Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G
Manufacturer: Acer Part number: AS8951G
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- The 18-inch Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G is a huge multimedia powerhouse laptop with a unique removable touch-pad remote control. It's a clever idea, but one that might be ahead of its time.
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CNET editors' review
Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G price range: $2,499.99
- Reviewed by: Dan Ackerman
- Reviewed on: 07/26/2011
- Released on: 07/01/2011
The good: The Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G has a huge 1080p 18-inch display, and gets points for inventiveness for its detachable touch-pad remote control. Battery life was also excellent for such a large laptop.
The bad: While it's a clever idea, the pop-out touch pad was frustrating to use at times.
The bottom line: The 18-inch Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G is a huge multimedia powerhouse laptop with a unique removable touch-pad remote control. It's a clever idea, but one that might be ahead of its time.
User reviews
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Great screen, fast, and high fit and finish.
by macdog2929 on April 23, 2012
Pros: Keyboard is comfortable with even spacing, Processor and Graphics Card work to produce a quick response and accurate graphics, the chassis has a high finished quality, actually quite enjoy the glass removable touchpad.
Cons: Very heavy, Notification lights - they are bright but their description pictures are very hard to tell what they are indicating you of.
Summary: Those in the market looking for an expensive feeling laptop with excellent specs and fantastic aesthetics. Updating your laptop with an affordable SSD and 16GB of ram and you will ...
Summary: Those in the market looking for an expensive feeling laptop with excellent specs and fantastic aesthetics. Updating your laptop with an affordable SSD and 16GB of ram and you will have one superb machine.
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Great Battery, Fast with great screen
by wthelen on December 31, 2011
Pros: 1. Great screen.
2. 5 hour battery life.
3. Fast processor.
4. Back lit keyboard.Cons: None so far
Summary: The touch pad works well on my laptop. At least as well as any of my other laptops. Very large but not as heavy as I was expecting.
The i7 ...Summary: The touch pad works well on my laptop. At least as well as any of my other laptops. Very large but not as heavy as I was expecting.
The i7 2670QM processor is plenty fast. Being able to expand memory to 16 GB is a nice feature. No problems with the touch pad. -
Would be great with a workable touchpad/mouse driver
by rsoran on November 20, 2011
Pros: Everything except mouse/touchpad functionality
Cons: the most primitive mouse ever you can find on a touchpad
Summary: Catastrophic mouse ergonomy makes 88951G a run-away.
Summary: Catastrophic mouse ergonomy makes 88951G a run-away.
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3*, Removable Pad, 18" , No Mouse use, KYB-Combos"? So"
by k-zon2 on July 27, 2011
Pros: Removable touchpad, 18inches. Modern design.
Cons: Removable touchpad might be better off on button rearrangment at times, but for lack of better use of ease with interest with lack of buttons to press probably immediately from "veiwpoint"
Rather also any use with the pad and mouse are useful on ideas ofSummary: Probably an overall well rounded to fit many interests additional on top of some of the features within newer "standards" and releases. For the size probably really fits as well ...
Summary: Probably an overall well rounded to fit many interests additional on top of some of the features within newer "standards" and releases. For the size probably really fits as well to on the idea, so maybe even a few say "nit-pick" places of interest on additional might actually be useful, against just another feature within product.
Probably an overall well rounded to fit many interests additional on top of some of the features within newer "standards" and releases. For the size probably really fits as well to on the idea, so maybe even a few say "nit-pick" places of interest on additional might actually be useful, against just another feature within product.
Otherwise taking into fact of maybe regular mouse use and keyboard, the system itself kinda speaks for the interest of a laptop with some capability and "displaced" interest for product.
With probably an all in all of ideas around the both or like to say to a point to include additionally on the say "all-n-all" with accompanying features for the interest.
So i gave three stars on veiwpoint of interest of perspective with a "So-So..."
Updated on Jul 27, 2011
Otherwise taking into fact of maybe regular mouse use and keyboard, the system itself kinda speaks for the interest of a laptop with some capability and "displaced" interest for product.
With probably an all in all of ideas around the both or like to say to a point to include additionally on the say "all-n-all" with accompanying features for the interest.
So i gave three stars on veiwpoint of interest of perspective with a "So-So..."
The So in top was back and foruth requirements and took additional character for lack of character count in which shouldnt be there, so be mindful.0 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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short lifespan hard ware failure after one year
by cookie3373 on December 29, 2011
Pros: cheaper than other brands
Cons: short life span
Summary: I bought Acer desktop and laptop before as the price is cheaper compared to other brands but my laptop had hard ware problem after one year warranty and quoted repair ...
