ACER Aspire M3641 December 1, 2008
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Acer Aspire (sorry about picture quality!)
Got a new ACER Aspire M3641 with 19″ screen (pic above). I am really pleased with it! Specs below.
- Intel® Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor
- 2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache
- Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
- 4GB DDR2 667MHz memory
- 640GB SATA hard drive (7200rpm)
- NVIDIA® GeForce 7100 graphics
- Blu-Ray Reader and DVD Rewriter
- 12-in-1 media card reader
- 8x USB ports (4x front, 4x rear)
- 1x IEEE 1394 FireWire® port
Yes.. that is a BluRay player – whoppy! 
Average spec and very pleased!
More info and pricing click here (sorry its a pcworld link)
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does it have a blu ray burner?
no it doesn’t unfortunately, just the player – that might be something for me to invest in in the new year :d
thanks for the info i was goin ask one more question i was thinking of buying the same pc this week is it a good pc?
Yes it is! I have been very pleased with it – it handles everything well!
Just note that it will not play BluRay movies due to windows vista not having the BluRay codecs installed! You can buy additional programmes for it or you can wait for the codec to come along in Windows Vista Service Pack 2!
Fantastic PC for the price. Noting the previous comment, mine plays blu ray but the video is staggering. All drivers updated, arcade live updated. No problems with DVD playback. Seller admits there have been problems with blu ray playback on this but they’ll check it for free.
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I don’t believe, I bought one from PC World because they said it would BURN Blu Ray and I now read it doesn’t even PLAY a Blu-Ray movie – CONNED! It’s going back!
Arthran – An interesting point. Where did you get the drivers to allow you to play BluRay movies?
Anne – Defo take it back, that’s not normal for PC World, they can normally copy and paste from the manufacture’s specification quite well :p
I seem to have messed mine up. I can’t pay Blue Ray DVDs. DO I need a driver installed?
Currently windows doesn’t come with drivers to play BluRay movies. (An update is coming with Windows Vista Service Pack 2)
However you can purchase programmes to play BluRay movies.
Can you recommend one?
I haven’t purchased one as I haven’t had the time to research it but it should be good.. just decide weather you can wait till SP2??
My Sister has just bought this computer from PC World.
the first one she bought wouldnt turn on and was returned the same day, the secound wouldnt start properly we did a full system restore, still wouldnt start returned to store tec team did a restore and got the PC working. Spent several days setting it up and loading software to find the Blue Ray doesnt work. several phone calls later she was advised to return the PC. So a third PC is at home and Blue-Ray still doesnt work. So thank you for all your information and just to pass on ive tried Cyberlink power DVD, Corel WinDVD 9 and Acers own upgrade and none of these work.
really.. that is bad! Maybe I got one of the good aspire’s! So far I can’t fault it.. touch wood