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Acer Ferrari 4000 4005WLMi Notebook

Reviewed by Barry Little - September 21, 2005

Manufacturer: Acer, Inc.

Model: LX.FR406.035

Few names personify the word legend in the world of Formula One racing and exotic dream cars as Ferrari. When Acer, one of the world’s top five PC manufacturers, joined

forces with AMD and Scuderia Ferrari to create the Ferrari 3000 notebook back in October 2003, they had an immediate winner on their hands. A year later, Acer blew the industry away with the Ferrari 3200 and 3400 notebooks. They were a tough act to follow, but like all true champions who never rest on their laurels, Acer went back to the drawing board in their never-ending quest to perfect their racing-heritage notebook. On May 26, 2005, the Acer Ferrari 4000 4005WLMi Notebook was born—lighter, faster, more powerful and feature-packed than any of its predecessors. Today, we’ll take a look at this race-bred beauty to see if it’s truly worthy of its namesake.

Whether on the racetrack or in business, strategic partnerships are crucial to success; so the partnership between the Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team, the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile)—the governing body of international motor sports, AMD and Acer was a natural and logical choice. Cutting edge technology is crucial to the advancement of auto racing, and you’d be hard pressed to find a more cutting-edge company than AMD, whose award-winning Athlon™ 64 Processors made them a force to be reckoned with against long-time rival Intel.

Acer immediately recognized that the high profile relationship between one of the world’s top racing organizations and a company who was seriously challenging Intel’s dominance and winning, was a unique opportunity to increase their name recognition and market share. Unlike their competitors who either dismissed or ignored the AMD and Ferrari partnership, Acer knew a good thing when they saw it, and got on board immediately. The rest, as they say, is history.

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Now a little about Acer from their website:

About Acer

Acer ranks among the world's top five branded PC vendors, designing and marketing easy, dependable IT solutions that empower people to reach their goals and enhance their lives. In 2000, Acer spun-off its manufacturing operation to focus on globally marketing its brand-name products: desktop and mobile PCs, servers and storage, displays, peripherals, and e-business solutions for business, government, education, and home users. Established in 1976, Acer Inc. employs 5,600 people supporting dealers and distributors in more than 100 countries. Revenues in 2004 reached US $7 billion.

Acer Ferrari from Past to Present

Below is a table summarizing the features and specs of Acer’s Ferrari-series notebooks:

 

Series

Processor

 

Operating

 

Display

 

System

 

HDD

 

Optical

 

Dimensions &

 

 

 

 

system

 

 

 

memory

 

 

 

devices

 

weight

 

Ferrari

AMD Athlon™ XP-

 

Microsoft®

 

15.0” SXGA+

 

256/512 MB

 

60 GB or

 

DVD-

 

330 (W)x272

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M processor 2500+

 

Windows®

 

TFT LCD

 

 

 

higher

 

DUAL

 

(D)x31 (H) mm

 

 

 

 

XP Home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drive

 

2.93 kg (6.45

 

 

 

 

Edition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lbs.)

 

3000

 

 

preloaded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ferrari

Mobile AMD

 

Microsoft®

 

15.0” SXGA+

 

512 MB

 

80 GB

 

Slot-load

 

330 (W)x272

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Athlon™ 64

 

Windows®

 

TFT LCD

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-

 

(D)x31 (H) mm

 

 

processor 2800+

 

XP Home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Super

 

3.014kg (6.64

 

 

 

 

Edition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi

 

lbs.)

 

3200

 

 

preloaded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ferrari

Mobile AMD

 

Microsoft®

 

15.0" SXGA+

 

512 MB

 

80 GB

 

DVD-

 

330 (W)x272

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Athlon™ 64

 

Windows®

 

TFT LCD

 

 

 

 

 

Super

 

(D)x31 (H) mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Series

Processor

 

Operating

 

Display

 

System

 

HDD

 

Optical

 

Dimensions &

 

 

 

 

system

 

 

 

memory

 

 

 

devices

 

weight

 

 

processor 3000+

 

XP Home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi

 

3.014kg (6.64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drive

 

lbs)

 

3400

 

 

preloaded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ferrari

AMD Turion ª 64

 

Microsoft®

 

15.4”

 

512MB/1GB

 

80/100GB

 

Slot-load

 

363 (W) x 267.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ML-37 or ML-30

 

Windows®

 

WSXGA+

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-

 

(D) x30.5/34.3

 

 

Mobile Technology

 

XP

 

185-nit color

 

 

 

 

 

Super

 

(H) mm

 

 

 

 

Professional

 

TFT LCD,

 

 

 

 

 

Multi

 

2.86kg (6.3Ibs.)

