Found My Next Laptop

My current laptop is 5 years old … it work ok still but i would like something new

so i started looking around, i paid 2500 for this one when i got it, and will pay around the same for a new one… my biggest thing is something light
yes its real carbon fiber

http://www.barrys-rigs-n-reviews.com/reviews/2005/hardware/f4000/images/box/box02.jpg

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Acer Ferrari 4000 4005WLMi Notebook

Manufactured by: Acer, Inc.

Distributed by: Various retailers (www.shopping.com)

Specifications:

Operating system

  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Platform

  • Processor: AMD Turion 64 ML-37 processor (2.0 GHz)
  • Chipset: ATI RADEON XPRESS 200P

Memory

  • 1 GB of DDR333 memory, upgradeable to 2 GB using two soDIMM modules

Display

  • 15.4" WSXGA+ TFT LCD, 1680 x 1050 resolution
  • 16.7 million colors

Graphics

  • ATI Mobility RADEON X700 with 128 MB of external DDR VRAM, supporting ATI Powerplay 5.0, Microsoft
  • DirectX 9.0 and PCI Express
  • DualView support; external display at up to 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution, 85 Hz
  • MPEG-2 DVD hardware-assisted capability
  • S-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) support
  • DVI-D (true digital video interface) support

Audio

  • Audio system with microphone and two built-in speakers
  • AC’97 compliant
  • S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) support

Storage

  • 100 GB ATA/100 hard disk drive
  • 5-in-1 card reader supporting Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro, MultiMediaCard (MMC), Secure Digital (SD) and xD-Picture Card
    Optical media drive
  • Slot-load DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive

Communication

  • Modem: 56K ITU V.92 with PTT approval;
  • Wake-on-Ring ready
  • LAN: gigabit Ethernet; Wake-on-LAN ready
  • WLAN: integrated Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ solution; supporting Acer SignalUp wireless technology
  • WPAN: integrated Bluetooth

Size and weight

  • 363 (W) x 265.7 (D) x 30.5/34.3 (H) mm
  • (14.29 x 10.46 x 1.2/1.36 inches)
  • 2.86 kg (6.3 lbs.)

Power

  • ACPI 1.0b power management standard supports Standby and Hibernation power-saving modes
  • 71 W Li-ion battery pack
  • 2.5-hour rapid charge, 3.5-hour charge-in-use
  • 3-pin 90 W AC adapter
    Special keys and controls
  • 88-/89-key Acer FineTouch™ keyboard
  • Built-in touchpad with 4-way scroll button
  • Four easy-launch buttons
  • Two front-access buttons: WLAN LED-button and Bluetooth® LED-button

I/O ports

  • 124-pin Acer ezDock connector
  • Four USB 2.0 ports
  • IEEE 1394 port (4-pin)
  • Ethernet (RJ-45) port
  • Modem (RJ-11) port
  • External display (VGA) port
  • S-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) port
  • DVI-D port
  • Microphone/line-in jack
  • Headphones/speaker/line-out port with S/PDIF support
  • PC Card slot (one Type II)
  • 5-in-1 card reader
  • DC-in jack for AC adapter

System compliance

  • Mobile PC 2001
  • ACPI 1.0b
  • DMI 2.0
  • Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX)

Warranty

  • One-year International Travelers Warranty (ITW)

REAL CARBON FIBER!?!!?!
holy shit. I need one of those to screw onto my hood scoop.

Dibs on your old one. (if u sell it)

Hot laptop BTW.

my old laptop is a dell inspiron 8100 … they go on ebay for about 400 bux… id probably sell it for like 350 ish

it has 2 batteries in it now and gets almost 7 hours of battery life

talk about light

How is this processor with battery life and heat generated. I have always found that AMD laptops run real real hot

no SATA no care :stuck_out_tongue:

Fucking hot!!!

But with that Athlon 64 that thing will be sucking battery power empty in minutes.

I usually leave mine plugged in so I don’t care…gimme gimme gimme

it says battery run time is 3hrs.

3 hours is a long time for battery to last, lucky if i get an hour out of mine these days. sick laptop, on top of the fact that it looks ill, its got the specs to back it up…all in all i am very impressed by your hardware

holy shit… a riced out laptop… that is a new low.

i saw a sony carbon fiber laptop in a sony store a few months ago. it used to be on dynamism.com. looked so hot. as thin as .4"
was $3k for regular version, $4k for CF version. was so hot.

I don’t care if it was made of titanium.

There is no way in hell I would buy an acer.

Unless it was stupid cheap.

But that’s 2500 bucks.

Really? I always heard that Acers were good.

lol, who told you that?

Acers are cheap

they make parts

they make cheap parts.

I remember reading laptop reviews when I was in the market and Acer always scored high.

i bought an acer once. had to send it back. pretty sure they want bankrupt soon after that and now they are trying to build up again. bah.

acers suck balls, and that laptop isnt that light anyways.

6lbs is not exactly light for a laptop, dell has some that are under 5

yea but none of those under 5 lb laptops are 15.4 in laptops

my current dell is almost 10lbs

Doesn’t Asus make laptops?