AMD Vision takes a bow with the Acer Ferrari One

by Scott Bicheno on 25 September 2009, 10:19

Tags: Acer (TPE:2353), AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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Hot air and specs

With HEXUS having already pre-announced this product a couple of weeks ago, we'll spare you the usual Acer marketing flatulence.

Oh, OK, just one: "A Ferrari is not just about speed. It is an expression of beauty, power, excitement and pleasure. A Ferrari exudes excellence from the original concept to the finished product and the Ferrari One offers the same sensations down to the finest detail."

So there you go.

Here are the full specs from Acer. Of course a lot of these options will come at additional cost.

 

Operating system

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Windows 7 Home Basic

Platform

AMD Vision:

  • AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core Processor L310 (1 MB L2 cache 1.20 GHz, DDR2 800 MHz, 13 W), supporting AMD HyperTransport 3.0 technology
  • AMD M780G Chipset
  • Acer InviLink Nplify 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi CERTIFIED network connection, supporting Acer SignalUp wireless technology

System memory

Dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM support:

  • Up to 2 GB of DDR2 667/800 MHz memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using two soDIMM modules

Display and graphics

11.6" HD 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal LED-backlit TFT LCD, supporting simultaneous multi-window viewing via Acer GridVista

16:9 aspect ratio

ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics with up to 2047 MB of HyperMemory (256+128 MB of dedicated system memory, up to 1663 MB of shared system memory), supporting Unified Video Decoder (UVD), OpenEXR High Dynamic-Range (HDR) technology, Shader Model 4.0, Microsoft DirectX 10

Dual independent display support

16.7 million colors

MPEG-2/DVD decoding

WMV9 (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) decoding

Storage

2.5" 9.5 mm 160 GB or larger hard disk drive

Multi-in-1 card reader:

  • Supporting Secure Digital (SD) Card, MultiMediaCard (MMC), Reduced-Size Multimedia Card (RS-MMC), Memory Stick (MS), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card (xD)
  • Supporting storage cards with adapter: miniSD, microSD, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo

Dimensions and weight

285 (W) x 204 (D) x 24/30 (H) mm (11.22 x 8.03 x 0.9/1.2 inches)

1.5 kg (3.31 lbs.) with 6-cell battery

Power

ACPI 3.0 CPU power management standard: supports Standby and Hibernation power-saving modes

56 W 5600 mAh 6-cell Li-ion battery pack:

  • 5-hour battery life

3-pin 65 W AC adapter

ENERGY STAR

Special keys and controls

84-/85-/88-key full-size Acer FineTip keyboard, with inverted "T" cursor layout

Ferrari key access to Ferrari.com

10 function keys, four cursor keys, two Windows keys, hotkey controls, embedded numeric keypad, international language support

Multi-gesture touchpad pointing device, supporting two-finger scroll, pinch, rotate, flip

Easy-access switches: Bluetooth, WLAN/WWAN

Audio

Optimized Dolby Home Theater v3 audio enhancement, featuring Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Natural Bass and Dolby Sound Space Expander, Dolby Audio Optimization, Dolby High Frequency Enhancer technologies

High-definition audio support

Two Built-in stereo speakers

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) support for digital speakers

MS-Sound compatible

Communication

Acer Video Conference featuring:

  • Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam, supporting enhanced Acer PrimaLite technology

WPAN: Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

WWAN: UMTS/HSPA at 850/1900/2100 MHz and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), upgradeable to 7.2 Mb/s HSDPA and 5.7 Mb/s HSUPA, supporting receiver diversity and equalizing at 2100 MHz

LAN: Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN ready

I/O ports

ATI XGP connector

Multi-in-1 card reader

Three USB 2.0 ports

External display (VGA) port

Headphone/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support

Microphone-in jack

Ethernet (RJ-45) port

DC-in jack for AC adapter

Optional items

1 GB / 2 GB DDR2 667/800 MHz soDIMM module

6-cell Li-ion battery pack

3-pin 65 W AC adapter

External USB HDD

Warranty

One-year International Travelers Warranty (ITW)

 



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Question for AMD: does this laptop support OpenCL?

Patrick Moorhead has been furiously dodging the question on his blog!

http://blogs.amd.com/patmoorhead/2009/09/09/congo-vision-test-driving-amds-2nd-generation-ultrathin-notebook-platform/
It might just be the memory not working, but this is the first time I've seen this “lapbook”. (Coughs.)

I think for £400, it's quite a good deal. The fact Ferrari is plastered on the front helps, but it seems quite a good 12" implementation overall.

1.2ghz is low, even if DC, but 5h battery life (if true) would make it a worthwhile trade-off. 5h = 2.5h? :(