Acer Aspire AS6920-6508 16" Laptop (Intel Centrino T5750 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium)

by Acer

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14.3 x 17.1 x 6.3 inches ; 10.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001BRP1JG
• Item model number:  LX.APD0X.111
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2008

Product Description

Get reliable mobile performance for everyday computing needs with the Acer Aspire AS692-6508 notebook - tackle your tasks, email friends, explore the Internet, complete homework and more!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lot of laptop for the money, September 26, 2008

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Tara T. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acer Aspire AS6920-6508 16" Laptop (Intel Centrino T5750 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) (Personal Computers)

I bought the Acer Aspire 6920 after looking at several laptops. I was instantly drawn to the great styling, bright, wide 16" screen, plus the 4 gigs of RAM and Vista Home Premium 64-bit and the price was right: $700 after $50 rebate (that I received). This laptop is setup for movies, but is capable in other areas as well, including gaming (though don't expect high graphic settings in the latest games) and wireless internet. I was on the internet a few seconds after setting up Vista (that took about 20 mins).

The Acer 6920 has a touch pad, called Media Console (besides the normal mouse touch pad), that controls whatever audio or video is playing. You can control the volume, chapters in a movie, start, stop, pause, etc. with the touch of your finger. At first, I thought this was just a redundancy of what you can do on the screen, but have found it very useful. Instead of moving the mouse cursor and clicking on start, stop, pause, etc. all you have to do is touch the Media Console icons which is much quicker.

There's a built-in web cam, lots of USB ports and a DL DVD writer. I particularly like the 'pebbled' touchpad that I find easier to use than the smooth type, though this is personal preference. The sound is adequate, but nothing to write home about. Even though it's supposed to have a built-in subwoofer and I've made sure it's on I can't hear any deep bass notes (though I'd imagine it would be hard to fit a subwoofer in the confines of a laptop).

Something that excited and somewhat concerned me was the 64-bit operating system. Though I knew a 64-bit OS was better than 32-bit (like the difference between a two-lane and four-lane highway) and Vista 64-bit was supposed to be backwards compatible with 32-bit programs, I found some software will not run. Though there was more SW that would run than wouldn't and there was nothing I 'had to have' that wouldn't run.

The Acer Aspire 6920 is a fine, capable laptop and for $700, or less, a good deal.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing looking and functional laptop for the price, October 14, 2008

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BOGY. (Milford, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acer Aspire AS6920-6508 16" Laptop (Intel Centrino T5750 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) (Personal Computers)

I agree with TARA T who reviewed this item also. She hits all of the great things about this laptop. Here are a few more:
The wireless has a/g/N capabilities. Built-in web cam. NICE STYLE - no other laptop looks like it! The unit is light for having a 16 inch screen - only 7.5 lbs. Duo core 2.0! 4GB of ram makes a huge difference. For less than $700 you can't go wrong. Voice recognition is really cool - you can control the laptop just by talking to it. It is very nice if you don't like to type in Word. I love the look of this thing. It is so Trek like! The feel of the checkered palm rest is nice and the touch pad blends in. The touch pad has a scroll bar on it too!
Here is what I have not liked so far:
The laptop has really nice blue lights. However, you can't turn them off and if you leave your laptop plugged in they stay on. So, you must unplug the laptop to get the lights off. Very odd. Also, there is a Bluetooth button but the laptop does NOT have Bluetooth. I had to purchase a USB BT adapter separately. The finger print reader is useless. There is a lot of plastic on this thing. It attracts hair and dust and feels a bit cheap. I hope it lasts. Also, you can't open the laptop with one hand. Though there is no latch it is very difficult to open the hood, so to say, with one hand. Vista is horrible. It took forever to update and it is so complex. I couldn't imagine anyone who is not computer savvy to just pick up Vista and go.
Overall I love this computer and hope it lasts forever! It replaced my Vaio that costs me $2000 six years ago and has nothing even comparable specs wise. How things change........

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Laptop with So-So Results, July 31, 2009

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Michel D. Snook (Northeast Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acer Aspire AS6920-6508 16" Laptop (Intel Centrino T5750 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) (Personal Computers)

I purchased this laptop from Circuit City for an amazing price of $699.00. I was happy how easy it was to setup with the Netgear Wifi network I had setup in my home. After using this laptop for about three months, the hard drive failed. I found out that I had to ship (at my expense)the laptop to Acer repair center in Texas.

My down time was two weeks and very frustrating to me, because I had online tests to take and had to run to the library every day to get online. When Acer shipped the laptop back, they sent it Fedex instead of UPS and I missed the delivery person three days in a row (Called Fedex customer service and they had no way to contact the driver). I had to make special arrangements to drive to their terminal to pickup my laptop.

Once I received my laptop back, I found that all my accumulated data was gone! They were not able to retrieve any of my data, programs, set-ups, nothing (this is my fault for not backing up my system because I counted too heavy on the reliability of the laptop). I had to relocated and download programs, ebooks, reestablish set-ups, etc.

Since that time, my laptop has run reliably with no additional issues with the hard drive. The occasional problem I run into now and then is the touchpad controls go wacky and my mouse flies all over the screen out of control. Also the fingerprint recognition sensor doesn't work well as it takes at least 4-5 scans to accept your fingerprint. The final complaint is that the battery only lasts for about two hours.

The positives are a great screen display, takes good pictures through the webcam, easy to control volume and video, quickly use flash drive connections, and a dual-core Intel processor. My final rating is a 3.5 - just above average.