3. Seen From All Sides: The TM 803LCi In Pictures, Continued

Switches for the wireless functions.

To the right, you can see the eye of the IR interface and the battery, plus the on/ off status indicator.

The combo drive is integrated on the right-hand side in the media bay.

Anyone who does not require an optical drive while out and about can save himself around 100 grams in weight by using the supplied Weight Saver module. By way of an option, Acer offers an additional battery (USD 186 net) for this slot.

The rear side incorporates the ports for the modem, Ethernet, I/O port replicator, printer and VGA, in addition to the S-Video output. Acer has not fitted a flap to protect the ports from dust.

The hard disk drive, RAM and WLAN modules are easily accessible via flaps on the underside, which greatly facilitates upgrading.

Close-up of Intel's WLAN module.

As the only RAM socket is already taken, there is no space for additional memory.

Anyone thinking about upgrading his 800 series with more than 512 MB RAM will be disappointed. The only "free" RAM slot is already occupied by a 256 MB module. As such, users are left with only the (expensive) upgrade option of adding an additional 512 MB module to 768 MB max.