Acer 521 Storage subsystem, Audio subsystem, Optical Media Drive, Communication, Privacy control

•Onyx Black

Storage subsystem

•Hard disk drive:

•2.5" (9.5 mm) 160/250 GB

•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)

•Storage cards with adapter: miniSD™, microSD™, Memory Stick Duo™, Memory Stick PRO Duo™

Audio subsystem

•High-definition audio support

•Two built-in stereo speakers

•MS-Sound compatible

•Built-in digital microphone

Optical Media Drive

•8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive:·

•Read: 24X CD-ROM, 24X CD-R, 24X CD-RW, 8X DVD-ROM, 8X DVD-R, 8X DVD+R, 6X DVD-ROM DL, 6X DVD-R DL, 6X DVD+R DL, 6X DVD-RW, 6X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-RAM·

•Write: 24X CD-R, 16X CD-RW, 8X DVD-R, 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD-R DL, 4X DVD+R DL, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 5X DVD-RAM

Communication

•Webcam

•Acer Video Conference featuring:

•Acer Crystal Eye webcam with 1280 x 1024 resolution

•Acer Video Conference Manager software, featuring Video Quality Enhancement (VQE) technology, supporting 640 x 480 resolution online video calls

•Wireless and networking

•WLAN:

•Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™

•Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ (available only in Russia, Pakistan, Ukraine)

•Supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology

•WPAN: Bluetooth® 3.0+HS

•WWAN: UMTS/HSPA at 850/900/1900/2100 MHz and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 850/900/ 1800/1900 MHz, upgradable to 7.2 Mb/s HSDPA and 5.7 Mb/s HSUPA

•LAN: Fast Ethernet

Privacy control

•BIOS user, supervisor, HDD passwords,

•Kensington lock slot

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