Processor
Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64 processor 2800+
I know most people tie the temp of the laptop to the CPU and though it's not accurate that whatever CPU it has it what temp it runs, it does have an effect on that, it's size and weight, and battery life. It's a very small and light system and to the touch it's about the same as many of the other high end laptops as far as palm temp.
Hard Drive
80GB 4200rpm
This is as high as you will find in a laptop that uses mobile drives. Why they used a 4200rpm hard drive in a laptop they named after a super car I have no idea.
RAM
512MB 333DDR
Acer says it supports 2GB of DDR400, but they bundle it with 512MB of DDR333 with no other options. the difference of 333 to 400DDR is probably only going to be noticed in benchmarks. 512MB of RAM is plenty for most users and Windws XP, the only problem would be with very extreme programs, opening up tons of high res pictures with photoshop, and some of the newer games released since Planetside. Planetside was the first game I noticed having major lag with 512 and needed upgraded in all systems I tried it on. Since then there have been a few others and I noticed EQ2 recommends 1GB+ of RAM to play and a minumum of 512. Not that everyone would be playing EQ2, but just to give an example.
LCD
15" SXGA+ TFT
One of the better SXGA+ LCD I've seen. It's bright and average in angle viewing.
Comes with a matching mini mouse (USB).
The paintjob on the lid is what you would expect on an exotic supercar... beautiful and flawless. The sides are still red, but left with a rough texture.
The slot load CD drive is one of my fav features as I've always preferred the slot over the tray.
The system is over all very solid and light. It weighed in under 7 lbs.
The keyboard like most of the high end Acer's I've seen has the curved keys which I get mixed opinions on.
The default desktop scene here. During boot up you will hear a loud "vrrrrroooommmmm" like you're at the track and a car is flying by. This is guaranteed to get everyone's attention, so be prepared.
The hard drive is a pretty easy swap. You can access it by just removing two screws. It take 4 more scews to remove it from the bracket.
Couple of video benchmarks
Aquamark3
26,182
3DMARK01 SE
10,898
3DMARK03
3,028
I ran it with DVD playback right out of the box after completing 100% full charge. It ran 1 hour and 40 minutes before shutting down.
Overall I think it's a sweet system for the right person. To reach the full market a UXGA LCD, faster CPU, more RAM, and a faster hard drive need to be offered as options. It has been noted by another user that they successfully upgraded to the 3200+ AMD procesor. We've been doing some hard drive swaps for people also to the 80GB 5400rpm hard drive and 60GB 7200rpm drive.
Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64 processor 2800+
I know most people tie the temp of the laptop to the CPU and though it's not accurate that whatever CPU it has it what temp it runs, it does have an effect on that, it's size and weight, and battery life. It's a very small and light system and to the touch it's about the same as many of the other high end laptops as far as palm temp.
Hard Drive
80GB 4200rpm
This is as high as you will find in a laptop that uses mobile drives. Why they used a 4200rpm hard drive in a laptop they named after a super car I have no idea.
RAM
512MB 333DDR
Acer says it supports 2GB of DDR400, but they bundle it with 512MB of DDR333 with no other options. the difference of 333 to 400DDR is probably only going to be noticed in benchmarks. 512MB of RAM is plenty for most users and Windws XP, the only problem would be with very extreme programs, opening up tons of high res pictures with photoshop, and some of the newer games released since Planetside. Planetside was the first game I noticed having major lag with 512 and needed upgraded in all systems I tried it on. Since then there have been a few others and I noticed EQ2 recommends 1GB+ of RAM to play and a minumum of 512. Not that everyone would be playing EQ2, but just to give an example.
LCD
15" SXGA+ TFT
One of the better SXGA+ LCD I've seen. It's bright and average in angle viewing.
Comes with a matching mini mouse (USB).
The paintjob on the lid is what you would expect on an exotic supercar... beautiful and flawless. The sides are still red, but left with a rough texture.
The slot load CD drive is one of my fav features as I've always preferred the slot over the tray.
The system is over all very solid and light. It weighed in under 7 lbs.
The keyboard like most of the high end Acer's I've seen has the curved keys which I get mixed opinions on.
The default desktop scene here. During boot up you will hear a loud "vrrrrroooommmmm" like you're at the track and a car is flying by. This is guaranteed to get everyone's attention, so be prepared.
The hard drive is a pretty easy swap. You can access it by just removing two screws. It take 4 more scews to remove it from the bracket.
Couple of video benchmarks
Aquamark3
26,182
3DMARK01 SE
10,898
3DMARK03
3,028
I ran it with DVD playback right out of the box after completing 100% full charge. It ran 1 hour and 40 minutes before shutting down.
Overall I think it's a sweet system for the right person. To reach the full market a UXGA LCD, faster CPU, more RAM, and a faster hard drive need to be offered as options. It has been noted by another user that they successfully upgraded to the 3200+ AMD procesor. We've been doing some hard drive swaps for people also to the 80GB 5400rpm hard drive and 60GB 7200rpm drive.
