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Acer Ferrari 5005WLMi

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Pros
Slot-fed DVD burner
HDMI connection
Cons
Unusual keyboard
Weak speakers

Performance: Very Good: 80
Features: Very Good: 85
Design: Very Good: 80

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

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
Multitasking	553

What You Should Know about the Ferrari 5005WLMi

Multitask and Not Bog Down

The more memory a PC has, the faster your programs run and the more windows you can work in simultaneously. Equipped with memory between 1GB and 3GB, this laptop should be able to handle just about any task you can throw at it without bogging down too much. For instance, if you're a multitasker and you'd like to burn a music CD in one window while watching your favorite DVD movie (for the umpteenth time) in another--while flipping between your inbox and your browser to work on your blog during the movie's boring parts--this laptop can manage it all without a hiccup.

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 Evaluation: 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.)
Reviewed by: tomgelin

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Dependability

Weaknesses: No Listing

Overall Evaluation: 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.