Acer Packs the Athlon64, More Fire Power Under Its Ferrari 3200 Notebook's Hood

1:00 PM - July 8, 2004 - by Harald Thon

2. Technical Data For The Taiwanese Ferrari

In addition to the specs of the Acer Ferrari3200, the table below also contains the specs of various notebooks that we tested in the last few months which we feel can be used as comparisons.

	Acer Ferrari 3200	Asus M6800N	Blackbox-M11 (Dell XPS)
Type	Two-Spindle / All-In-One	Two-Spindle / Modular	Two-Spindle / All-In-One
Dimensions (WxHxD)	330mm x 31mm x 277mm / 13.0" x 1.22" x 10.9"	352mm x 37mm x 272mm / 13.85" x 1.46" x 10.71"	360mm x 60mm x 270mm / 14.2" x 2.4" x 10.6"
Weight of unit	3118g / 6.86lbs	2960 g / 6.51lbs	4400g / 9.68lbs
Weight of charger and cable	540g / 1.19lbs	414 g / 0.91lbs	1300 g / 2.86 lbs
Battery Weight	425g / 15.00 oz	426 g / 15.00oz	650 g / 22.95oz
Pointing Device(s)	Touchpad	Touchpad	Touchpad
Display Size	15"	15.1"	15.4"
Display Resolution	1400x1050	1400x1050	1920x1200
CPU	Athlon 64 Mobile 2800+	Pentium-M 1.5 GHz	Pentium4 2.40 GHz HT
Memory Type	PC2700 DDR SDRAM CL2.5	PC2700 DDR SDRAM	PC3200 DDR CL3.0
Amount of Memory	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB
Chipset Northbridge	K8T800	Intel 82855PM (MCH)	Intel 865
Chipset Southbridge	VT8233A	Intel 82801DBM ICH4-M	Intel ICH5
Graphics Controller	ATI MR9700 128 MB DDR 445MHz /209MHz (core/memory)	ATI MR9600 64 MB DDR 317MHz /210MHz (core/memory)	ATI MR9700 128 MB DDR 445MHz/ 263 MHz (core/memory)
Hard drive bay	2.5", 9.5mm height	2.5", 9.5 mm height	2.5", 9.5mm height
Ethernet/WLAN	Broadcom Netextreme 1 GBit / Broadcom 802.11g	Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit / -	10/100 MBit/ -
Bluetooth-Radio	Yes, Widcomm	No	option
Modem	Agere Systems AC97	Soft K56 Dta Fax SmartCP	Smart Link 56k
Audio	Realtek AC97	SigmaTel C-Major Audio	SigmaTel C-Major Audio
Battery Capacity	65.12 Wh	63.64 Wh	95 Wh
DVD-/CD-R/RW-Drive	Panasonic UJ825 S 4x/2x8x//16x8x24xDVD-R/-RW//CD-R/-RW (Multi-DVD)+2x DVD-RAM+2.4xDVD+R/+RW	Toshiba SD-R2512 8x//24x24x24x DVD-//CD-R/-RW Combo Laufwerk	DVD+RW-Drive
Hard disk	Hitachi Travelstar 80GN IC25N080ATMR04 ATA-6 80 GB/4200rpm/8 MB	Hitachi Travelstar 80GN IC25N080ATMR04 ATA-6 80 GB/4200rpm/8 MB	80 GB
PC-Card Slot(s)	1x type II (L)	1xtype II ( L)	1xtype II
Floppy Drive	No	No
USB ports	4x USB 2.0 (L)		4x USB 2.0
1394 ports	1x (L)	1x (L)	1x
IR port	Yes (F)	IrDA (L)	No
Serial Ports	No	No	No
Parallel Ports	Yes (B)	Yes (B)	No
VGA out	Yes (B)	Yes (B)	Yes
PS/2-Connector	No	No	No
Headphone/Microphone/ Line In Connector	Yes/Yes/Yes (L)	Yes(L)/Yes(L)	Yes/Yes
Video-In/Out	No/Yes (S-Video) (B)	No/Yes ( B, S-Video )	No/Yes (S-Video)
