Acer TravelMate 3004WTMi

Acer TravelMate 3004WTMi

The Acer laptop looks like a folder. Thinning from end to beginning ends rounded front panel. The main body color is gray, metallic, only the side faces of the Acer AS07A31 battery and have a black color. High quality plastic housing which is made of no doubt. We must try to scratch a powerful finish. The top cover flaunts a metal sign and the acer is on the leading edge of a dark box translucent plastic. The cover does not have any, even a magnetic latch keeps exclusively by a hinged mechanism. Closes with a characteristic clicking and holding very tightly. It is quite thick and powerful, distortion matrix at the corner of the opening is happening. In general, the entire case assembled very tightly.

The greatest number of interface elements manufacturers to fit on the left side. There are: two-port USB 2.0, plug the internal modem RJ-11 LAN port, RJ-45 connector for Ethernet networks with data rates of 10/100/1000 Mbit / sec. As well as a VGA port for external monitor or Acer AS07A41 battery. On the right side contains the following elements: port USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 (FireWire), slot PCMCIA-card type II, Memory Card reader slot 4-in-1, as well as groove lock Kensington. In this case, half of the entire surface of the vent is to remove heat.

The front panel looks very imposing. Here, the designers have tried and "put the soul." All the elements are not directly in the housing and the metallic plate, terminating at the edges of the oval latticed windows, covering the speakers. On the panel, besides those already mentioned are the dynamics of holes: illuminated during the on / off the Bluetooth module as well as wireless WI-FI Intel PRO / Wireless 220BG ; power indicator and Acer AS07A51 battery indicator; connector to connect the speaker / headphone jack and line-in devices and "closes the procession," the infrared port.

At this place is worth to mention one little unpleasant features of the Acer AS07A71 battery status indicator: it does not go off when fully charged the battery and the light continues to glow slightly different key. In short, I waited too long, when will a full battery charge, focusing on a habit that the indicator should turn off. And only then I noticed that the indicator is not going to go out and just have lit a little differently.

The bottom surface of the Acer AS07B31 battery compartment to find the latch, the fan is covered with a grating and a compartment for the memory under the hood, fastened on just two screws for easy replacement or addition of modules. As you can see, the manufacturer has not escaped the temptation to build in fan to his usual place - in the bottom panel, which of course immediately deprive the laptop share of mobility. On a soft surface such as a plaid or blanket it is not allowed. It is not recommended as the ventilation grill cover the knee, to avoid overheating the system.

This fact alone is not happy, that some manufacturers have managed to avoid the installation on the lower surface at all of any vents, still managed to place them all around the perimeter of the side faces. Of course when you install a Acer AS07B32 battery laptop on a flat hard surface he is not in danger, his legs to lift enough for suction height. But this model is not designed for desktop use, it is not a replacement for the desktop, but on the contrary, the most that neither is a mobile version.

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