Acer Aspire 7740 17.3 inch Laptop (Intel Core i3-370M Processor, RAM 6GB, HDD 640GB, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit)

The inspiring and stylish design of the Aspire 7740 contains a number of great features. Click here to see more details.

The Acer Aspire 7740 - Cinematic Performance with a 17.3" HD Screen

The Acer Aspire Series offers a diverse range of notebooks that give you the performance, graphics and communication tools to step up your digital entertainment, complete your daily computing tasks, and stay in touch with everyone you know, whether you're at home or away.

With the Aspire 7740 series, you'll be able to enjoy excellent audio-visual entertainment features and superior wireless connectivity for an impressive on-the-go digital experience. Movies, videos and music are at their best on this 16:9 HD+ widescreen display, with 3rd generation Dolby® audio technology and premium components delivering a luxurious theatre-like experience for exceptional value. Click here to see a diagram showing the features of this laptop.

Powerful Performance

With the abundance of graphics-intensive multimedia and sharing applications available these days, smooth multitasking is more vital than ever before. Keeping this in mind, Aspire Series laptops pack today's best processors and memory options so your system always runs efficiently.

The Acer Aspire 7740 comes equipped with the power of the next-generation Intel Core i3 processor, designed to speed up multitasking performance so you can work faster and have more fun, with less waiting. As well as faster performance, this processor enables better playback of high-definition content over the Internet, and allows you to enjoy a great Windows 7 experience on your laptop.

The Acer Aspire 7740 also includes fast DDR3 memory, which offers twice the speed of DDR2, ensuring faster, more efficient multitasking. Add that to a large-capacity hard disk drive that provides generous storage for work and multimedia files, and you've got a notebook that can handle almost any task you care to throw at it.

It's easy to connect your laptop to your HDTV for 1080p playback. Click here to see a larger image.

Fantastic Graphics and Playback

Movies, Internet video, pictures and more shine brilliantly on Aspire Series notebooks, and HDMI connectivity extends the spectacle to larger displays.

The Acer Aspire 7740 comes with a high-definition 17.3" Acer CineCrystal HD display that presents bright and beautiful images, and crystal-clear text. A widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio increases the viewing area, allowing you to enjoy a truly cinematic experience whether watching movies on DVD, digital content, or gaming. The high resolution display gives you breathtaking visuals in high definition for productive on-the-go multitasking, and immersive entertainment.

If you need an even bigger screen, the HDMI interface supports exceptional high-definition viewing on a full range of peripherals. Perfect for connecting to a big-screen HDTV, plugging a HDMI cable into your notebook allows the transmission of both audio and high-definition video, up to a 1080p resolution. You'll find lots of compatible HDMI devices are available, or already in your home, so the Aspire 7740 will fit perfectly into your digital life.

Dolby Home Theater v3 - Get Cinema-Style Sound from Your PC

Listening to music, movies, and games on your PC will never be the same. With the Dolby® Home Theater® v3 powerful and advanced set of audio tools, you can experience riveting surround sound on your PC.

Dolby Home Theater v3 delivers audio that's true to the original source, so you hear every detail in vibrant surround sound. And Dolby Home Theater v3 works with your home theatre configuration using two to eight speakers, or any set of headphones. Who needs a TV when your PC sounds this good?

The Aspire 7740 has a stylish design, including a glossy cover, intricate NeoWeave palm rest, and illuminated power button.

Benefits

• Gives you enveloping personal surround sound from any set of PC speakers or headphones
• Ensures a truer entertainment experience with audio that sounds the way it was intended
• Optimises audio quality to deliver the best possible sound from each PC
• Connects to home theatres in a snap with a single digital cable

The Latest Communication Tools

Surf the Internet and stay in touch with your people with reliable, high-speed connectivity via Ethernet or Wi-Fi. A Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ wireless-N network connection enables long-range, fast, reliable wireless Internet. Offering greater range and faster connection speeds than wireless-G, the Aspire 7740 allows you to connect to a wireless LAN within 300 ft and with a transfer rate of up to 300 Mbps.

A fast connection is perfect for online chats, and the Acer Crystal Eye webcam with PureZone technology enables high-quality video chats and video conferencing, which means that you'll always be looking your sharpest online.

Attractive Aspire Appeal

The Aspire Series laptops are attractive, ergonomic and durable. Slim profiles, cool aesthetic accents, and eye-catching colours abound, while easy-access controls and the innovative chiclet keyboard ensure effortless handling. A variety of environmentally sustainable materials with inviting textures and sturdy construction endow the Aspire Series with a unique and solid feel.

The Aspire 7741 comes with a revolutionary multi-gesture touchpad. Click here to see how it could put you firmly in control.

The Acer Aspire 7740 is no exception. It has an effortlessly cool and modern design that features soft, rounded edges, and a glossy cover. Under the lid you'll find an Acer Finetip keyboard that includes large keys for easy and accurate typing. The keyboard also features a large numeric keypad, ideal for intensive work. Elsewhere, the distinctive illuminated power key always makes turning your notebook on a pleasure, and an intricate NeoWeave palm rest for comfort and durability when using the touchpad.

The touchpad doesn't just look the part - thanks to Acer's multi-gesture technology you'll quickly be controlling your laptop without the aid of keyboard shortcuts:

• Scroll - Navigate web pages, files, music playlists and photos using a two-finger vertical scroll motion.
• Pinch - Pinch to zoom in and out of application windows.
• Flip - Browse photos, websites, documents and photo albums with a back-and-forth, two-finger horizontal slide motion.
• Rotate - Rotate images 90 degrees in either direction with a two-finger pivot motion.

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This notebook also includes all the benefits of Windows 7, helping you to simplify everyday tasks, make complicated tasks (such as setting up a new network) easier, and enjoy the many features of Window Media Center. A faster, safer and more reliable operating system for your digital life.

Shop the Full Acer Aspire Series

Find your perfect digital partner with the Acer Aspire range of laptops. For a fuller enjoyment of HD Internet media, movies, games and more, try the Aspire 5750 or 5755 series, or enjoy it all on a larger screen with the 17.3" Aspire 7750s. For the ultimate in entertainment, the Aspire Ethos range combines powerful processors and graphics with elegant and breathtaking designs. And, for those who want a long bettery life without sacrificing performance, try the ultra-light TimelineX and Ultrabook S3 ranges.