Acer Aspire 5920 review

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December 22, 2008

Posted by: jason clarke

"Entirely delightful"

What I like:

performance, style, overall quality.

What I don't like:

bulk, weight, a horrible touch pad.

Review:

back a couple of years ago i would not have touched an acer laptop, because they wasnt known for top quality computer building, such as names like HP and PACKARD BELL.

now tho...boy they make some really good equipment, so i went ahead and sold my HP dv6000 laptop and purchased this acer 5920g.

the pricing of which was superb, i payed £600 for this laptop about a year ago now and my spec was very near the best you could get at the time, i have a dual core santa rosa 2.0ghz processor, along with 4gb (yes 4) of ram, 250gb hard drive, dedicated 256mb ATI HD 3470, and a blu ray player along with a HD connection on the left.

frankly very high spec considering price at the time, it plays moderately high spec games, sim 2...no problem all high graphics settings, football manager 2008...easy. only high spec games like oblivion would give me problems, although even these are playable on lower graphics settings.

so, thats performance out the way from the off, overall, a great performer.

ok onto design, this laptop has a sleek exterior that is shiny, smooth and the overall shape of the laptop is lovely, the interior is white and contrasts with the exterior suprisingly well, the interior is fairly pleasantly lit up with even blue lighting on the right of the keyboard and next to and around the power button. the usb slots on the left are a little cramped but its nothing troublesome, and theres a single usb on the right which is perfect for your everyday mouse or better still a nice wireless laser mouse which i use... this brings me on to the worst thing about the laptop.

i use a wireless laser mouse because the touchpad is terrible, im not sure if it can be adjusted yet because i always use my mouse as standard,but the touchpad is really really slow and always switched on, you can go into the touchpad settings on the computer and switch it off and to be honest its the first thing you should do on purchase of the laptop, then go and buy a nice portable laptop mouse, i spent £60 on a logitech laser mouse which is so fantastic to use you wouldnt believe it, although £60 is overkill it is worth spending at least £20 for the upgrade of a nice smooth laser mouse, it really does make navigating around the laptop a joy and a nice mouse is very very underrated, most people put up with a standard mouse or even optical, but when you go to a quality laser mouse you wont go back and it will be crammed into your laptop bag with the laptop. the next worst thing about the laptop is the bulk of it, its really a bit fat and although its nothing terrible there is certainly lighter and thinner examples out there for those of you that would like something you can carry to work everyday, the laptop is built very well, the screen hinges are very strong and stiff and this is show with the need to hold the bottom down as you lift the screen, always a nice feeling. the only bit built a little oddly is the disc tray, although ive had no troblems there is a feeling you may break it if pushed down on too hard, seems a little tagged on and considering how strong the overall laptop feels the tray could have been better. the laptop gets a little hot on the left and it can be a little uncomfortable when your wrist is resting on the left hand side while typing, but this does not mean i think its not cooled well, the heat sink is large and the fan works when it needs to, which is nice because it keeps noise down. i do think more could have been down to keep it cooler tho but i forgive this because i know the laptop has plenty of power under the hood and i expect it to get warm at some point.

so thats the design out of the way, it looks super sleek and smooth but is let down by being a bit overweight and fat, but as any decent human would say about a human...its whats on the inside that counts and you can get over it being a bit chubby.

now ill talk a little bit about function and what this laptop is like to use physically. onto the keyboard. now the