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Acer Ferrari 4000

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Pros
Delivers great battery life
Cons
Keyboard is awkwardly designed

Pricing: Very Expensive: $2199 (10/19/2005)
Performance: Very Good: 82
Features: Superior: 91
Design: Good: 78

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Expensive: $2199

Performance

Very Good: 82

World Bench 5 Tests - Very Good: 85

Battery Test
Number of Included Batteries	1
Battery Life (Office Applications)	3:00

Features

Superior: 91

CPU & Memory
CPU	1.8-GHz Turion 64 ML-34
System Memory	1024
Type of Memory	DDR333 SDRAM

Video & Display
Display Size (inches)	15.4" Display
Horizontal Resolution	1680
Vertical Resolution	1050
Video Chip Set	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
Video Memory	128
Wide Screen	Yes

Storage
Total HD Size (GB)	100GB Hard Drive
Optical Drive Type	DVD+R DL/DVD±RW
Removable Optical Drive	Yes
Floppy Drive	No
Number of Media Slots	5
Other Removable Media Drive	Five-in-one media card reader

Ports & Expansion
Serial Ports	No
Parallel Ports	No
USB Ports	4
FireWire Ports	1
Microphone Ports	Yes
Headphone Jacks	Yes
S-Video Ports	Yes
Composite Video Ports	No
Docking Station Port	Yes
Infrared Port	Yes
Shared Mouse/Keyboard Port	No
Mini PCI Port	No
PC Card Slots	1
Express Card Slots	0

Connectivity
Network Port	Gigabit ethernet
Wireless LAN Type	802.11g
Bluetooth	Yes
Modem Type	V.92

Other
Standard Number of Batteries	1
Type of Batteries	Lithium ion
Built-In Speakers	Stereo
Dimensions	14.3 by 10.4 by 1.6
Min. Weight (lbs.)	6.7Lbs.
Average Weight (pounds, with accessories)	7.9
Accessories	Notebook, AC adapter, phone cord, optical drive
Pointing Device	Touchpad
Multipurpose Bay	Bay supports DVDRW Multi,
Operating System	Windows XP Professional

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	9
Saturday Support Hours	0
Sunday Support Hours	0
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	Currently a minor player in the U.S. consumer market, Acer may be destined for greater things. Its tech support for notebooks--specifically its phone service and hold times-- won high praise from users. Acer is good at replacing failed components, too.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products with core component problems	Average
Reports of products with failed components	Better than Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Average
Reports of products arriving with problems	Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Average

Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support	Better than Average
Overall quality of vendor's phone support	Better than Average
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service	Average
Overall quality of service	Average

Design

Good: 78

Acer Ferrari 4000 Review

by Carla Thornton

- When I think of racing, I think of ear-bleeding engine noise and fiery multicar pileups. Maybe that's why I initially steered clear of the Acer Ferrari 4000 with its black-checkered lid and "EAARRRrrrrrooom!" startup sound. (Acer says you can turn this off in Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Sounds.) But beneath its novelty exterior, this all-purpose notebook is well equipped, starting with AMD's cutting-edge 64-bit mobile CPU, the Turion 64.

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