Posts by Rustican

Well if you want your laptop to stand out then definitely don't get a Dell. But the price is impossible to beat. Asus might have something up your alley. Maybe a MSI notebook too. Sagers are great price/performance though...

The Acer Ferrari 4000 has one, though i haven't come across a chance to use it yet.

Yup, more things come standard on laptops now as opposed to a few years ago. Most PCMCIA slost were used for, ethernet or modem expansions(now standard), a external optical drive (now standard), wireless (now standard), ports or other...

Just installed the 5.9 mobility catalysts. Work well so far.

Hm... thinking back, Acer released the Ferrari 3200 last year around the same time the Ferrari 4000 came out this year. Then later on they released the Ferrari 3400 around the last quarter of 2004. So if they follow the same suit...

Mac's have CAD, called Cadintosh. Google it. I'm not sure how good it is compared to AutoCAD. PC's have a better selection of software though. I woud get a Ferrari over the Mac. But my oppnion is bias since i have one. It's a...

Install some antivirus and anti spam. (AVG anti virus, Microsoft Antispyware both free) Install a firewall (Zonealarm also free) Run some benchmarks. PCMark, 3Dmark to see that everything is running properly. Now's the time...

The best place would be to try and get it from Acer. Try calling their service center and ordering the part. I don't know of any place offhand that sells the Ferrari 3200 slot drive itself.

I get around 3 hours on the Ferrari, web browsing and e-mailing. ie. Light use. PM has better battery life over all i think. But i want to run 64 bit in the future. Up to you. Both are good.

The fan is always on. The Slot drive is really nice. Won't take those mini disks though. oh well. It's easy to remove and replace though if something goes worng. Enjoy!