If you though 17-inch notebooks were nicknamed “lap busters”, we wonder what name would be apt for this humongous freak. At 18.4 inches, the 8920G is the largest notebook we’ve seen, or held. If you’re looking to lug your notebook in anything less spacious than a limousine, then we suggest you forget owning this. With a piano black finish, and a rounded, a curvy posterior with a bright screen that does 1920x1080 pixels, this laptop isn’t unattractive at all.
With 3 GB of RAM, a snappy 2.2-GHz dual-core processor and a spanking new GeForce 9500GS graphics solution, the 8920G seems to be strong contender to replace your ageing desktop (actually, it would give any desktop a good run for its buck). For those looking for something to use as a home entertainment system, or a laptop for the entire family, you get 320 GB of HDD space, and an HDMI port to connect to your large screen TV. We’d have liked a Blue-ray optical drive, but all we got was a 20x DVD burner.
With a quirky keyboard, and touch buttons that look better than they work, the 8920G is still a formidable desktop replacement solution, and it’ll offer some portability to those who are muscular enough to heft its bulk around. If it loses out to the Vaio AR69GU in terms of features like a built in TV Tuner, S-Video connect and Blue-ray drive, it also wins big time in terms of price. At 79,999, it’s half the price of less bulky Sony VGN-AR69GU. Although it’s not as well built, and doesn’t sport the same designer tag, we reckon it’s a saner choice, unless you really want your notebook to grab all the attention.
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