The Aspire M7720 leads the pack with today’s latest innovations — a pop-up multi-in-one card reader with Smart Copy button, pop-out audio ports, easy-to-reach media bays, a Smart Backup button, and the Media Control Interface. Running on the newest Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition and featuring enabled ATI CrossFireX™, this desktop gives you mind-blowing realistic gaming and advanced digital multimedia right at your fingertips.

The Intel Core i7 processor just keeps making an appearance all over the place these days. In fact, Acer just announced today that they will be selling the Aspire M7720 beginning this month, which will feature the latest and greatest in processing. The Acer Aspire M7720, which is the first desktop powered by Intel Core i7 in the Acer arsenal, will be available in Taiwan only starting on November 29th as per the IT Month 2008 event. Specs will include the quad-core 2.66GHz Core i7 920 processor, 3GB of RAM and more. In fact, the RAM is expandable all the way up to 12GB. This computer is also set to feature an ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card with 1GB of memory. A 750GB hard drive is also included, rounding out this powerhouse of a package.

The touch-sensitive Media Control Interface provides front-access navigation to media playback controls. The pop-up multi-in-one card reader supports the latest memory card formats; with the Smart Copy button, you can copy files directly to your PC with one click. The Smart Backup button assures effortless retrieval and restoration of important files, for total peace of mind. Two front-access tool-less HDD bays allow effortless storage expansion. You don’t need to open the chassis or deal with cables — just insert Serial ATA drives!

The Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition1,2 offers the pinnacle of processing technology for the greatest gaming, multitasking, and entertainment experiences. The 2-way ATI CrossFireX™2 utilizes 256-bit GDDR54 RAM and the latest GPUs to present spectacular 3D and high-definition multimedia performance. Microsoft® DirectX® 10 support enhances multimedia application features such as 3D graphics acceleration and sound cards to provide incredible details and a new level of realism to games. Up to 12 GB of three-channel DDR3 1066/1333 MHz memory1 delivers ultra-fast system response speed and multitasking efficiency.

Blu-ray Disc™ technology1 presents 6X greater resolution than DVD for lossless, high-def music and movie effects with true-to-master precision. A digital and analog hybrid TV-tuner supports hardware or software MPEG-2 stream encoding — enjoy watching digital or traditional TV, record TV shows, and capture videos!

The SuperMulti drive with Labelflash™ technology1 enables you to personalize CD/DVD labels with photos, text and graphics. Second-generation PCI Express® doubles the speed, communication and graphics bandwidth for optimized PC performance. A large Serial ATA 3 Gb/s hard disk drive offers plenty of storage space and a marked improvement in data access and retrieval speeds, eliminating performance bottlenecks. Embedded high-definition audio with 7.1-channel surround sound delivers crystal-clear acoustics for theater-like entertainment at home.

10 USB 2.0 ports ease data transfer and let you conveniently connect peripherals to your computer. Acer Arcade™ Live5 provides one convenient interface for the creation, management and enjoyment of home media. Acer Empowering Technology gives you a smart suite of utilities designed to make common tasks and system configuration simple.

The base model of the Acer Aspire M7720 will retail for about $1,200.

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