Acer TravelMate 3000 Takes Ultra-Portable Performance to a New Level; Unparalleled List Features Highlight Next Generation 3 Pound Notebook.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Acer(R) America Corporation, one of the leading worldwide suppliers of IT solutions, today introduced the TravelMate(TM) 3000 to its award-winning line of TravelMate notebooks. Based on Intel(R) Centrino(TM) Mobile Technology, the TravelMate 3000 delivers cutting-edge performance and up to 4.5 hours of battery life in a three pound notebook PC. Designed for business travellers who want an ultra-lightweight notebook that provides superior mobility, long-lasting independence, compactness and optimum performance, the TravelMate 3000 is an ideal system that meets the needs of users of business professionals regardless of their location, environment or workload. The TravelMate 3000 series, based on the Intel "Sonoma" platform, offers a perfect balance between performance, weight and connectivity featuring the powerful state-of-the-art PCI Express A high-speed peripheral interconnect from Intel introduced in 2002. Note that although sometimes abbreviated "PCX," PCI Express is not the same as "PCI-X" (see PCI-SIG and PCI-X for comparison). As a result of the confusion, "PCI-E" or "PCIe" is the accepted abbreviation. technology and Intel(R) Centrino Mobile Technology. In addition to the excellent performance guaranteed by the Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processors, the TravelMate 3000 series also features a 12.1" WXGA (Wide XGA) A wide screen resolution of 1366x768 pixels. See PC display modes.  color TFT LCD (Thin Film Transistor LCD) See LCD. widescreen, with picture resolution of up to 1280 x 800 pixels and Intel(R) 915GM integrated 3D graphics featuring an Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 900 and up to 128MB dynamically allocated video memory. The TravelMate 3000 notebooks come with Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional pre-installed (with Recovery CD) in addition to a complete selection of useful utilities. These include Acer eManager (ePresentation, eSetting, ePowerManagement and eRecovery) and Acer GridVista. The first gives rapid and intuitive access to a wealth of notebook management utilities, while the second allows up to four windows to be screened simultaneously, each associated with a different application. Comprehensive Flexibility The Acer TravelMate 3000 is an advanced, full-featured notebook, offering up to an Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor 740 running on the latest Intel 915GM Express chipset and a 533MZz Front System Bus. The newest Acer notebook also features PCI Express(TM), a brilliant 12.1" WXGA display, 512 MB of DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory II upgradeable to 2048MB, and an integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 video adapter See video capture board, video graphics board and display adapter. video adapter - graphics adaptor with up to 128MB of dedicated DDR video memory for outstanding multimedia performance. In addition to wireless 802.11b/g and Bluetooth support, the TravelMate offers 3 USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 ports, an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394 port, 10/100/1000 LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. connection, and a 56K V.92 modem. This one-spindled notebook incorporates up to a 60GB hard drive as well as a CDRW/DVD combo drive A Combo drive is a type of optical drive that combines CD-R/CD-RW recording capability with the ability to read (but not write) DVD media. The term was popularized by Apple Computer as a name for the low-end substitute for their high-end SuperDrive, which was designed to both read . TravelMate 3000 series notebooks offer a 4-in-1 PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. Multimedia reader, built-in SmartCard Reader and a port replicator option. Preloaded with Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional, and weighing just over three pounds, the TravelMate 3000 provides the freedom and flexibility for mobile users combined with desktop-level performance. Pricing The TravelMate 3000 is available through Acer Authorized Resellers throughout North America starting at approximately $1399. About Acer America Corporation Established in 1984 as a subsidiary of Acer Inc., Acer America Corporation designs and markets client and server solutions for professionals who require reliability, enhanced productivity and greater value of ownership. As one of the largest global suppliers of PC's, more than 50 million Acer systems have been purchased throughout the world, solutions for living, learning and working. Acer America's award-winning products include tablet PCs, desktop PCs, notebook computers, servers, displays and peripheral solutions for business, government, education and home users. The pan Acer Group employs 39,000 people supporting dealers and distributors in over 100 countries. For more information about Acer America, please visit the website at: www.acer.com/us. (C) 2005 Acer America Corporation. All rights reserved. Prices and specifications subject to change without notice. Acer and the Acer logo are registered trademarks of Acer Inc. TravelMate is a trademark of Acer America Corporation. Intel and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries, in the United States, and other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. |
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