Acer Aspire 6930

Distinctly digital lifestyle

A panoramic 16" Full HD Acer CineCrystal™ display with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio immerses you in the ultimate multimedia experience. Optimized 2nd Generation Dolby Home Theater® technology with Acer eAudio Management and the trend-setting Acer Tuba CineBass booster put True5.1 surround sound at your fingertips. Play high-def movies on the Blu-ray Disc™ drive for true-to-master visual effects and multi-channel, all-around sound -- a totally immersive home theater experience! Enhancing your digital life further, the touch-sensitive Acer MediaTouch keys put you in complete control of your multimedia content.

Features you crave

Open all of the media applications you'd like and surf the web at breakneck speed using the latest state-of-the-art dual core processor technology. Load multimedia applications in a flash! Download tons of files and easily save them on your Aspire 6930 notebook. A choice of one or two large Serial ATA drives eliminates the concern for storage space. Share and transfer files in a snap with the 5-in-1 card reader, or through the hot-pluggable eSATA port for data transfers up to 6X faster. Want to hook up? The enhanced wireless network solution supporting 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N connects you to anyone, anywhere with unprecedented mobile broadband performance.

Operating System	Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
Processor & Chipset	Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology, featuring: Intel® Core™2 Duo processor with up to 6 MB L2 Cache, supporting Intel® 64 architecture Mobile Intel® PM45 Express Chipset, or Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100/5300 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, featuring MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with Nplify™ wireless technology
Memory	DDR2 memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using dual soDIMM modules Intel® Turbo Memory supported (manufacturing option)
HDD	One or two S-ATA hard disc drives
Storage	2X Blu-ray Disc™*/DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive or (on models with dedicated graphics only!) DVD-Super Multi double-layer 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	16" WUXGA (Full HD), high-brightness (250-nit) Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD, 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer GridVista™ or, 16" WXGA (HD) 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, high-brightness (220-nit), Acer CineCrystal™ TFT LCD, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer GridVista™ 16.7 million colours 16:9 aspect ratio 8 ms high-def response time 60% color gamut
Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT with up to 2303 MB of TurboCache™ (512 MB of dedicated DDR2 VRAM, up to 1791 MB of shared system memory*), supporting NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD technology, OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 4.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 10 (* depending on size of system memory) NVIDIA® GeForce® 9300M GS with up to 2047 MB of TurboCache™ (256 MB of dedicated DDR2 VRAM, up to 1791 MB of shared system memory*), supporting NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD technology, OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 4.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 10 (* depending on size of system memory) Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset with integrated 3D graphics, featuring Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD (Intel® GMA X4500HD) with up to 512 MB of Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0 (8 MB of dedicated system memory, up to 504 MB of shared system memory*), supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 10 DualView™ support MEPG-2/DVD acceleration, decoding WMV9 (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) decoding HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) support Acer Arcade™ Deluxe featuring Acer CinemaVision™ and Acer ClearVision™ technologies
Multimedia	Dolby®-optimized surround sound system with two built-in stereo speakers and one subwoofer supporting low-frequency effects Optimized 2nd Generation Dolby Home Theater® audio enhancement, featuring Dolby® Digital, Dolby® Digital Live, Dolby® Pro Logic® IIx, Dolby® Headphone, Dolby® Natural Bass, Dolby® Sound Space Expander technologies Two built-in stereo speakers and one Acer Tuba CineBass booster supporting low-frequency effects True5.1-channel surround sound output 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) 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, and noise suppression technologies
Communication	Acer Video Conference featuring integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam, supporting enhanced Acer PrimaLite™ technology Acer Video Conference Manager software featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE) technology with H.264 video compression, supporting 640 x 480 resolution online video calls with drag-and-drop Picture-in-Picture (PIP) interactivity Acer PureZone technology Optional Acer Xpress VoIP phone Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100/5300 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, featuring MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with Nplify™ wireless technology 56K ITU V.92 modem with PTT approval; Wake-on-Ring ready Gigabit Ethernet , Wake-on-LAN ready Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) (manufacturing option)
I/O Interface	1 x Acer EasyPort IV connector 1x ExpressCard™/54 slot Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint reader (manufacturing option) 5-in-1 card reader (SD™, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD) 4x USB 2.0 ports (1x USB 2.0 port combined with eSATA port) 1x HDMI™ port with HDCP support 1x Consumer infrared (CIR) port 1x external display (VGA) port 1 x RF-in jack (on models with TV Tuner only!) 1x Headphones/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support 1x Microphone-in jack 1x Line-in jack 1x Modem (RJ-11) port 1x Ethernet (RJ-45) port 1x DC-in jack for AC adapter
Security	Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint solution, featuring Windows® log on, computer protection, FingerLaunch, ProfileLaunch, MusicLaunch, password bank, MyLaunch, Acer FingerNav Slot for Kensington lock BIOS user, supervisor, HDD passwords
Power Supply & Battery	ACPI 3.0 CPU power management standard: supports Standby and Hibernation power-saving modes 71 W (8-cell) or 48.8 W (6-cell) Li-ion battery pack Up to 3-hour battery life with 8 cell battery and dedicated graphics Acer QuicCharge™ technology: • 80% charge in 1 hour • 2-hour rapid charge system-off • 3-hour charge-in-use 90 W AC adapter Energy Star 4.0-certified
Keyboard & Special Controls	105-/106-key keyboard with inverted "T" cursor layout, 2.5 mm (minimum) key travel Touchpad pointing device with Acer Bio-Protection fingerprint reader*, featuring Acer FingerNav 4-way control function (* manufacturing option) 12 function keys, four cursor keys, two Windows® keys, hotkey controls, embedded numeric keypad, international language support, independent US dollar and Euro symbol keys Empowering Key Easy-launch buttons: WLAN, Bluetooth®*, Internet, Acer Arcade™ (* manufacturing option) Media keys (printed on keyboard): play/pause, stop, previous, next
Weight & Dimensions	385 (W) x 275 (D) x 43.6/39.3 (H) mm (15.13 x 10.81 x 1.71/1.55 inches) 3.80 kg (8.37 lbs.) with 2 HDDs and 8-cell battery pack or, 3.60 kg (7.48 lbs.) with 6-cell battery pack
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 ePower, eAudio, eDataSecurity, eRecovery, eSettings Management) Acer Arcade™ Deluxe featuring Cinema, Album, Music, Acer HomeMedia Acer InstantOn Arcade Acer Bio-Protection Acer Crystal Eye Acer GridVista™ Acer Launch Manager Acer GameZone Acer Video Conference Manager featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE) McAfee Internet Security Suite 60-day trial version Adobe® Reader® CyberLink® PowerDirector® trial version NTI Media Maker™ Microsoft® Works 8.5 with Office Home and Student 2007 Trial
Options	Acer EasyPort IV Acer Xpress VoIP phone and Acer Video Conference Manager pack Acer Media Center remote control Memory expansion modules Additional battery Additional AC adapter External USB floppy disk drive
Warranty	One-year International Travellers Warranty (ITW)