New Acer ferrari 1100

Continuing Acer's partnership with Ferrari, the Ferrari 1100 is a new design that's laden with lots carbon fibre, red highlights and the famous Prancing Horse logo of the Maranello based company.

No doubt due to its association with Ferrari's Formula One team, is the system is AMD powered which, given Intel's domination of the market both in terms of sales and performance, is a major handicap. This may be tough on AMD, but right now its mobile options are simply not up to scratch.


Putting these feelings aside, CPU options start with the 1.60GHz Turion 64 X2 TL-58 and run up to 2.3GHz TL-66. Based on the AMD M690T chipset Draft N Wi-Fi is included as standard, while there's 2GB 667MHz DDR2 RAM (upgradeable to 4GB) to help power all those memory hungry applications. A key feature is the display, which is a 12.1in, 1,280 x 800 panel and features white LED backlighting. Though not the lightest at just under 2kg with a 6-cell battery, it's still perfectly portable and Acer claim up to four hours battery life from a single charge

 

should be a nice unit; however i'd like to see some pics... not even any on the acer site yet

 

I really don't get why some manufacturers still insist on using AMD in high end laptops when Turion is simply inferior to the Core 2 series.

 

its because the ferrari formula one team are sponsered by both acer and AMD; its a collaboration of brands. Think of it as an extended marketing/branding exercise

 

but the video card probably sux on this one

 

it will because its not designed for gaming