Acer Ethos AS8951G/AS5951G Owners Lounge

US Acer Ethos Release date: 6/17/2011

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As for pricing and availability: the Acer Aspire Ethos AS5951G model has a US MSRP starting from $1,399.99, and a Canadian starting price of $1,199 CAD. Meanwhile, the Aspire Ethos AS8951G has a US starting price of $1,599.99 and a Canadian MSRP starting from $1,499 CAD. All models will be available this week. ~Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G / AS5951G laptops: Price for US and Canada

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AS8951G/AS5951G Specs:
18.4″ Full HD (1920×1080) or 15.6″ HD (1366×768)
CineCrystal Full HD and HD displays
HD discrete graphics solutions
DirectX 11
Dolby Home Theater v4
detachable touchpad that doubles as a MediaRemote
orientation sensor allows the touchpad to be used either horizontally or vertically
allows seamless media sharing via clear.fi
InstantOn Arcade key
Blu-Ray Disc or DVD optical drive
HDMI
frameless displays, Corning Gorilla Glass
brushed aluminium-magnesium alloy cover
back-lit chiclet keyboard
second generation Intel Core™ i processors
Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
NVIDIA GeForce GT500 series discrete graphics
USB 3.0 port
PowerSmart long life battery
HDD or SSD
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0 (optional) and Gigabit LAN
Aspire Ethos 8951G comes with Acer CineSurround with five Dolby-tuned built-in speakers and Acer Tuba CineBass subwoofer
Aspire Ethos 5951G True5.1-channel surround sound output, two built-in stereo speakers and the Acer Tuba CineBass booster



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Hi, nice, any news on the UK?
Chris

It would be nice to have a 17.3 inch version of these also.

Does the 18.4 inch have 2 USB 3.0 ports?

I have check the SSD options on that also

I bleive it has 1 USB 3.0 port but also a eSata port and firewire. I believe its also the same mobo as the 8950 and I added a SSD drive to it.

The AS5951G needs a FHD display option. What's Acer thinking?

Bronsky:cool:

Acer Aspire 8951G Notebook Specifications ==> Acer Support: Aspire8951GAcer Aspire 8951G Notebook Series

hopefully a better panel than the 8950 series.

acer updated their site today.
AS5951G-9694 | Product Model

and I found out that the laptop has a embedded battery. thats a definite down =/

Another down is using DDR3 video memory rather than GDDR5 which would give an real boost to the GFX performance of GT555M

The GDDR5 version uses a weaker core and a narrower bus meaning performance will be the same.

They should have used 1.5GB of memory over a 192bit mem bus rather than 2GB over a 128bit bus though.