Acer 230, 280 manual System Introduction

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System Introduction

Features

This computer was designed with the user in mind. Here are just a few of its many features:

Performance

Intel® Mobile Celeron Pentium® 4 series processors from 1.6G up tp 2.0G with 512KB cache (TravelMate 230)

Intel® Mobile Northwood Pentium® 4 series processors from 1.6G up tp 2.4G with 512KB cache (TravelMate 280)

64-bit memory bus

Two 200-pin DDR-DRAM with each supporting 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB, upgradable to the total maximum of 1024MB with SODIMM modules, supporting PC1600/2100 .

Built-in floppy diskette drive and Hard diskette drive High-capacity, Enhanced-IDE hard disk Simultaneous LCD and CRT display

Smart Lithium-Ion battery pack

Power management system with ACPI (Advanced Configuration Power Interface) Plug and Play Feature

Multimedia

16-bit high-fidelity AC’97 stereo audio with 3D sound and wavetable synthesizer Built-in dual speakers

High- speed CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or DVD/ CD-R/RW drive

Connectivity

84/85/88 key keyboard, which is PC/AT keyboard compatible. Four Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 Ports (Two ports optional) Bluetooth (Optional)

Two IEEE 1394 ports (optional)

Built-in V.90 and V.92 RJ-11 56Kbps fax/modem Onboard 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN Support Upgradeable memory and hard disk

Mini PCI interface 802.11b/ 802.11a+b Module (optional) ECP Compliant parallel port.

Multimedia

All-in-one design (CD-ROM, floppy disk drive, hard disk drive)

Sleek, smooth and stylish design

Full-sized keyboard

Ergonomically centered touchpad pointing device with Internet scroll key

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