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Just when we thought we’d seen every feature a laptop could deliver, Acer went and surprised us. The Aspire Ethos AS8951G-9600 is both a mouthful and a handful—and surprisingly full of innovation.This big machine is a multimedia-centric...

Packed with features; slick combo touch pad/remote; huge 1080p screen; decent 3D-gaming abilities; surprising battery life...

Bulky; mediocre Webcam; weak speakers...

A stunning 18.4-inch, 1080p screen is merely the biggest of the multimedia goodies in this laptop. In addition to top-notch performance, this desktop replacement packs in some pleasant (and useful) surprises...
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The Acer Aspire Ethos 8951G is a behemoth of a notebook that's perfect as a desktop replacement. It has an 18.4in 1080p screen, a comfortable backlit keyboard and its guts are full of Intel Core i7 quad-core goodness.It's a computer that can be used f...

There's a good deal of technology located within the cavernous chassis of the Aspire Ethos and it makes for a very powerful and versatile desktop replacement computer. We like its keyboard and the amount of connectivity that's on offer (including dual...
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The Acer Aspire Ethos wears its role of desktop replacement like an good, off-the-rack suit. It fits fairly well, but needs some alterations before approaching perfection. I found many things to like about the Ethos. The bright, 18.4-inch 1080p display...

Big, bright display good for getting work done, Audio playback quality for movies is excellent...

Viewing angles on the LCD are poor, The detachable touchpad is terrible...

Acer's Ethos is a good entertainment laptop with a few warts, particularly with the pointing device...
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This laptop review covers Acer Aspire's Ethos AS8951G and TimelineX AS380TG-6431 series computers.The Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G is a laptop that falls into the desktop replacement category. Huge dimensions, snappy performance, and a boatload of featur...
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Stuff magazine Tue, Aug 16 2011, 12:37PM Anyone whose mouth moistened at the recent news of Intel's $300m slush fund to help produce MacBook Air-style ‘ultrabooks’ can look away now. Acer’s latest luxury laptop, the Aspire Ethos 8951G, is a throwba...

Big, powerful and can do it all, but the age of the giant laptop is ending...
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techreviewsource.com Updated: 2013-09-26 04:53:41
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With a detachable touch pad remote, the Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G is a unique 18-inch desktop replacement notebook. It is really quite a multimedia powerhouse as it has a 1080p display along with an Intel Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM and discrete Nvidia...

Stylish design, Best of class performance, Dualgraphics system, Wide array of ports, Above average battery life...

Removable touch pad has some issues...
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What good is a mammoth 18.4-inch screen on a laptop if you have to sit right in front of it to fire up a slideshow or control movie playback? Acer thinks it has the answer with the Aspire Ethos 8951G, a notebook with a removable touchpad that doubles a...

The Acer Aspire Ethos 8951G has some things going for it: a full HD screen, Blu-ray playback, solid sound, and a unique removable touchpad. It's a good choice for those who crave the largest screen possible. If you can live with a 17-inch screen, the s...
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Konrad Schneid (translated by Liala Stieglitz), 07/07/2011 The new 18 inch flagship comes with the quad core processor, Intel Core i7-2630QM, and the Nvidia GeForce GT 555M graphics solution. Not only are the 16 GB RAM and the installed speedy SSD st...

Good application performance, Removable touchpad, Fast SSD, USB 3.0 & Bluetooth 3.0 HS...

Weak display, CPU with Turbo problems, High temperature development, No GDDR5 VRAM...

Acer has revved up and slightly modified its Aspire Ethos. The 18 incher provides a good performance with the Intel Core i7 2630QM processor and the graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M. The installed 16 GB DDR3 main memory stand for themselves, but will...
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If you’re looking for a desktop PC replacement that’s stylish yet powerful when it comes to multimedia performance, then you might want to consider the Acer Aspire Ethos series notebooks. The latest revamp to this high-end series features a unique deta...

The Acer Aspire Ethos 8951G notebook is a worthy contender for your dollars if you’re looking to replace your desktop PC with something slightly more compact and portable than an all-in-one PC and also capable of delivering a high-end multimedia exper...
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like Acer’s Aspire Ethos 8951G. More related to this story Photos Acer Aspire Ethos 8951G in pictures Follow Chad Sapieha on Twitter @chadsapieh...
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