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Acer Ferrari 3200 review

7.0

Editors' Rating

Very Good

7.5

Members' Rating

Very Good

Typical price:£ 1499

Verdict

Unless you're looking for a notebook to go with your red sports car, there are better-performing thin-and-light systems than Acer's Ferrari 3200... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Cool case design
  • Integrated 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
  • DVD±RW drive
  • 4-in-1 flash memory card slot

Cons

  • Unimpressive performance and battery life
  • Can't pick and choose components
  • Sparse support Web site

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: AMD
Processor model: Athlon 64 2800+
Clock speed: 1.8 GHz
RAM installed: 512 MB
Wireless LAN: 802.11g Mini-PCI module
Hard drive size: 80 GB
Graphics processor: ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
Graphics RAM: 128 MB
Display diagonal size: 15 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 33x3.1x27.2 cm
Weight: 3 kg
Operating system: Windows XP Home

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Member Opinion

7.5

Average Member Rating

Very Good

5 Members have reviewed this product

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john yo

john yo

Never acer

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6.0

Good


Anonymous

Anonymous

Have a stock of replacement hard drives

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5.5

Average


Rafay Seyal

Rafay Seyal

Excellent laptop

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9.5

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

I love my 3200!

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9.0

Spectacular


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Featured Talkback

Put simply, what is the compelling reason to pay ~$200 extra for an Eee with Windows XP? A Windows Eee won't come with any useful applications and you'll have to buy anti-virus software to boot. The truth about low cost computing is that nobody really cares whether the machine is running Windows or Linux as long as its cheap, its easy to use and it works.

By: dogStar

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Yahoo's incompetence

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