enough (upgradable though).

Overall, they concluded that, “It’s one of the most well-balanced media centre systems yet and accordingly takes its place on the A List.” Of course, we agree (did you expect otherwise?).

(Source: Acer)

While Americans will have to endure a long wait till October before getting a chance to lay their grubby hands on an Acer Ferrari 5000, British magazine Computeract!ve have already completed a review of the stylish machine.

Not surprisingly, the AMD Turion 64 X2-powered notebook got a thumbs up for its performance, especially given the 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics card equipped. But it seems fan noise, processor heat and a relatively small hard disk drive (it already comes with a 160GB HDD…) were problems.

Overall, it was awarded 4 out of 5 stars, with a verdict most would have already expected: “The Ferrari price-premium doesn’t detract from this quality, high-specification notebook.” Pity the £1699 (US$3212) price puts it completely out of my league.

(Source: NotebookReview.com)

Only a month out and the Acer Aspire 5102WLMi already has a full review out. The reviewer calls it a clone of the Aspire 3100 (while I called the 3100 a clone of the 5102, lol).

But clone or whatever, Acer keeps its famous price points in shape with this lappy. At only US$849, you’re getting a dual core 1.6GHz AMD Truron x2 processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 120GB hard disk drive (though one that’s only 4200RPM), a DVD burner and Acer’s integrated webcam (Orbicam).

For sure, no student on a budget can resist this sort of value for money. But those looking for greater performance will have to look at one of its bigger bros, such as the Aspire 5670.

Read more news and reviews on the Acer Aspire 5102WLMi notebook.

(Source: NotebookReview.com)

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.

(Source: bit-tech.net)

A few months back, bit-tech.net rolled in a review of the AL2032WA while reviewing five of the best 20″ LCD screens at that time. So if you’ve read that, you’re probably not a stranger to one of Acer’s stronger, though not strongest, offerings.

If you haven’t though, here’s one by PC Plus - who surprisingly awards the Acer AL2032WA a very high 4 out of 5 overall rating despite its relative age in the market (it’s been out for months, with new competitive offerings from other manufacturers already introduced).

Nevertheless, there is really no reason to complain due to its solid design, strong connectivity (analogue and digital, S-Video, and A/V Composite), and 8ms response time (not the best even by Acer’s standards today but good nevertheless).

(Source: TrustedReviews)

This is exactly what I need. Imagine wireless connectivity outside of hotspots… (drool…). Yes, I’m talking about the HSDPA-enabled Acer Aspire 5650 notebook we talked about in January - which TrustedReviews managed to get for a full review.

Besides HSDPA-support, this 15.4″ laptop comes with all the basics: Core Duo T2300 (1.66 GHz) processor, up to 2GB RAM, a 100GB hard drive, DVD dual-format writer, and a 128MB GeForce 7600 Go. Of course, you’ll have to fork out around £999 (US$1,856) for it - though you can certainly expect lower prices state-side.

Overall, the 5650 managed to push the right buttons, with TR awarding it a strong overall rating of 8 out of 10, and a solid conclusion: “Thanks to an embedded HSDPA SIM the Acer is the best notebook we’ve tested for mobile connectivity. The spec of the rest of the notebook is good but on the downside its fairly large and heavy, sports a disappointing screen resolution and graphics performance is under par.”

(Source: BIOS Magazine)

PC Advisor comes in with the second review of the 17″ Acer Aspire 9410, but unlike BIOS Magazine’s review, it’s not in-depth enough and it numerically rates the 9410 a little to high for my taste.

With a feature rating of 8 out of 10, and a value for money rating of 10 out of 10, it seems a bit weird that they concluded so lukewarm-ly: “It’s big, but not so big as to be cumbersome. Well-designed and easy to use, the Acer has great features and a good screen. It’s just a pity about the graphics.”

IMHO, the lack of a more powerful graphics card and robust multimedia features should have impacted its “value for money” rating just a bit, don’t you think so?