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Acer Ferrari 1100, One Large Disappointment

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the resounding-thud dept.

PC Magazine was finally able to get ahold of an Acer Ferrari 1100 to review, and the results are less than stellar. With complaints about the 12-inch screen that isn't even LED-back-lit, a large clunky design, and underwhelming performance, it seems that the only redeeming feature is the integrated, slot-loading DVD burner. "The Acer Ferrari 1100 would be more attractive if its price ($1,860) wasn't higher than that of the more aesthetically pleasing Apple MacBook Air ($1,799) or the ASUS U6S ($1,699). For those who passed on the first-edition Ferrari ultraportable because it lacked an optical drive, the 1100 now has one built in. But in a world consumed by miniaturization, it will have to shave off a bit of weight and improve its performance scores for it to compete with thoroughbreds like the Sony SZ791N, the Dell XPS M1330, and the Lenovo X61."

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  1. I never got the ferrari by jawtheshark · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why in hell would one want to have a laptop that is branded after a car? I don't see the point... I wouldn't want to buy a Porsche, BMW, Mercedes or Audi branded laptop either.

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    1. Re:I never got the ferrari by jo42 · · Score: 3, Funny

      ...sheepishly puts away his Ferrari coffee cup, Ferrari mouse pad, Ferrari poker cards and Mercedes Benz umbrella... :-p

    2. Re:I never got the ferrari by FudRucker · · Score: 2, Funny

      waiting for an Acer Volkswagen bug...

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  2. Far from a disappointment by cyofee · · Score: 5, Funny

    The people buying it will get everything they wanted - a laptop you can edit text and sufr the internet on, with a Ferrari logo.

    1. Re:Far from a disappointment by McNally · · Score: 2, Funny

      a laptop you can edit text and sufr the internet on
      What a great transposition.. On some machines you "surf", but cut a few too many corners and you "sufr"..
  3. Acers decline by fartrader · · Score: 2, Funny

    I blame it on Schumacher's retirement.

  4. Re:Ok, this line says it all by 68K · · Score: 2, Funny

    'Some party'? The phrase you're looking for is 'a fool and his money are SOON PARTED.'

  5. Re:This shouldn't be at all surprising by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Really, not even backlit, that sounds like a really expensive paperweight to me.


    It's not backlit by an LED, but there probably is a florescent bulb behind the screen
  6. Re:This shouldn't be at all surprising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    can barely pass the warranty without passing a couple of times through their repairmen. Eww... do you mean they swallowed it? I wouldn't have thought the second repairman would go anywhere near it after it had "passed through" the first. :-6

    Anyway, all this business of "spewing out" and "passing" computers makes Acer sound more like the successor to Tubgirl or something.
  7. Re:Ok, this line says it all by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not dropping $1,800 on a laptop even if it performs oral sex whilst singing "Bohemian Rhapsody", balancing my checkbook, finding me a better job, changing diapers, and ensuring the tax thugs don't know about my dolphin smuggling.