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.
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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.
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-fiberlid!
The Wireless Network and FCC certification sticker, with another Ferrari hologram sticker
Acer's corporate logo in the upper left- hand corner.
The 2.5" 100GB 5400 RPM hard drive.
The world-famous Ferrari "Prancing Horse" crest sits in the center of the lid.
The integrated controllers for the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet NIC, Bluetooth Wireless Mouse, and the IrDA Fast Infrared port.
Let's take a look at the Ferrari's undercarriage. The battery slides into the back of the laptop.
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-Picturecards; 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
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