Advantages: Looks good, lots of connectivity options
Disadvantages: Slow, short battery life, Athlon CPU

...I first saw this laptop in a PC magazine last year. It may have not been this exact model, but the radical Ferrari styling caught my eye and intrigued me. A couple of months ago a friend of mine, upset at the fact that he couldn’t afford a real Ferrari decided to settle down with a consolation purchase and get this Ferrari styled laptop – the Acer 3200. Sadly, unlike it motor counterpart, this laptop feels more like a Vauxnall Nova stuck in a Ferrari’s body. Design Design is this laptop’s strongest feature. It’s bright red exterior stands out and looks shiny and smooth, thanks to a scratch-resistant coating. The inside of the case is made from something known as silver-magniesium alloy, which not only sounds cool but is also quite strong (like Wolverine’s claws I’m guessing). Ferrari’s logo is subtly situated in the bottom right... Read review

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Advantages: Great Screen, brilliant speed, Centrino, WLAN, 802.11g, Bluetooth, 1cm Thick at front!, Hot Keys, 512-1024mb RAM, Brilliant Looks, Great Attention to Detail, Great Manual etc, Fabulous Weight, (2kg), 54mbs WLAN, and much more!
Disadvantages: None Whatsoever!

...**EDIT** There has been a recent price drop in this laptop, meaning that the spec that you are mainly reading about in this diamond rated review is now available for prices in the 850-899 range, and for the price I paid, £994, you can now get the 1.6Ghz 80GB version, thanks and enjoy the review! **END OF EDIT** The Acer Travelmate 3201Xci, part of the 3200 series is simply amazing! It is jam packed with features, and is absolutely tiny! And in a very good way! For all the brilliant details read on in my review! Speed Did you see that? Obviously not, it was light, and that is the kind of speed that this laptop can do! It has an Intel Pentium M Centrino processor at a running speed of 1.5Ghz, “Small!” I hear you say, oh no! This is amazingly fast, thanks to its 2mb of on level DIE cache, (don’t worry about what... Read review

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Advantages: Looks great. Gorgeous screen.
Disadvantages: Not very upgradeable. Bluetooth mouse unreliable.

...I bought my Acer Ferrari laptop in October 2005 - plenty of time to have forged a decent opinion of it. My ratings are based on my opinion of the machine NOW, compared to the speed and performance of contemporary computers. I wanted something that had enough power to play games and do anything else I wanted. When bought, I had intended it to be capable of becoming a desktop replacement - that didn't happen, as, being a bit of a hardware junkie, the desktop machine has continued to get more and more powerful. Anyway...back to the Acer. I was so excited when it arrived. You see, since getting my first 8-bit computer in 1983, I've never actually had a brand new, complete computer. I've either got hold of second hand PCs, or I've built my own desktop machine from scratch - I prefer it that way. That's obviously not feasible... Read review

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Advantages: Looks good, functions brilliantly, v.v.v.v.loud speakers :-)
Disadvantages: Gets very very hot, poor cooling and air flow, bit dated technologically :-(

...I bought mine on ebay for £360, I needed it for university study and it's working really well for small documents like word and excel and it will also play some games well, mainly Unreal Tournament online :-) The disk space of 60GB is plenty for me. The main reason I bought it was because a friend of mine had bought a new Acer computer and when we wanted to watch videos or listen to music the sound on it was like a whisper even at full volumn, the Ferrari however is really really loud!!! For its age I think it is really good, it looks good and the keyboard and pad are easy and comfortable to use, but as the other reviewer said it does heat up a lot, and the fan is on full power most of the time, I am going to hopefully solve this problem by buying a cooling pad to fit underneath it with extra fans hopefully it will run a lot... Read review

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Advantages: Quick, functional, high quality
Disadvantages: Noise from Fans

...I recently purchased the T130 as an upgrade to my original PC. The idea was to buy something that was small enough to fit in to my office without compromising on functionality and the potential to upgrade and add cards. On first impressions I am more than happy with the unit. The original prices was around £550 pounds. That was the easy choice. Many of todays suppliers don't give you much for that kind of money. That gave me and AMD 64 3200, 512MB of RAM and 120GB hard drive, along with XP Pro. Also in there is the standard ethernet ports, firewire etc along with 128MB graphics. The PC starts up in a matter of moments and has never not started. If you have to play with BIOS, which most of us don't then it is as good as easy to edit as you can get with any bios. If you open the cover on the unit everything is laid out well inside... Read review

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Advantages: Big Memory, small price.
Disadvantages: 1.5 hour batttery life

...Acer Aspire 3003WLMI This starts with a few technical details, If you just want to know if it works I'll just say yes before I start and give you more details later; no good you reading at the beginning what I think of it and how it works if it's not got the specs you are looking for. I hope you find this review useful. In order to review this laptop I must include information taken from the Acer Website, this is to help the reader evaluate the manufacturer as well as the product. For some strange reason Acer does not seem to be well know to people who are looking to buy a new computer. I wonder if they would change their minds if they knew that Acer is in fact the official supplier of computers and systems to the Formula One Maranello team. (You can in fact buy special "Ferrari" Laptops). Acer is one of the global leaders... Read review

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Advantages: High performance, good looks.
Disadvantages: Heats up very quickly.

...My uncle has bought this notebook recently and I am quite sure he is happy at his purchase.The Ferrari 3000 has a bright red lid, and sports the distinct yellow Ferrari logo on the bottom-right corner and a silver Acer logo embossed in the centre. The base and the inside panel are done in metallic silver,with another Ferrari logo on the bottom panel. The red and silver dual-tone finish makes it the most distinctive looking notebook you can lay your hands on. A red optical USB mouse also sporting a Ferrari logo, is bundled. The keyboard is recessed into the base, but is tactile and a breeze to use. The touchpad is very smooth and integrates a steel finished four-way scroll key.There are four launch keys that control the browser, the e-mail client and the other two are programmable. The Ferrari comes pre loaded with Windows XP Home Edition... Read review

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