Posts by hlyppens

It is based on Centrino 2 and has better GPUs (9700M GT). Already on Acer websites in Europe and Middle East. When will it be released in the USA?

Wireless N uses Mimo and generally requires 3 antennas to reach the maximum gross data rate of 300Mbps. I've seen reports that with 2, one obtains lower speeds. I returned the gemstone unfortunately due to French keyboard and high...

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn can u just pop the cover at the bottom and look at the wifi card urself? cheers ... Good one ;-) I have the 6048 with abg and obviously had already opened it up to find 2...

Got the notebook from Meijer.com. Guess what, it came with a French keyboard. They cannot exchange it since they no longer carry the as8920-6048. But I got a great price on it. So what to do? Should I risk sending it in for Acer warranty...

I am quite tempted to buy the AS8920-6048. This model is available in the USA now and comes with 802.11a/b/g wlan. Due to my need to stream HDTV I'd like to have 802.11n. The AS8920-6671 comes with it and is almost double the price. So...