Summary: I bought Acer desktop and laptop before as the price is cheaper compared to other brands but my laptop had hard ware problem after one year warranty and quoted repair cost is higher than my purchased price of my laptop I rejected the repair quotation and i discarded my acer laptop after 1 year as it is more worth it to buy a new laptop than to repair it. and purchased a more expensive HP and it had no problem at all after 3 years usage. After my bad experience with Acer I will not buy Acer products anymore although it is cheaper as the life span of the product is too short . Acer products is not recommended anyway if you ask me
0 out of 6 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Acer
- Part number: AS8951G
- Description: Whether you are into multimedia enjoyment or creation, this Acer Aspire Ethos notebook delivers the ultimate performance and image quality that will satisfy even the most demanding gamers. The Acer Ethos series is based on a processor that combines high performance with lower power consumption, ensures smart multitasking for music, gaming, videos, movies, photos, social networking and other demanding mainstream applications. An outstanding graphics enables incredible gaming performance and superior image quality with stunning visual effects, realistic lighting and life-like imagery. To make the experience even more unforgettable, the Aspire Ethos design combines CineCrystal frameless Full HD display and powerful audio technologies.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- System Type Notebook
- OS Provided Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition
- Notebook type Gaming ,
Blu-ray drive ,
Desktop replacement ,
HD display Processor / Chipset
- CPU Intel 2nd Gen Core i7 2630QM / 2 GHz,
2 - Max Turbo Speed 2.9 GHz
- Number of Cores Quad-Core
- Cache L3 cache - 6 MB
- 64-bit Computing Yes
- Chipset Mobile Intel HM65 Express
- Features Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0,
Hyper-Threading Technology Memory
- RAM 8 GB
- Max RAM Supported 16 GB
- Technology DDR3 SDRAM
- Speed 1066 MHz / PC3-8500
- Form Factor SO DIMM 204-pin
- Slots Qty 4
Storage
- Hard Drive 750 GB / 5400 rpm,
HDD - Interface Serial ATA-300
- Optical Drive DVD±RW (±R DL) / BD-ROM
Display
- Type 18 in
- LCD Backlight Technology LED backlight
- Max Resolution 1920 x 1080 ( Full HD )
- Widescreen Yes
- Image Aspect Ratio 16:9
- Features HDCP,
Frameless,
CineCrystal Audio & Video
- Graphics Processor NVIDIA GeForce 555M GT - 2 GB,
DDR3 SDRAM - Camera Yes
- Sound Stereo speakers , Microphone
- Compliant Standards Dolby Home Theater
Input
- Type Keyboard,
Touchpad - Features Multi-gesture touch pad
Communications
- Wireless Bluetooth 3.0,
802.11n - Network Interface Gigabit Ethernet
Battery
- Technology 8-cell Lithium ion
- Capacity 6000 mAh
- Run Time 5.5 hour(s)
AC Adapter
- Voltage Required AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
- Output 120 Watt , 19 V , 6.3 A
Connections & Expansion
- Expansion Bays None
- Interfaces USB 3.0,
2 x USB 2.0,
HDMI,
VGA,
LAN,
FireWire,
USB 2.0/eSATA - Memory Card Reader Card reader ( xD-Picture Card ),
( SD Memory Card ),
( Memory Stick PRO ),
( Memory Stick ),
( MMCplus ),
( MultiMediaCard ) Software
- Software Included Bing Toolbar,
Microsoft Office 2010 Starter,
Windows Live Essentials - Microsoft Office Preloaded Includes a pre-loaded image of select Microsoft Office 2010 suites. Purchase an Office 2010 Product Key Card or disc to activate preloaded software on this PC.
Miscellaneous
- Embedded Security Fingerprint reader
- Features Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately) ,
System password,
Hard drive password,
Administrator password Dimensions & Weight
- Width 17.3 in
- Depth 11.6 in
- Height 1.5 in
- Weight 8.4 lbs
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Traveler warranty - 1 year
Sustainability
- ENERGY STAR Qualified Yes
- Greenpeace policy rating (Nov 2011) 2.9
- Greenpeace policy rating (Nov 2012) 5.1
Accessories
- Action Sport Drives Birdhouse SkateDrive Ptero - USB flash drive - 16 GB (35141986)17.99 - 19.99
- Action Sport Drives Birdhouse SkateDrive Ptero - USB flash drive - 8 GB (34933084)11.99 - 12.99
- Action Sport Drives Burton SnowDrive Feather 11 - USB flash drive - 4 GB (35074397)9.99
- Ergoguys mouse (34828802)
- Ergoguys mouse (34832397)
- Cooler Master CM Storm Spawn mouse (34580173)27.97 - 44.99
- Cisco Linksys E4200 v2 Maximum Performance Dual-Band N900 router (35098697)149.99 - 216.92
- Asus RT-N56U Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless-N Router (34200558)115.24 - 143.89
- ASUS RT-N12 B1 - wireless router - none - 802.11b/g/n - desktop (35025047)39.99 - 70.00
- ASUS WL-330N - wireless router - 802.11b/g/n - desktop (35224227)
- Belkin N300 Wireless N Router - wireless router - none - 802.11b/g/n - desktop (34859949)38.35 - 39.99
- Belkin N750 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router - wireless router - 802.11 a/b/g/n - desktop (35190485)99.09 - 149.66
- Belkin N900 Dual-Band Wireless Router - wireless router - 802.11n - desktop (35262637)195.99 - 299.34
- Cisco 881 Fast Ethernet Security Router supporting EVDO/1xRTT - router - cellular modem - 802.11b/g/n (draft 2.0) - desktop (35026157)886.99 - 907.99
- CradlePoint CBR400 Compact Broadband Router - wireless router - 802.11b/g/n - desktop (34846899)190.45 - 216.40
Manufacturer info
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- Manufacturer:Acer
- Address:
333 West San Carlos Street, San Jose, CA 95110 - Phone: 1-800-368-2237



