Acer yells "me too!" while shoving Core i7-based Aspire M7720 out the door

Ah, the deluge of gaming rigs that comes after each and every major CPU announcement made by Intel. As the overflow slows to a trickle, Acer is looking to get its rig out before it just seems like old hat. The purported Aspire M7720, which was announced over in Taiwan, will arrive in a relatively drab chassis and house a potent Core i7 processor, 3GB of DDR3 RAM, a 750GB hard drive and ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics with 1GB of memory. There's no definitive word on when the rig will actually leave the dock and head stateside, but considering that it's already behind the eight ball, we'd put our money (speaking of, it'll start around $1,200) on soon.

[Via Electronista]

[Anku @ Nov 25th 2008 1:15AM]

ummmmmmm..... design ripoff of the Gateway FX anyone?

[Justin @ Nov 25th 2008 6:06AM]

didn't Acer aquire Gateway..

[Frankenstein Black @ Nov 25th 2008 1:43PM]

Speaking of design, wonder when Acer will i7'ize this rig?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/acer-predator-gaming-rig-faster-deeper-harder-further/
Cause square cases are so F-ing boring. Oh, and don’t forget to add the Blue Ray...

[L.M.L.Y.P @ Nov 25th 2008 1:16AM]

Sho' did that goat

[List Pros Of Device, List One Con, Then Say I'll Pass or I'll Wait Guy @ Nov 25th 2008 1:16AM]

Pros:

- Has the great Core i7 processor

- Probably more power than I'll ever need

- Looks like a rebranded Gateway FX desktop

Cons:

- I'm allergic to orange.


I'll pass.

[Nick K. @ Nov 25th 2008 1:20AM]

What about Apple? Allergic to that?

[andres @ Nov 25th 2008 2:34AM]

just oranges

[Tankyu @ Nov 25th 2008 2:37AM]

My wallet is allergic to Apple.

[Nyaanyaasan @ Nov 25th 2008 3:07AM]

Yup...!!

My wallet did it!!

-gniff gniff-....

Actually I'd whore myself (in a universe where that was legal....) for a brand spanking new mac...

[SodomySquirrel @ Nov 25th 2008 1:20AM]

Same specs and design as the Gateway FX we got at BBY over 2 weeks ago.
Nothing special.

[Patriks7 @ Nov 25th 2008 1:22AM]

Can't reply to that fucker either? :| Great

[V Langs @ Nov 25th 2008 1:30AM]

i have a sweet acer with a quad core phenom and ati graphics.

paid 550 from geeks.com and it runs crysis on enthusiast at 1600x1200 no problem.

I mean i can only imagine how it would look on something with a better graphics card but it looks gorgeous on my display.

I can't think of anyone who would need more than that (i'm a gamer and i know how competitive people get with their rigs...) but seriously, if something like this can go for around 1500, why spend 6000 on something? it'll be outdated in 4 months!

[Thetwins @ Nov 25th 2008 1:30AM]

Could we not low rank "STEVE...," if only so that other people can read that? I hate it when the good stuff gets whited out... (like all of my posts)

Hey! There's an idea! OK- EVERYONE LOW RANK MY POST INSTEAD OF THE ONE I"M REPLYING TO SO THAT PEOPLE CAN READ THE POEM LATER ON! COME ON, I"M USING LOTS AND LOTS OF CAPITALS, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO...

[waiownsyou @ Nov 25th 2008 1:31AM]

O WAT?

[waiownsyou @ Nov 25th 2008 1:32AM]

lol @ your name and post living up to your name

[Fusion Fuzo 05 - Mr Professional @ Nov 25th 2008 1:35AM]

NICE, windows vista gaming tower, want it now,



Professional
Fusion Fuzo

[Thetwins @ Nov 25th 2008 1:39AM]

No you don't. You want to read some classic poetry. Like the first post. MmmmHmmm.

[Luke A @ Nov 25th 2008 1:36AM]

Acer owns Gateway. This is almost the exact same computer they launched at Best Buy Stores. Same look, same everything. I think different sized Hard Drive, but that is it. And it is 1249.99.

Acer only generally brings cheap labeled Acer computers stateside and keeps their high end units Gateway Branded.

[Valicore @ Nov 25th 2008 2:03AM]

"Acer only generally brings cheap labeled Acer computers stateside and keeps their high end units Gateway Branded."

High end units Gateway branded... that's just sad.

[metal @ Nov 25th 2008 1:54AM]

when I read that post I thought engadget had hired jubei to write headlines.

[Valicore @ Nov 25th 2008 1:58AM]

I like it haha.

[Chin-Poh @ Nov 25th 2008 1:59AM]

Acer has acquired Packard Bell and Gateway and so why some of the models are rebranded.

[Valicore @ Nov 25th 2008 2:05AM]

Packard Bell AND Gateway? They must be trying to build the crappiest computer ever conceived and badly implemented.

[scott @ Nov 25th 2008 2:25AM]

When did the comment section on Engadget turn into the comment section on YouTube?

[Thetwins @ Nov 25th 2008 2:27AM]

When did anybody use both?

[Cory @ Nov 25th 2008 2:30AM]

You managed to reply to some fucker though....

[Joseph @ Nov 25th 2008 2:35AM]

purples a flavor!

[Nyaanyaasan @ Nov 25th 2008 3:05AM]

Purple uh.. WHAT?

--- I liked the specs until I saw the price.... :S

[chansthename @ Nov 25th 2008 2:38AM]

dell Studio XPS pwns this thing

[aznofazns @ Nov 25th 2008 2:59AM]

you are a funny, funny man.

[aznofazns @ Nov 25th 2008 3:01AM]

engadget's comment system is seriously a pos... I swore I hit the reply button to 3rd post from the top.

[aznofazns @ Nov 25th 2008 3:00AM]

you are a funny, funny man.

[aznofazns @ Nov 25th 2008 3:01AM]

WORK, GOD DAMMIT!

[Angus Hedger @ Nov 25th 2008 8:37AM]

The comment system doesn't like replying to people who have ' in there name, so, dont even try ;/

[mercurysunblast @ Nov 25th 2008 7:18AM]

Not diggin' this.