Acer Launches Ferrari 1200 Ultra Portable Laptop

Taiwanese laptop manufacturer, Acer, and Italian fast car specialist, Ferrari, have teamed up once more to deliver another expertly build sub-laptop featuring the legendary prancing horse albeit at a hefty price.

The Acer Ferrari 1200 is a souped-up version of the Acer Ferrari 1100 launched in February 2008 and is built to "look and feel like a F1 racecar".

The checklist includes the carbon-fibre cover, a material used in racecars that's lighter and stronger than magnesium alloy, a popular alternative used in contemporary laptops.

There's also the unique ventilation design that's engineered to mimic the exhaust pipes of F1 cars plus the anodized-metal touchpad resembles the brake and acceleration pedals of a Ferrari car.

The rest of the laptop is unfortunately, slightly less exciting: you get an AMD Turion X2 Ultra processor backed by the AMD M780G chipset, up to 4GB memory, a SATA HDD protected by Acer's own DASP system, Dolby Theater Audio, a slot in DVD writer, an integrated webcam, a 12.1-inch Acer CrystalBrite LCD monitor and Acer's fingerprint security solution.

Additionally, the laptop will come with a bluetooth wireless mouse emblazoned with Acer and Ferrari Racing shield logos as well as a host of applications including a Windows Vista OS. No news as to whether there will be a discrete video card.

Go To Page 2 for our comments and more related links