 

 

 

 

x64 Edition,

 

15.4” WXGA

 

 

 

 

 

double-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft®

 

185-nit Acer

 

 

 

 

 

layer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows®

 

CrystalBrite

 

 

 

 

 

drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

XP

 

color TFT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional

 

LCD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4000

 

 

(Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pack 2) , or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft®

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows®

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XP Home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pack 2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

preloaded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Courtesy of Acer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Ferrari 4000 arrived in a larger box with additional packing to protect it during shipping.

This attention-

No mistaking

Ferrari's holographic

The inner flap

grabbing design

Ferrari's

sticker of

displays multi-

would look just as

commitment to the

authenticity.

lingual instructions

much at home on the

product here.

 

on unpacking the

showroom floor of a

 

 

Ferrari 4000.

Ferrari dealership,

 

 

 

as it would on the

 

 

 

shelf of your local

 

 

 

computer store.

 

 

 

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The first thing that

Let's get this thing

The only thing

All of the software

Here's a closer look

greets you when you

unpacked.

missing is that new

and accessories are

at the Quick-Start

open the box is this

 

car smell.

in this box.

fold out.

Quick-Start fold-out

 

 

 

 

As you can see, the Acer Ferrari Notebook has evolved quite a bit over the years.

Let's see just how much...

Packaging

FedEx delivered the notebook in a large box filled with Styrofoam packing peanuts. Additional protection was provided by the Acer factory box sealed with tape designed to show any tampering of the contents, and had shipping labels from the Acer plant in China and its final destination at an Ingram Micro distribution center in California. The boxes were in good shape and showed no sign of rough handling or damage.

The Ferrari 4000’s display box has the clean, tasteful and expensive look of a highquality automotive publication gracing the glass top of a living room table with its glossy finish. Striking photos of the notebook are set off against a black and carbon fiber-background, with Acer’s corporate logo, “Ferrari 4000” in sleek, red letters, and Ferrari’s world-famous “Prancing Horse” crest. A closer look reveals the brushed aluminum “Ferrari Official Licensed Product” logo and holographic sticker on the side of the box. First Class all the way—but then, you’d expect nothing less from anything with the Ferrari name on it.

You have to give Acer’s marketing team credit; the box is designed to do more that just grab your attention and protect the product (though it does both exceptionally well). Opening the box, unpacking it, and removing the Ferrari 4000 from its protective wrapping invokes almost the same awe and excitement as sliding behind the wheel of the real thing.

The Notebook

To say that the Ferrari 4000 lives up to its four-wheeled namesake would be an understatement. Gone is the predominantly Rosso Corsa (Ferrari Red) finish of previous models. For this incarnation of the Ferrari notebook, Acer decked the lid of the 15.4” Wide-Screen LCD display with real carbon-fiber—the same tough, lightweight material used in race cars—with the Acer corporate logo in the upper lefthand corner, and the Ferrari crest right in the middle. Acer’s SignalUp™ Technology

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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.

WHOA!

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-fiber lid!

The Wireless Network and FCC certification sticker, with another Ferrari hologram sticker

Acer's corporate logo in the upper lefthand 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 carbonfiber 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-Picture cards; 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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Ferrari 4000’s integrated Broadcom NetLink 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet adapter and an RJ-11 port for the built-in Agere Systems AC’97 56K ITU V.92 modem; a USB 2.0 port; a 4-pin IEEE 1394 “Micro” Firewire port; and one PC Card Slot that accepts any standard Type II PCMCIA card.

The latch on the left releases the DVD burner; the one on the right, the battery.

From left to right: the RJ-45 port for the integrated

Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet port; the RJ-11 port for the

Agree Systems AC'97 56K modem; a USB 2.0 port, and an IEEE-1394 4-pin Firewire port.

