Description for the Acer Aspire 9920G 302G32HN Laptop

The Aspire 9920 has been designed for home users that want the ultimate in entertainment. Powered by the latest Intel© Centrino© 2 Duo platform it features a stunning 20” wide display managed by the NVidia GeForce 8600M-GT graphics card with 512MB of dedicated VRAM.

The new Aspire 9920 is the perfect, powerful and portable base for all your home entertainment. It's superb 20" screen combined with the Dolby©-certified surround sound system allows a fantastic, desktop like, gaming experience and cinematic experience when watching your (HD) DVD's or your favorite TV show. Store and organize your pictures, browse the web, burn CD's or DVD's, or communicate with your friends using the cutting-edge Voice and Video over IP capabilities, the Aspire 9920 has it all!

Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista© Ultimate

Processor & Chipset
Intel© Centrino© Duo mobile technology, featuring:
Intel© Core™ 2 Duo processor with up to 4 MB L2 cache
Mobile Intel© PM965 Express Chipset

Intel© Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED© network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with InviLink™ Nplify™ wireless technology

Memory
2048GB
DDR2 memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using dual soDIMM modules (dual channel support)
Intel© Turbo Memory supported

HDD
2 x 160GB
One or Two S-ATA Hard Disk Drives

Storage
HD DVD drive
5-in-1 card reader, supporting Secure Digital™ (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick© (MS), Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card™ (xD)

Display
20.1" WSXGA+ high-brightness (300-nit) Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD, 1680 x 1050 pixel resolution, 4 lamps
5 ms response time
16.7 million colours

Graphics
NVIDIA© GeForce© 8600M GT with up to 1280MB of TurboCache™ technology 512 MB of dedicated GDDR2 VRAM, up to 768 MB of shared system memory*), supporting NVIDIA© PureVideo™ technology, Microsoft© DirectX© 9 and DirectX© 10, OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, PCI Express©
(* depending on size of system memory)

DualView™ support
MPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability (full decode)
WMV9 (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) support (full decode)
S-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) support
DVI-D (true digital video interface) with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) support
Acer Arcade™ featuring Acer CinemaVision™ and Acer ClearVision™ technologies

Multimedia
Dolby©-certified surround sound system with two built-in stereo speakers and one subwoofer supporting low-frequency effects
Dolby© Home Theater™ audio enhancement featuring Dolby© Digital, Dolby© Digital Live, Dolby© Pro Logic© II, Dolby© Digital Stereo Creator, Dolby© Headphone, Dolby© Virtual Speaker technologies
Digital( DVB-T) TV-tuner supporting hardware MPEG-2 stream encoding and DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial) standard (6 to 8 MHz)
(manufacturing option)
Intel© high-definition audio support
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) support for digital speakers
MS-Sound compatible
Acer PureZone technology with two built-in stereo microphones featuring beam forming, echo cancellation, noise suppression technologies

Communication
Acer Video Conference featuring Voice and Video over Internet Protocol (VVoIP) support via Acer CrystalEye webcam, Acer PureZone technology and optional Acer Xpress VoIP phone
Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam, supporting enhanced Acer PrimaLite™ technology
(manufacturing option)

Intel© Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED© network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with InviLink™ Nplify™ wireless technology
56K ITU V.92 with PTT approval
Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN ready
Bluetooth© 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
(manufacturing option)

I/O Interface
1x ExpressCard™/54 slot
5-in-1 card reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
4x USB 2.0 ports
1x DVI-D port with HDCP support
1x IEEE 1394 port
1x Consumer Infrared (CIR) port
1x External display (VGA) port
1x S-video/ TV-out (NTSC/PAL) port
1x AV-in port
(on models with TV Tuner only!)
1x TV-tuner antenna-in port
(on models with TV Tuner only!)
1x speaker/ headphone/ line-out jack with S/PDIF support
1x microphone-in jack
1x line-in jack
1x Parallel port
1x Serial port
1x Ethernet (RJ-45) port
1x Modem (RJ-11) port
1x DC-in jack for AC adapter

Security
Slot for Kensington lock
BIOS user and supervisor passwords

Power Supply & Battery
ACPI 3.0 CPU power management standard: supports Standby and Hibernation power-saving modes
71 W Li-ion battery pack (8-cell)
Up to 1.5-hours battery life with TV-tuner

Acer QuicCharge™ technology:
• 80% charge in 1 hour
• 2-hour rapid charge system-off
• 3-hour charge-in-use

3-pin 135 W AC adapter

Keyboard & Special Controls
105-key keyboard, with inverted "T" cursor layout, 2.5 mm (minimum) key travel
Touchpad with 4-way scroll button
12 function keys, four cursor keys, two Windows© keys, hotkey controls, standard numeric keypad, international language support, independent Euro and US dollar sign keys
Empowering Key
Easy-launch buttons: email, Internet, user-programmable button
Media keys: Acer Arcade™, volume up, volume down, previous, next, play/pause, stop
Front-panel LED indicators: power, battery, WLAN, Bluetooth©*
*Active on models with Bluetooth only!
Front-access communication LED switches: WLAN, Bluetooth©*
*Active on models with Bluetooth only!

Weight & Dimensions
475 (W) x 352 (D) x 61.8 (H) mm (18.7 x 13.9 x 2.4 inches)
7.7 kg (16.9 lbs.)

Quality & Reliability Tests
Temperature & humidity test
Free drop test
Acoustics test
Weight and Pressure tests
Spillage test
Shock and Vibration tests
Electrostatic discharge immunity test
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) test
Hinge life test
Keyboard-switch life test

Software
Acer Empowering Technology (Acer eNet, ePower, eAudio, ePresentation, eDataSecurity, eLock, eRecovery, eSettings Management)
Acer Arcade™ Deluxe featuring DV Wizard, VideoMagician, DVDivine, Acer HomeMedia
Acer GridVista™
Acer Launch Manager
Acer PureZone
Acer Video Conference Manager
(on models with Acer Xpress VoIP phone)
Adobe© Reader©
CyberLink© PowerProducer™
Norton Internet Security™
NTI CD Maker™
Microsoft© Works 8.5 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial

Warranty
One-year International Travellers Warranty (ITW)