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Acer Aspire 6930

Specifications

Acer Aspire 6930
Acer Aspire 6930 (Aspire 6930 Series)
Display
16.00 inch 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixel, glossy: yes
Weight
3.4 kg ( = 119.93 oz / 7.5 pounds) ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)
Price
500 Euro

 

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Average Score: 80% - good
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
price: - %, performance: - %, features: - %, display: - % mobility: 40%, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %

Reviews for the Acer Aspire 6930

80% Acer Aspire AS6930-6073 16-inch Thin and Light Laptop PC
Source: Comp Reviews English Archive.org version
Acer's Aspire AS6930-6073 may be a bit heavy and larger than many competing 16-inch laptops, but the $900 price tag and excellent feature list make this a very attractive laptop for those wanting a laptop with good performance, dedicated graphics at a very reasonable price. The biggest complaint has to be the software setup with its fair amount of trailware and odd partitioning that can fixed with some effort after purchase.
80, Mobilität 40
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/11/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% mobility: 40%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.


T5800: Entry level dual core processor based on the Merom core without Virtualization support and a low maximum temperature.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


16.00":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


3.4 kg:

A laptop with this weight is comparatively heavy and less designed for mobility than for use at the desk. Therefore, the devices tend to shine less with battery life than with a large screen and higher performance.


Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.

Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.


80%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.


» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

 

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Toshiba Satellite A355-S6925
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Devices with the same GPU and/or Screen Size

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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core i3 380M, 2.5 kg
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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Pentium Dual Core T4400, 2.3 kg
Dell Inspiron i1545-4583JBK
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Acer Aspire 5738-644G50Mn
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Acer Aspire 5732Z-4234
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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, , 2.8 kg
Asus UL50A-XX004C
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo SU7300, 2.4 kg
Toshiba Satellite L500-11V
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo T6500, 2.7 kg
Gateway EC5409u
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Pentium Dual Core SU4100, 2.4 kg
Asus UL50AG
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo SU7300, 2.4 kg
Gateway EC5802u
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo SU7300, 2.5 kg
Dell Inspiron i1545-4742JBK
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Pentium Dual Core T4300, 2.6 kg
Dell Inspiron I1545
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Pentium Dual Core T4200, 2.6 kg
Packard Bell EasyNote TR87
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo T6500, 2.6 kg
Advent Roma 1000
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Celeron M 900, 2.9 kg
Asus K50IJ-C1
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo T6500, 2.8 kg
Toshiba Satellite A505-S6960
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo T6500, 2.9 kg
Gateway NV5807u
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo T6500, 2.7 kg
Fujitsu Amilo Li3710
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Celeron Dual-Core T1600, 2.7 kg
Asus X5DIJ-SX018L
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Pentium Dual Core T4200, 2.6 kg
Acer Aspire 5810T
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo SU9400, 2.4 kg
Samsung R522
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo T6400, 2.5 kg
Medion E6210
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Pentium Dual Core T3400, 2.9 kg

Devices with the same GPU

Lenovo ThinkPad SL410
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo T6670, 14.00", 2.4 kg
Zoostorm 3389-2410
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core 2 Duo T6600, 15.40", 2.8 kg
Asus K42F
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, Core i5 540M, 14.00", 2.2 kg
Current Prices

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Stefan Hinum, 2009-05-18 (Update: 2012-05-26)