Here's the rear view

A DVI-D and S-

The 124-pin

On the right, we find

of the Ferrari 4000

video/TV-out

connector to park

a standard DB-15F

with the battery

(NTSC/PAL) port

your Ferrari 4000 in

External VGA display

installed.

lets you connect the

an Acer eZDock

port for monitors

 

Acer Ferrari 4000 to

docking station.

and projectors next

 

a wide range of

 

to the ventilation

 

supported devices.

 

slots.

Up front is the Type

On the left side of

The optical drive

Finally, we have

II PC Card slot with

the laptop, is the AC

supplied with the

three more USB 2.0

removable dust

Power Jack, and a

Acer Ferrari 4000, is

ports.

cover, and the PC

security key lock

a slot-loaded

 

Card slot eject

that accepts any

Matshita UJ-845S

 

button.

Kensington-

DVD-RAM drive that

 

 

compatible

can read and burn to

 

 

Computer Security

a wide range of

 

 

Lock.

standard-sized CD

 

 

 

and DVD media—

 

 

 

including dual-layer

 

Moving to the right side of the notebook, there’s a Kensington-compatible Computer Security Lock and the power jack for the AC adaptor; a Panasonic/Matshita Model UJ845S Slot-Loaded, Dual-Layer DVD-RAM burner. Upon closer inspection, you can tell that the faceplate has been painted red, rather than made of red plastic; yet the color matches the rest of the notebook’s hi-impact red-trimmed plastic chassis and accents perfectly without the slightest variation. But this is a Ferrari, so you’d expect nothing less when it comes to quality and attention to detail. There are also three more USB 2.0 ports next to the drive. Out back is a 124-pin Acer ezDock connector for Acer’s docking station, an S-video port to connect the notebook to a TV or display device with an S-video input, and a DVI-D port that connects to monitors or other devices that support digital video connections. The Model 10696SANYOZF01 Sanyo

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71w Li-ion (Lithium Ion) Battery Pack snaps in the rear of the notebook, takes 2.5 hours to fully charge, and holds that charge for an average of 3.5 hours under normal use. Carefully turn the notebook over, and you’ll find the latches that release the battery and Matshita optical drive, as well as compartments containing the Wireless LAN, hard drive, and memory. There’s also another set of ventilation slots.

Here's a head-on

The Acer Ferrari

From left to right:

Here are the

When using the

view of the Ferrari

4000 is equipped

the other half of the

button/indicators for

button/indicators to

4000. Not only is it

with a versatile 5-in-

Infrared Port; Power

Bluetooth (left) and

manually enable or

slim, but at 6.3

1 card reader that

and Battery LED

Wireless (right)

disable either the

pounds, its one of the

supports Memory

indicators; and an

communications. The

Bluetooth or

lightest notebooks in

Stick, Memory Stick

Audio-Out jack for

laptop powers-up

Wireless LAN, the

its class. The series of

Pro, MultiMediaCard

things like

with Bluetooth and

status will also briefly

perforations flanking

(MMC), Secure

headphone and

Wireless networking

show on LCD display

the ports in the

Digital (SD) and xD-

speakers.

enabled by default.

via the OSD (On

center are the 16-bit

Picture Card. Further

 

Both can be manually

Screen Display).

stereo speakers

to the right is the

 

enabled and disabled

Here, Bluetooth has

which sound

Internal Microphone

 

by pressing the

been enabled by

surprisingly good for

and part of the

 

appropriate button,

pressing the

a laptop.

Infrared Port.

 

or by using the Acer

Bluetooth

 

 

 

Launch Manager.

button/indicator.

...and here it's

Thanks to Acer

The Ferrari 4000

The red styling strip

The Ferrari 4000's

disabled. You'll see a

CrystalBrite

signature logo

running across the

"sponsors."

similar message

technology,

adorns the LCD

top of the Ferrari

 

displayed for the

everything from

display.

4000's LCD display

 

Wireless LAN and

spreadsheets and

 

isn't just for looks.

