Acer Aspire 5920G - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Acer Aspire 5920 was crafted with the assistance of over 100 designers and engineers from BMW Designworks -- the folks behind the gorgeous BMW Z07 concept car. But it's the 5920's Santa Rosa innards that are really impressive

Pros: Specification ; performance ; screen

Cons: Grey colouring ; misplaced USB port ; overall design

Verdict: The Aspire 5920 is a candidate for the ugliest laptop of the year. It's smeared in enough grey to put British skies to shame, and has has some absolutely awful design touches. But the rest of the laptop is a very good one. It's fast, feature-packed ...

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: Acer revamps its Aspire range for Santa Rosa, and does a great job.

Verdict: Acer's Aspire 5920 hits a great sweet spot between price, design and functionality. It might not be most portable of beasts, but it should serve as a great desktop replacement which can be wheeled around the house for all sorts of functions. The low ...

Review summary: The Acer Aspire 5920 is a smart laptop which includes Intel's much-vaunted Santa Rosa Centrino chipset.

Verdict: It's not the most portable of laptops but the Acer Aspire 5920 is powerful, looks smart and offers a decent collection of features for the price. The new Intel Santa Rosa technology looks to be working well, and the impressive audio quality and ...

Review summary: The Acer Aspire 5920's biggest selling point is its looks--or so Acer would have you believe. It was crafted with the assistance of over 100 designers and engineers from BMW...

Pros: High-end specifications ; excellent performance ; brilliant screen

Cons: Grey coloring ; misplaced USB port ; overall design

Verdict: The Aspire 5920 is a candidate for the ugliest laptop of the year. It's smeared in enough grey to put British skies to shame, and has had some absolutely awful design touches. But the rest of the laptop is a very good one. It's fast, feature-packed ...

Review summary: Imagine if you stayed awake for 96 hours straight with only Jolt Cola, Southern Comfort, and Corn Nuts for sustenance. Now imagine that after those four surreal days, you were then asked to design a laptop computer. The result might well look like the ...

Pros: Respectable features and solid performance. Decent battery life (2 hours, 20 minutes). Very loud speakers. Packed with high-def features.

Cons: At 7 pounds, the heaviest 15.4-inch notebook we've seen all year. Webcam on spring-mounted lid latch (meant to resemble a car door) is just a bad idea. Slow hard drive. Integrated video/media suite as clunky as the hardware. A $200 price cut would ...