B=Back side, F=Front, L=Left side, R=Right Side
Extras	4 in 1 Cardreader for MMC,SDC,SMC,MS (F)	CD-Player feature
	Dell Inspiron 8600	Dell Inspiron 8600	Yakumo Q8M Power64 XD
Type	Two-Spindle / Modular	Two-Spindle / Modular	Two-Spindle / All-In-One
Dimensions (WxHxD)	357mm x 36mm x 276mm / 14.01" x 1.42" x 10.87"	357mm x 36mm x 276mm / 14.01" x 1.42" x 10.87"	333mm x 47mm x 285mm / 13.1" x 1.85" x 11.2"
Weight of unit	3510g / 7.72lbs	3510g / 7.72lbs	3985g / 8.77lbs
Weight of charger and cable	440 g / 0.97 lbs	440 g / 0.97 lbs	735g / 1.62lbs
Battery Weight	470 g / 16.59 oz	470 g / 16.59 oz	675g / 23.83 oz
Pointing Device(s)	Touchpad +Trackstick	Touchpad +Trackstick	Touchpad
Display Size	15.4"	15.4"	15"
Display Resolution	1680x1050	1920x1200	1024x786
CPU	Pentium-M 1.7 GHz	Pentium-M 1.7 GHz	Athlon 64 Mobile 3000+
Memory Type	PC2700 DDR SDRAM	PC2700 DDR SDRAM	PC2100 DDR SDRAM CL2.5
Amount of Memory	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB
Chipset Northbridge	Intel 82855PM (MCH)	Intel 82855PM (MCH)	K8T800
Chipset Southbridge	Intel 82801DBM ICH4-M	Intel 82801DBM ICH4-M	VT8235
Graphics Controller	ATI MR9600 Pro Turbo 128 MB DDR 337MHz /243MHz (core/memory)	Nvidia Geforce FX Go5650 128 MB DDR 325MHz /295MHz (core/memory)	ATI MR9600 64 MB DDR 350MHz /200MHz (core/memory)
Hard drive bay	2.5", 9.5 mm height	2.5", 9.5 mm height	2.5", 9.5mm height
Ethernet/WLAN	Broadcom 440x 10/100 MBit/ Dell Truemobile 1300	Broadcom 440x 10/100 MBit/ Dell Truemobile 1300	VIA compatible 10/100 MBit/ -
Bluetooth-Radio	option	option	No
Modem	BCM V.92 56K Modem	PCTEL 2304WT V.92 MDC Modem	Smart Link 56k
Audio	Sigma Tel C-Major	Sigma Tel C-Major	C-Media AC97
Battery Capacity	72 Wh	72 Wh	97.68 Wh
DVD-/CD-R/RW-Drive	NEC ND-5100A 4x/4x/8x//16x16x24x DVD+R/+RW//CD-R/-RW	NEC ND-5100A	Panasonic UJ815 A 2x/1x8x//16x8x24xDVD-R/-RW//CD-R/-RW (Multi-DVD)+2x DVD-RAM
Hard disk	Hitachi Travelstar 7K60 HTS726060M9AT00 ATA-6 60 GB/7200rpm/8 MB	Fujitsu MHT2060AT PL ATA-6 60 GB/4200rpm/2 MB	Seagate Momentus ST94011A ATA-6 40 GB/5400rpm/2 MB
PC-Card Slot(s)	1xtype II ( L)	1xtype II ( L)	1x type II (R)
Floppy Drive	No	No	No
USB ports	2x USB 2.0 (2x B)	2x USB 2.0 (2x B)	4x USB 2.0 (R,B)
1394 ports	1x (L)	1x (L)	1x (F)
IR port	IrDA 1.1 (L)	IrDA 1.1 (L)	Yes (F)
Serial Ports	Yes (B)	Yes (B)	No
Parallel Ports	Yes (B)	Yes (B)	Yes (B)
VGA out	Yes (B)	Yes (B)	Yes (B)
PS/2-Connector	No	No	No
Headphone/Microphone/ Line In Connector	Yes(L)/Yes(L)	Yes(L)/Yes(L)	Yes/Yes/No (F)
Video-In/Out	No/Yes ( B, S-Video )	No/Yes ( B, S-Video )	No/Yes (S-Video)
B=Back side, F=Front, L=Left side, R=Right Side
Extras			4 in 1 Cardreader (F)