Advantages: Good all round multimedia laptop Disadvantages: Bulky, low battery life.
Acer is a major world leader in IT solutions and are now the third largest manufacturer of laptops worldwide. It's a great little device with plenty of features that I would highly recommend. This really is a wonderful piece of kit that should go well with many accessories because it really looks good. However, always think carefully as to whether you actually really need something before you buy it. We buy so many things nowadays that we don't really need.
Specifications:
Dimensions (WxDxH): 47.5 cm x 35.2 cm x 6.2 cm
RAM: 1 GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM - 667 MHz
Hard Drive: 120 GB
Screen: 20.1" TFT (1680 x 1050)
Optical Drive: DVD±RW Super Multi
Graphics: NVidia GeForce Go7600 supporting 256MB TurboCache
Wireless LAN: 802.11b/g
Bluetooth: Bluetooth Enabled
Fast Ethernet 10/100
Built-In 1.3 Mega ...
Advantages: All-in-one keyboard, USB hub and laptop stand Disadvantages: Heavy, and my example drew too much power from the USB port
My first attempt to use this keyboard caused a high power demand error on the USB port of a Toshiba laptop. The Tosh isolated the port until I could fix the problem. The only way I could use Alto was to connect it to my laptop via a powered hub. Maybe this is just a faulty unit, but Logitech weren't much help - merely suggesting the corrective measures I'd already tried and then offered to sell me one of their power supplies for it. Moderately useful product IF you do a lot of serious typing on your laptop and want to use it desk-mounted. I'm not confident that it will see much use long-term. I've since returned Alto to the supplier and bought a simple keyboard and laptop stand. ...
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The Altos G540 pedestal/5U rack-mountable server offers expanding SMBs the flexibility to cost-effectively align IT resources with present and future business priorities. Featuring Intel processors, the Altos G540 has the manageability for maximized consolidation and the power for full support of a wide range of SMB server workloads.
