The Acer TravelMate 8100 model laptop from Acer is one which every body will look for with all the comprehensive necessities provided in this system. And this laptop is available at a low price manufactured at the up-to-the-minute platform of Intel Sonoma.

Advantages

The 6.4 pounds weighing Acer TravelMate 8100 is a well-resourced laptop where you can do almost everything except watching DVD is not a good choice over here. The other benefits of this machine are that of a wide screen, you can easily up grade the machine and comes in a glossy case. The new advantages are addition to the notable TravelMate 8000.

Specifications

The specifications for the laptop are worth mentioning. WSXGA+ wide display of 15.4" have the resolution at the maximum of 1680x1050. The processor descriptions include that of Intel Pentium M 760 at the speed of 2 GHz. The PATA hard drive (Seagate Momentus) is of 100 GB with rpm at 5400. There are two 512MB SRAM of DDR2 (533 MHz). The system software is Windows XP Professional (SP2). There is optical drive of twofold layer- DVD+/-RW.

Network and Graphics

The graphics card having VGA and DVI output is of ATI Mobility Radeon X700. The card reader is 5-in-1. The network support is of Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG; Bluetooth of Broadcom 2035; Ethernet (Gigabit) of Broadcom NetXtreme. An id card at the size of a credit card provides secured access by the Acer SmartCard. 56k ITU V.92 modem is present besides FireWire of IEEE 1394.

Conclusion for the Acer TravelMate 8100

End result for the product can be that this model has somewhat lesser life for its battery but is a better system than TravelMate 8000. The price at $2299 is appropriate for this good featured portable device of computing with a sleek and powerful design though does not satisfy the entertainment purpose.

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