Acer Aspire 8930G Owner's Lounge

plasma. · 01-01-2009, 08:44 PM

Lol guys in all honesty my pictures suck. I'll try and get better ones today.

Edit: Ill have a look for you. And for some reason, my acer detects both a bluray andHD DVD drive in my laptop

plasma. · 01-01-2009, 08:51 PM

Also, regarding the digitimes review, why does it seem like they just looked at the specs and did an impressions without actually having the laptop

Andy · 01-01-2009, 09:13 PM

8930G QC has been released. (For those who didn't know)

plasma. · 01-01-2009, 11:08 PM

My model is Australian only. Acer Aspire 8930G-9440 or something like that.

64Bit Vista Ultimate, 640Gb HDD, Blu-ray Read seem to be the differences. I got mine for about 1820$ USD 2 months ago.

sam.koll75 · 01-02-2009, 09:08 AM

Any-one running gridvista and Adobe 9 reader at the same time ? Are you finding things go haywire with these two programs? I've been struggling with this problem ever since I installed adobe 9. None of the pdf's are able to open normally, if gridvista is running. I like the two screen partions in gridvista ,a bit like looking at two pages in a book.. But I can't use them with adobe files???

and yes I've had my 8930G for a month and it is awesome

owais · 01-02-2009, 12:44 PM

whats gridvista?

where do i down drivers and stuff for the 8930g.

i cant find an area on the acer site for drivers

sam.koll75 · 01-02-2009, 07:38 PM

Hi ya striker
I have already contacted Acer online support with this. They replied that Gridvista was tested against adobe 6 (lol) and that they could not possibly test every software program version for possible conflict. Their suggestion was re-format the hard-drive and see if that solves the problem!!! As if!!! they need to up-date Gridvista imo to make it work with the latest adobe version

duntkno · 01-03-2009, 01:12 AM

wow, not a bad price either, make sure you put up some benchmarks when u get it

Daking · 01-03-2009, 02:23 AM

I won a futureshop GC for a macbook air in Dec. 2008. But the macbook wasn't that great at least the ones they had as my GC would only cover. So I got this Aspire 8930G. The one I have came with:

T5800 2.0Ghz, 4GB DDR3, 9600GT 512MB DDR3, 320GB 7200RPM HD, Blu-ray, Wireless N, Bluetooth

Not as high as some configurations, but Im not complaining, it was all free for about 1299 CAN and i was able to get a 22" ACER H213H LCD too! But the problem is the ACER ARCADE deluxe software doesn't update saying it can't find internet connection. I can't get it to play the only Blu-Ray I have so far. And my internet works fine, tried everything. Only using this ANYDVD program let the Blu-Ray work. Wonder if anyone have similar problem or suggestion. And yeah Acer site has no drivers or anything on the 8930. You have to go on the FTP site. Maybe they are still adding the page for it hopefully there is updates...

plasma. · 01-03-2009, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -=$tR|k3r=-

Well, I just did it folks!

I just pulled the trigger on a brand-new QUAD-CORE Acer Aspire AS8930-7665!

Acer Aspire AS8930-7665 NoteBook Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000(2.00GHz) 18.4" Wide UXGA 4GB Memory 500GB HDD Blu-ray NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115542

Couldn't help myself.... Should ship by the 5th! Now I guess I gotta sell my new 8930-6448..... DARN, and I just put a new second drive in it too..... Oh Well!

Ah, now I'm jealous