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Acer TravelMate 3004WTMi review

8.1

Editors' Rating

Excellent

7.9

Members' Rating

Very Good

Typical price:£ 1199

Verdict

Acer's latest ultraportable notebook delivers excellent performance and good battery life if you use the bigger 6-cell battery. But if you need optical storage on the move, you'll have to carry an external drive... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Excellent performance
  • Good battery life with the larger 6-cell unit
  • Businesslike design

Cons

  • External optical drive adds to bulk and weight
  • Can't hot-swap batteries without mains power

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: Intel
Processor model: Pentium M 760
Clock speed: 2 GHz
RAM installed: 512 MB
Wireless LAN: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection
Hard drive size: 80 GB
Graphics processor: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 (integrated)
Graphics RAM: 128 MB
Display diagonal size: 12.1 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 29.7x2.5x21 cm
Weight: 1.46 kg
Operating system: Windows XP Professional Edition

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Member Opinion

7.9

Average Member Rating

Very Good

4 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Anonymous

Very poor build quality and terrible Acer support

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4.0

Mediocre


Anonymous

Anonymous

Small, fast and good value

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9.0

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

Perfect travelmate

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9.5

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

Ligh, small and powerful: excellent choice

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9.0

Spectacular


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