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Acer → Acer TravelMate 4720 Unveiled
According to the details published on Company’s website, the 14.1 inch widescreen (1280×800-pixel) Acer TravelMate 4720 supports Intel Core 2 Duo T7100/T7300/T7500/T7700 processors and up to 4GB DDR2 system memory. It is built on Intel’s Mobile GM965 Express chipset with the integrated GMA X3100 graphics. The specifications say the TravelMate 4720 comes with up to 160GB SATA hard drive and a choice of DVD burner or combo optical drive.
Acer → Acer TravelMate 6292 Ultra-Portable’s Details Unveiled
Acer TravelMate 6292 features the new ProFile design, a 12-inch widescreen display with 1280×800 resolution and Mobile Intel GM965 Express chipset supporting the latest Intel Core 2 Duo T7100/T7300/T7500/T7700 processors. The GM965 incorporates the integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 and provides support for up to 4GB of DDR2 system memory. This ultra-portable system comes with up to 200GB Serial ATA hard drive and a DVD burner.
Acer → Acer: No Battery Recall
Acer said it won’t need to make any recall related to a Sony battery cells production glitch, causing laptop batteries to overheat. For the small number of Acer laptops that do use Sony materials in their batteries, Acer’s battery charging mechanism ensures the batteries will not have problems, said Gianfranco Lanci, president of Acer, at an investors conference on Friday.
Acer → Acer Ferrari 5000 Available in North America
Acer America Corporation today announced the North American availability of the new Acer Ferrari 5000 laptop featuring 64-bit AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-60 processor at 2GHz and carbon-fiber casing, styled in black and in the exclusive “Ferrari red” color. The 15.4-inch widescreen Ferrari 5000 comes with ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics with 256MB memory, 2GB of main memory and 160GB SATA hard drive with Disk Anti-Shock Protection, and a double-layer DVD burner.
The Ferrari 5000 incorporates 802.11b/g wireless LAN, Gigabit LAN, and a Bluetooth with Bluetooth VoIP phone and a standard 56K fax/modem. It also provides VVoIP (voice and video over IP) via Acer OrbiCam integrated 1.3 megapixel CMOS camera.
Acer → Acer Ferrari 1000 North American Availability Announced
Acer America Corporation today announced the North American availability of the new Acer Ferrari 1000 laptop featuring 64-bit AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-56 processor at 1.8GHz and carbon-fiber casing.
The 12.1-inch widescreen Acer Ferrari 1000 comes with ATI RADEON XPRESS 1150 graphics chipset supporting up to 512MB Hypermemory. It provides VGA, HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) and S-video TV-out ports.