Packing a large LED-backlit 18.4-inch display, a Core i7 720QM processor, and Windows 7, the Aspire 8940 is ready to replace your desktop for $1350.

For that price you will also get 4GB of 1066-DDR3 memory, 500GB storage, 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M graphics, and a Blu-ray drive. On a laptop of this size you would expect an integrated TV tuner, but sadly there is none. As consolation you do get Acer’s touch-capacitive media control interface and surround sound via it’s 5 built-in speakers.

Expect the series to be user configurable, and to