Computex 2007: Hit the Road Jack!
by Gary Key and Jarred Walton on June 6, 2007 6:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Acer
Acer is a well-known manufacturer of notebooks and they had quite a few on display at their booth. Acer also offers AMD based laptops, but they weren't demonstrating anything new in that area that we saw. Here's a look at their latest Intel offerings.
The Aspire 5920G is one of their latest offerings based off Intel's Santa Rosa platform. It includes GeForce 8600M GT graphics, making it a good fit as a portable media platform as well as providing adequate power for most modern games. The 15.4" display boasts an 8ms response time, and the laptop is one of the first to feature Dolby Home Theater enhanced sound courtesy of the integrated Music Note 5.1 speakers and subwoofer. An HD-DVD optical drive along with HDCP support and an HDMI port round out the noteworthy specifications, and an integrated webcam provides for easy videoconferencing.
The TravelMate 6492 is more of a business oriented notebook, so it drops the discrete graphics and uses a 14.1" LCD. It also comes with a TPM module and fingerprint scanner for enhanced security. The 6492 is based off the new Intel Centrino Pro platform, which means the laptop also gets Wireless-N networking. The integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam is apparently improved over other webcam offerings with optimizations that enable it to work better in low-light conditions for improved videoconferencing, and besides the standard trackpad Acer includes their FineTrack pointing device, similar to the Lenovo laptops. Finally, the laptop features support for Acer's ezDock II/II+ docking module.
Acer's ezDock II/II+ offer up to 20 additional interfaces for support of laptops. You get serial and parallel ports, six more USB ports, 6-pin and 4-pin FireWire ports, VGA and DVI outputs, phone and networking support, a PS/2 mouse/keyboard port, and audio jacks including an S/PDIF port. Many of these interfaces are already present on the laptop itself, but some business users prefer the ease-of-use of a docking station.
Acer is a well-known manufacturer of notebooks and they had quite a few on display at their booth. Acer also offers AMD based laptops, but they weren't demonstrating anything new in that area that we saw. Here's a look at their latest Intel offerings.
The Aspire 5920G is one of their latest offerings based off Intel's Santa Rosa platform. It includes GeForce 8600M GT graphics, making it a good fit as a portable media platform as well as providing adequate power for most modern games. The 15.4" display boasts an 8ms response time, and the laptop is one of the first to feature Dolby Home Theater enhanced sound courtesy of the integrated Music Note 5.1 speakers and subwoofer. An HD-DVD optical drive along with HDCP support and an HDMI port round out the noteworthy specifications, and an integrated webcam provides for easy videoconferencing.
The TravelMate 6492 is more of a business oriented notebook, so it drops the discrete graphics and uses a 14.1" LCD. It also comes with a TPM module and fingerprint scanner for enhanced security. The 6492 is based off the new Intel Centrino Pro platform, which means the laptop also gets Wireless-N networking. The integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam is apparently improved over other webcam offerings with optimizations that enable it to work better in low-light conditions for improved videoconferencing, and besides the standard trackpad Acer includes their FineTrack pointing device, similar to the Lenovo laptops. Finally, the laptop features support for Acer's ezDock II/II+ docking module.
Acer's ezDock II/II+ offer up to 20 additional interfaces for support of laptops. You get serial and parallel ports, six more USB ports, 6-pin and 4-pin FireWire ports, VGA and DVI outputs, phone and networking support, a PS/2 mouse/keyboard port, and audio jacks including an S/PDIF port. Many of these interfaces are already present on the laptop itself, but some business users prefer the ease-of-use of a docking station.
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Regs - Thursday, June 7, 2007 - link
I'm getting conflicting reports that AMD is a no-show at computex. Though Derek is reporting is that they are there but no one can touch them.So they're at computex just to show that they are woking with windows?
strikeback03 - Thursday, June 7, 2007 - link
a 15.4 inch laptop with a numpad is pretty nice. now it just needs a trackpoint.looks like 300 is showing on that Acer. Were they playing a trailer or a copy purchased on the street?
yacoub - Thursday, June 7, 2007 - link
I forgot how bad SupCom looks with the default UI. :DIt's well worth it to get the SCA UI mod:
http://forums.gaspowered.com/viewtopic.php?t=59">http://forums.gaspowered.com/viewtopic.php?t=59
A new version is actually due out shortly but 2.91 Beta is already very useful for clearing away a lot of the screen coverage the default UIs tend to create.
Drag and resize panels, disable panels, improve the camera's zoom and pan features, etc. Good stuff. =)
themadmilkman - Thursday, June 7, 2007 - link
Seriously, what is up with laptop design right now? These things are hideous.Brunnis - Thursday, June 7, 2007 - link
I'd have to agree. Shiny plastic and flames? No thanks. It seems as if computers these days have to look like toys to sell...Tilmitt - Thursday, June 7, 2007 - link
All things should look cute and elegant! I don't know why people like you seem to prefer boring grey stuff that looks terrible.strikeback03 - Friday, June 8, 2007 - link
Is a Civic with a bodykit and neons cute or elegant? Nope. And neither is the laptop equivalent, which is anything with flames or something like the Dell XPS M1710.Brunnis - Thursday, June 7, 2007 - link
Huh? I never said that. Things can look slick and elegant without looking like they belong in a child's toybox. Most higher end stuff today seems to be geared towards your average CS kid with paying father though, which probably is the main reason for these design decisions.giantpandaman2 - Thursday, June 7, 2007 - link
I'm surprised nothing was shown.LTG - Wednesday, June 6, 2007 - link
In the 15.4" and 17" sizes at least.Is there anyone in the world besides Apple who has released a notebook 1" thin for these sizes?
What's their secret?