Presented a few days ago at CES 2010, the new 17.3-inch laptop Acer Aspire 7740G-434G50Mn Intel Calpella platform in a first version equipped with a Core i5 and a Radeon Mobility HD5650 , all less than 700 euros.
The Acer Aspire 7740G-434G50Mn Intel chipset embeds a HM55, a Core i5-430M (2.26 GHz), 4 GB DDR3 1066 MHz (2 slots), SATA hard disk of 500 GB at 5400 rpm, a graphics card Mobility Radeon HD5650 1GB dedicated screen 17”WXGA + LED Backlight CineCrystal a resolution of 1600 × 900, a CrystalEye webcam with microphone, a DVD burner, card reader 5 in 1, a 2.1 audio Dolby Home Theater , a keypad interface and Wi-Fi a / b / g / n, HDMI (HDCP), VGA, S / PDIF, Headphone, Microphone, Modem, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 2.0 (x4).
Acer Aspire 7740G-434G50Mn weighs 3.2 Kg with its 6 cell battery 4400mAh 48Whr which gives it an autonomy of 3h30 announced Windows Home Premium and 7 measure 411 x 274 x 40-45 mm. The Integrated Office Works 8.5 is provided as Acer various applications and software for reading and burning DVDs.
Acer Aspire 7740G-434G50Mn
Acer Aspire 7740G-434G50Mn design in the shadows is sober. Inside, they found a black keyboard with flat buttons and a multi-touch touchpad offset to the left slightly down in the chassis that has a button bar. Right now is a USB Modem and the optical unit and left the Ethernet ports, VGA, HDMI, USB (x3) and audio while the front houses the card reader on the left.
Guaranteed 1 year, the Acer Aspire 7740G-434G50Mn is one of the first models with a Core i5 and a graphics card belonging to the Mobility Radeon HD5000 series to be announced. This versatile comfortable in office and multitasking is able to run many games well lately. Under the securities most resource-intensive 3D, it will be necessary to reduce levels of detail.
The screen resolution of Acer Aspire 7740G-434G50Mn is indeed quite high though not Full HD. In all cases, the vertical resolution is sufficient for office / surfing and 16:9 format is well suited to multimedia and especially playing videos. The storage space is comfortable and the standard connector with notable absence of Firewire ports and e-SATA. The amount of RAM is good. The question is whether it will be fully supported by the system. This will happen if a 64-bit edition of Windows 7.
