Ferrari Dark : Acer Ferrari 4005

The included mouse is a slick looking mouse. It is just slow in terms of response for my needs. I got "a problem occurred when installing" message every time I installed/uninstalled the mouse. Don't have time to get it working properly, anyone figured it out yet?

I ditched it for my Kensington Optical Elite, corded USB. Smooth and responsive as ever.

The mouse on the laptop is very good. The "widescreen" track area is awesome pair with the widescreen LCD. Some could say the buttons are a bit stiff but I actually prefer the keys to feel solid when pushing down.

I was very surprised on how cool the Ferrari 4000 runs. The palm rests have yet to get hot at all. I have only experienced a little warmth after prolonged use. The laptop runs much cooler than I was expecting. Even during gaming it remains warm at most.

Update: After much use for about a week laptop runs very cool. I've been doing everything from gaming, web browsing, etc. It does not get hot at all. I have not seen the heat some users have noted.

Note: I never use the laptop on my lap so I cannot comment on the underside of the laptop.

Fan is on constantly, not that audible. It does not bother me at all. It blows cool air during regular use and is not loud at all. Does turn a step louder when I play Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas

DVD Drive makes some noise upon inserting a disc but afterward tones down to barely noticeable.

Big improvement over the ATI 9700. Will play any game out there right now [Why do people ask?] Fans kicks up a notch when gaming and palm rests get only a little warm.

Has run all my games at silky smooth frame rates and images look fantastic.

The case is amazing. Lid looks spectacular with the Carbon Fiber weave and a highly glossy finish. Pictures really don't do it justice.

The rubberized coating has a awesome feel to it as well. The coating definitely insulates the heat from the inside. If it were made of plastic the palm rests would be much hotter.

This thing is solid. Opening and closing the screen is very tight and not loose at all. One great thing I love is the sliding lever to open the screen is made out of rubber which offers great grip.


Great viewing angles. Colors are crisp and text is very easy to read. Compared to Ferrari 3400 this screen blows it away.

Be sure to turn the DPI setting back to 96DPI to get a much clearer display. Also turning on ClearType improves readability [thanks goeat]

Offers more then enough brightness, I have mine tuned to 100% and it looks great. No Dead Pixels, Looks great from all angles.

Update: The 1680X1050 resolution is awesome, ample work space having multiple windows open at the same time. Works great with Acer's GridVista, my favorite is side by side web browsing.

Offers very good sound. Speaker are quite clear and crisp and better than most laptops. They just lack bass but still very good in terms of quality.

Headphone output volume is too low when using headphones. I used the same pair on my previous laptop Ferrari 3400 and it was more than adequate. On the Ferrari 4000 it was much too low. Probably gonna opt to buy TurtleBeach USB Advantage to give the volume a boost.

I like the slight curve it employs. It does make some slights clicks and noises pressing down on certain keys. It is a bit noisier than most of the keyboards I have come across. It makes clocks and squeaks when typing.

Acer FineTouch is great, very responsive even with a slight touch on a key

First thing I did was install Norton Partition Magic and converted the C: drive to NTFS. Partition Magic did a great job and optimized the cluster size for the best fit for my hard drive [4k].

Windows conversion utility has a problem which results in a inefficient cluster size of 512 bytes for NTFS [decreased performance].

One thing that was odd when I started Partition Magic it picked up a error on the hard drive. Something about the LHS values and CBS or something not matching on 1563667373 on Master Table. Don't remember exactly what it said but I used eRecovery and had it reinstall everything from the CDs to see if the error was still present on Factory Image and it was. Anyways Partition Magic fixed it right away. I don't know what the error meant and don't think it was anything serious but worth mentioning.

Great range and performance. Always Very High or High signal strength wherever I take it. Acer SignalUp design to thank for that. Works great with my WPA encrypted wireless network.

All the included Acer applications are awesome. I love Acer GridVista, great for viewing multiple windows. Also Acer eSettings is great for changing different settings within Windows without rebooting, like boot options.

Update: NTI CD & DVD Maker is basiacally a rip off of Roxio's Easy CD & DVD Creator. Works just as well so I am sticking with NTI since its already loaded on the machine

Picked up this Targus Bag for 15.4 notebooks fits it perfectly and looks slick and very business like at the same time. I love this case it is very small and compact and is a perfect fit for the notebook. No room left for the laptop to move around or "wiggle." Not too tight either, perfect comfortable fit.



This has to be the sexiest notebook I've put my hands on. The black accent give it a slick, sleek look. The Ferrari emblem on the lid is slick. The previous Ferrari Models were much too flashy. This looks like a laptop I could bring to a business meeting is what I'm trying to say. Not too flashy, just sleek.

The lights give the laptop "flavor". I like the the glow of the power button alot. The Wireless and Bluetooth lights have a cool glow as well. Acer stamps are all slick looking with a metallic finish.

I don't quite know what you mean, do?

As far as gaming it looks beautiful, all settings can be turned up to the Max. Runs silky smooth, far better than ATI 9700 as expected.

The hard drive comes in two seperate drives each about 40GB. They are each called partitions. They come in FAT32, I converted to NTFS for better features.

The headphone jack doubles as S/PDIF jack on the Ferrari 4000 for 5.1 Output. This is true for the Turtle USB advantage as well. You need a special Tosilink cable though to connect in both cases.

Microsoft may have made some changes, I based it on many articles I have read for converting to NTFS.

You are right about the headphones, I knew that, iPod earbuds offer enough volume. But I love my Philips Noise Cancelling Headphone [New] they offer crisp, clean sound with the right amount of bass and aren't big either.

tech9ne, Thanks for your review first off, Based alot of my buying decision on your thoughts.

I have a question though, With the Turtle USB Advantage does it offer better sound and features over Ferrari Realtek? Did you notice a difference?

How is the surround effect? Works well in games as well? After installing it is the Windows sound device disabled [Little speaker icon in tray]?

I ask since Turtle does not list any specs to compare since RealTek does have some good features built into the Ferrari. EAX 2.0 support, etc...

http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/p...odelid=2003061

Who said this? Games look beautiful on my Ferrari. I play GTA San Andreas at 1024X768 by choice with all settings maxed out and it looks beautiful. You can definitely play at higher resolutions it depends on how smooth you want it to run. I've played at 1280X1024 and it still ran smooth.

The new ATI cards [9700 and on] do not stretch the image it using a special technique to tranform the image into 16:9 ratio. I don't think I've ever played a game in my native for any of the laptops I've owned and they all looked spectacular.