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Welcome the Acer Ferrari 5000

By Mauricio Freitas, in , posted: 10-DEC-2006 13:49

I got a date for this to arrive here now: 22 December, so I am told. This is when the Acer Ferrari 5000 arrives - and what a machine:


- AMD Turion 64 X2 (dual-core 64-bit) running at 2GHz, with 512KB L2 cache per core;
- 2GB RAM 667MHz DDR 2 memory configured in dual-channel mode;
- ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics processor with 256MB;
- 15.4" WSXGA or WXGA, 16 ms, widescreen;
- 160GB SATA HDD;
- HD-DVD R/W;
- Bluetooth 2.0;
- carbon fiber casing;
- 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN;
- 5-in-1 media card reader built-in;
- 1.3 megapixel digital camera built-in.


Review at the The Register.

This laptop will arrive with Windows Vista installed and ready to use, courtesy of AMD and Microsoft. I plan to replace my P4 HT 3GHz desktop and Toshiba M200 Tablet PC with this machine.

I will post about it later, when it gets here. Just before Xmas...

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Comment by Billy, on 28-DEC-2006 05:48

Cool a new laptop..

You didn't even have to buy the new win2k service pack for it....

COOOL


Comment by A. Hoc, on 28-DEC-2006 09:30

If you keep it you'll never be viewed as someone who is capable of having a unbiased opinion. Count me in as one of many who won't be returning to your blog. Unsubscribed.


Comment by Roger Jennings, on 28-DEC-2006 10:54

How about posting a screen capture of your Control Panel/Performance Information and Tools page so we can see the Ferrari 5000's Windows Experience Index. The Ferrari 1000's was 2.8, very disappointing for a "high-end" 64-bit machine.



See http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/microsoft-gives-bloggers-sub-aero-28.html



--rj


Author's note by freitasm, on 28-DEC-2006 10:58

Will do, and link back to you.


Comment by Prof. Jean, on 2-JAN-2007 11:40

I'd Like one.

Jean


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