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More…Notebook shoppers, start your engines. The latest Acer Ferrari laptop is a good choice if you're looking for something a little different--but not too offbeat--in a home portable. The $2399 (as of 2/6/07) Ferrari 5005WLMi offers better design and battery life than earlier Acer Ferrari models did, and it has some new features and an unusual keyboard.
Acer Ferrari 5005WLMi
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- Included Devices
Storage
| Total HD Size | 160 GB |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD±R DL/DVD±RW |
| Optical Drive Speed | 8 |
| Removable Optical Drive | No |
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| Number of Media Slots | 3 |
| PC Card Slots | Yes |
Networking
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Included network card | Gigabit ethernet |
| Modem Type | V.92 |
| Wireless LAN Type | 802.11a/g |
Multimedia
| Video chipset | ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 |
| Installed video memory | 256 MB |
| Video integration | Discrete |
Software
| Included Software | Acer Empowering Technology software utilities |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
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Pros
Slot-fed DVD burner
HDMI connection
Cons
Unusual keyboard
Weak speakers
Bottom Line
This upgrade to Acer's racing-themed notebook line has an HDMI port and an unusual, curved keyboard.
Acer Ferrari 5005WLMi
Ferrari 5005WLMi Review, by Carla Thornton February 16, 2007
Acer is the official supplier to the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One racing team, and the 5005WLMi has the candy-apple-red trim of older Ferrari laptops but a comparatively sedate black lid instead of a checkered one. Maintaining the line's relatively svelte design, the 5005WLMi weighs 6.8 pounds without the power adapter and measures about 1.5 inches thick. The 5005WLMi also has a 15.4-inch WSXGA screen and a cool, slot-fed dual-layer DVD burner.
Other new features--which help justify the price--include an HDMI (high-definition) video connection, a 160GB hard drive, and the new ExpressCard/34 slot that supplements a PC Card reader. The built-in 1.3-megapixel Webcam is one of the better ones included with a notebook: Since it can rotate 225 degrees, you can record in front of or behind the lid, and the Acer Orbicam software provides one-click videos and snapshots.
Equipped with a high-end 2-GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 processor and 2GB of DDR2-667 SDRAM, our test unit earned a WorldBench 5 score of 98. Though we have no similarly equipped notebooks in our current all-purpose test pool, we can say that this score basically comes within range of the marks earned by other notebooks with 2-GHz Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors. The notebook's nine-cell battery lasted 3 hours, 43 minutes, more than 25 percent longer than previous Ferraris we've tested.
A tad easier to upgrade than older Ferrari models, the 5005WLMi has memory slots that are located together in one bottom compartment instead of under the keyboard. Other features--including the five-in-one flash memory-card slot with attached cover, the audio ports, and a FireWire port--are conveniently positioned on the front of the notebook. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless communications have their own separate, front-mounted on and off switches, a very nice touch.
The keyboard layout includes a four-way scrolling button to save time negotiating documents and Web pages, plus four user-programmable quick-launch buttons. The slight 5-degree, U-shaped curve of the keyboard, however, takes some getting used to, as the design makes you hold out your elbows a bit.
The 5005WLMi's gaming-friendly 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 video card helped the notebook rank second in our graphics tests among currently tested all-purpose models. Other notebooks, though, are better equipped for pure entertainment, as the Ferrari lacks one-touch DVD and CD access and a subwoofer. Even productivity applications cost extra. But if solid performance, the latest features, and race-car colors rev your engine, take a look.
Carla Thornton
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PCWorld Lab Results
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Performance Comparison with Similar Laptops
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Performance
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 589 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 379 |
| Adobe Premiere | 426 |
| Ahead Nero | 369 |
| Battery Life (Office Applications) | 3:43 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 296 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 362 |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 58.47 |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 97.18 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 568 |
| Mozilla | 455 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 532 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 290 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 314 |
| WinZip | 345 |
| World Bench 5 Score | 98 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Very Good |
WorldBench Tests
| World Bench 6 Multitasking | 553 |
User Reviews
Average User Reviews for Acer Ferrari 5005WLMi
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Reviewed by: nemophoto
Duration of ownership: 9 Months
Strengths: Looks, external connectors, battery life, HD capacity, screen -- not TOO glossy, and able to be calibrated.
Weaknesses: USB perfromance
Overall: I loved my Ferrari -- which is why I got rid of it after 9-months of mostly collecting dust. I discovered shortly after purchase that, not unlike rev limiters on engines, there was a "rev" limit to USB transfer rates -- a SERIOUS limit. The maximum transfer rate with external USB2 drives is a paltry 12MB/sec. This is way below the real-world limit of 28-30MB/sec. Even my 5-year old Sager transferred at 28MB/sec. I'm a photographer and work with pocket-sized USB drives to offload images while on location, so a transfer rate less than half the speed it should be, translates into significantly more work time at the end of a long day. The computer was sent in to Acer twice. Each time they stated there was nothing wrong with the notebook. Only, from my standpoint, it was crippled. So as much as I loved it, I sold it. STAY AWAY from this notebook if you have serious work to do and use external hard drives. (P.S. - Firewire speeds were full and normal.)
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Reviewed by: tomgelin
Strengths: Dependability
Weaknesses: No Listing
Overall: I have used the Ferrari 5000 for over a year and can only comment on the excellent reliability, dependability and over all performance. If the Ferrari 5000 is any indication of the equipment Acer manufactures they've sold me. Although a little expensive ($2500.00), you definitely get what you pay for. My next desktop will definitely be an ACER. Their product performance has sold me.
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