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places two PIFAs (Planar Inverted F-Antennas) inside the top of the
Ferrari 4000’s
LCD display, creating a perfect omni-directional signal sphere for enhanced wireless
network reception even in low-reception areas, as indicated by the SignalUp logo on
the red styling strip running along the upper edge of the LCD display.
WHOA!
Unlike the previous
Ferrari notebooks,
the Ferrari 4000 is
decked out with a
more conservative
black motif with
Ferrari Red accents—
and a genuine
carbon-fiber lid!
Acer's corporate logo
in the upper left-
hand corner.
The world-famous
Ferrari "Prancing
Horse" crest sits in
the center of the lid.
Let's take a look at
the Ferrari's
undercarriage. The
battery slides into
the back of the
laptop.
The 71 W Li-ion
battery fully charges
in 2.5 hours, and
lasts for 3.5 hours in
use—not bad for a
laptop with this
much power.
The Wireless
Network and FCC
certification sticker,
with another Ferrari
hologram sticker
The 2.5" 100GB
5400 RPM hard
drive.
The integrated
controllers for the
Broadcom Gigabit
Ethernet NIC,
Bluetooth Wireless
Mouse, and the IrDA
Fast Infrared port.
The Acer Ferrari
4000 comes with
1GB of DDR333 RAM.
It can be expanded
to 2GB; but with only
2 sockets available
for memory, you'll
have to remove
these two 512MB
soDIMMs first.
At 14.29 x 10.46 x 1.2/1.36 inches, the black and red-trimmed Ferrari 4000 certainly
isn’t the
smallest
notebook around—but at a svelte 6.3 pounds with the battery
installed, it’s certainly one of the
lightest
in its class, made possible by the carbon-
fiber lid. Up front, a pair of 16-bit stereo speakers flank a
5-in-1 Card Reader
that
accepts
Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, MMC (MultiMediaCard), SD (Secure Digital)
and
xD-Picture
cards; a built-in Microphone, Infrared Port, Power and Battery
Indicators; a Headphone/Speaker and Microphone jack; a
Bluetooth
wireless
button/indicator and a
Wireless LAN
button/indicator.
On the left side of the notebook, we find a DB-15 Female VGA port next to the
ventilation slots, to connect either a monitor or LCD projector; an RJ-45 port for the
