Acer 4000: more, more, more Ferrari-themed laptops
posted May 24th 2005 9:51AM
Yeah, Acer, you know everyone's been champing at the bit to get yet another revision to your long (so, so long) and illustrious Ferrari-themed laptop line. The goods on the Acer 4000 include a supposed "inside and out" complete upgrade to the 3xxx series — we've got 0.4 more inches on the TFT display, for instance — now up to 15.4-inches, woo! AMD is under the hood (pun finally appropriate) on this with their Turion 64 Mobile chip, graphics brought to us by ATI mobility Radeon X700 with 128MB DDR memory, plus 1GB RAM, 100GB hard drive, DVD "super multi double layer drive" (marketing hyperbole included free of charge), 5-in-1 card reader, WiFi, Bluetooth, 4 USB 2.0 ports, S-video and DVI-D out, FireWire, and S/PDIF out. No word on price, but expect it to carry a similar level of sticker shock as its automotive namesake. Bonus pic after the jump of racer clearly enthralled by this laptop (caption contest?).
We’ll start it off: “Mmmmm… laptop.”
Caption: Dang! I hate those 'Start' buttons!
"Sure I'm a trained mechanic, but i CAN'T OPEN THE F***ING LID!"
"Hey! This little horsie thing is on my shirt! and on my car too! ... but this isn't a car OR a shirt..."
[as he glides his finger softly around the logo] "Oh yeah. You like that, dontcha? Yeah. I'm gonna plug you good."
"Oooo Ferrari...".
My car never has to know, we can keep this between us.
Caption: "Awwww... wook atta wittle horsie."
Ummmmm F-E-R-R .. Damn it! Hooked on Phonics didnt work for me!
Caption: Hmm, what does this ferrari-logo-shaped button do?
Caption: "Right... so what you're saying is Michael might do better in the Formula One if I switch it on..."
Now half a second faster in the 10m. laptop toss... I can see this coming in handy in the juppies version of the highland caber toss.
Caption: "SEE! There is the logo so I KNOW I'm holding it right side up! But I still don't see anything on the screen!"
Micheal is gonna flip when he sees this booger I just wiped on his new acer. tee hee
this laptop has red on it. RED! What a poor choice of colour! :D
"maybe this one's the ANY key......"
"Maybe THIS will get me laid!"
"the bucking stallion emblem and the lighweight carbon fibre make it go faster"
"i like you. we both go fast . . . VERY fast. this might be the beginning of a beautiful relationship . . ."
"li gradisco. entrambi andiamo velocemente. . . MOLTO velocemente. ci? potuto essere l'inizio di un rapporto bello . . . "
"I think this tablet is broken. I keep poking it and nothing happens."
Caption: Hmm, this new clipboard seems a bit heavy, but look, I can check out how great I am in its oh so shiny finish!
LOL stop the contest!!!!! Armaani wins, give him a prize!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
"Baby Ruuuuuuuth!"
caption: "Oh, no space for my floppy. Maybe Michael and I could fill it up with our big hard disks."
So, like, the guys in the pit said that if I press this or something, I'll get some free pron...
does this seem too big for a mobile phone?
"Ith's soo cuute! It matches my jumper!"
"hmmm, now where have I seen this logo before?"
Hmmmm......This thing ain't Scratch and Sniff....I just smell my own B.O.
Caption:
"All this hype about tablet pc, Its not even working!"
Caption: "I wonder if this thing can play tetris?"
sure it's fast, but just like the car, it needs a complete overhaul every 15,000 clicks.
"Hmm.. maybe if we use this laptop in the pits, our car won't suck as much and Schumofo will finally be able to drive better than an average 16 year old and then maybe we'll stop blindly favoring him and making our drivers sign #2 contracts that explicitly state that their ass is owned by Ferrari and they need to pull over to let Schumofo through so he can "earn" a couple points that he never deserved so we can be more popular among the foolish tifosi that actually like our racing philosophies coz noone else is stupid enough to buy that crap and then maybe we won't look at stupid to the rest of the world as we already do and then maybe our mommee won't spank us so much, on second thoughts no laptop can save us coz we put the uck in sucking." /end rant. Damn that felt good :)
Pfft! My Chevette-branded laptop puts this thing to SHAME! (For the European, Russian, and Asian readers, respectively replace the afore mentioned brand w/Le Car, Lada, and Datsun. YMMV.)
Hrmm, if I push this button here maybe it will turn into a ferrari...
mmmmhhh... donut...
"I knew it! You ARE ticklish!"
otherwise jerbear gets my vote
DAMN NIGGA!!!
"Damn sticker, I already get enough of this at work. If only I can remove it."
"Damn sticker, I already get enough of this at work. If only I can remove it."
Do you think we can rack up some big coke lines on this thing before we hit the track???
I won the Grand Prix and all i got was this lousy laptop.
Note to pocket-lint.co.uk: learn English. Enthusiast-run hardware review sites are easier to read than your broken 3rd-grade level English.
"Hey, um...is this where you put the key in?"
here u dint mention the cost of dis laptop which is verry important 4 costmers
"that photographer over there is SO going to enter this in a caption contest."
Yup...Bruuuce was hung like a horse last night!Gid-di-yup!
"3. Posted May 24, 2005, 10:02 AM ET by Anthony
No thanks. I'll take a Dell for half price today. $750 off $1499. Details at these deal sites and more:
http://www.gottadeal.com
http://www.techbargains.com
http://www.xpbargains.com"
Are you serious?
It's a FERRARI!
A FERRARI.
I would sell your kidneys for that thing.
It is so beautiful and erectifying.
"Hey look, a pony. Maybe we should fill those up with gas and make them go in circles."
Caption: "Wow, just by adding this logo the price doubles! Gotta get me some of them logos..."
OR
Caption: "How l33t am I? I used to (de-)badge cars now it's laptops. W00t!"
you losers have no life....get a job.