 

speaker volume.

presentations, to

 

Dual PIFAs (Planar

 

 

movies and games

 

Inverted F-Antennas)

 

 

look simply fabulous

 

are installed

 

 

on the Ferrari 4000's

 

underneath to

 

 

15.4" XGA wide-

 

improve wireless

 

 

screen LCD.

 

signal reception—part

 

 

 

 

of Acer's SignalUp

 

 

 

 

technology.

 

When you’re ready to “pop the hood” and get down to business, you’ll be greeted by Acer’s gorgeous, high-contrast 15.4” WSXGA+ CrystalBrite™ LCD display with a

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native resolution of 1680 x 1050; Acer’s 89-key ergonomic FineTouch™ keyboard, and a generous-sized touch pad framed in aluminum-colored plastic with matching mouse buttons and a neat scroll pad button in the center. To the right once again, is the Ferrari’s Prancing Horse crest, and on the left are OEM logos displayed like sponsor decals, of the primary components that power this race and sports carinspired beauty: the AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology Processor, ATI’s X700 Mobility™ Radeon® PCI Express graphics controller with 128MB of high performance GDDR3 VRAM, and the familiar Microsoft “Designed for Windows XP” label with a surprising twist: Windows XP x64 Edition is also listed on the “Designed for” label as well.

The Ferrari 4000’s boot screen consists of a full-color photo of a Ferrari Formula One car and a simple “Press <F2> to Enter Setup” message at the bottom for entering the notebook’s BIOS. When Windows XP Professional SP2 starts, a .WAV file of the F1 racer shown on the boot-up splash screen roars through the dual 16-bit stereo speakers, while Ferrari World provides some cool desktop background imagery that changes monthly and displays the latest calendar on your desktop. A Ferrari World Flash-animated screensaver protects the 15.4” WXGA+ LCD display while impressing passers-by. The surface surrounding the keyboard area, which Acer refers to on the Ferrari 4000 home page as their “Soft-touch Coating,” not only makes for a comfortable palm and wrist rest but feels—not surprisingly—like the surface of a racing slick tire.

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Here's the Ferrari

A close look at Acer's

The generous-sized

At the upper-left,

Let's get properly

crest again.

89-key FineTouch

touchpad is one of

above the keyboard,

introduced to the

 

ergonomic keyboard.

the smoothest,

the Power button on

Easy-launch buttons

 

As you might expect,

quickest and most

the left fires-up the

in the upper-right

 

it may take a brief

responsive ones I've

Ferrari 4000. On the

hand corner, above

 

adjustment period to

ever used on a

right, the more

the keyboard.

 

get used to, and

laptop—but that's to

conventional Num

Working our way

 

you'll either love it

be expected when

and Caps Lock

from left to right:

 

or hate it (I love it).

the laptop is named

indicators are joined

Mail, Web Browser,

 

 

after a premier

by a Hard Disk

Acer's eManager,

 

 

exoti-car and race

activity LED that's

and one User-

 

 

car. The center

filling in for the MIA

programmable

 

 

button is used for

Scroll Lock indicator.

button. All can be

 

 

scrolling.

 

modified and

 

 

 

 

configured through

 

 

 

 

the Acer Launch

 

 

 

 

Manager in the

 

 

 

 

system tray.

Ferrari World's

The Acer Ferrari

wallpaper applet

4000 runs as fast

automatically puts a

and as good as it

cool, new Ferrari

looks.

photograph and

 

calendar directly on

 

your desktop every

 

month.

 

In the upper left-hand corner of the keyboard, you’ll find a power button and a Caps Lock, Num Lock and Media Activity LED protected under a transparent dome. In the upper right-hand corner are Acer’s Easy-launch buttons. The button with the Mail icon (an envelope), launches your default E-Mail program; the Web Browser button (the planet with the ring around it) launches your default browser. The Acer eManager button (with the fancy letter “e”) launches Acer’s eManager application. The last button (with the letter “P”) is User-programmable, to launch an additional

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program of your choice. All of the Easy-launch buttons can be reconfigured to your liking with Acer’s Launch Manager software.

As with most notebook keyboards, engaging the <Num Lock> key or pressing the <Fn> + <F11> keys changes the keys to on the right-hand side of the keyboard to a numeric keypad for numeric data entry. The <Fn> (function) key used in combination with specifically-labeled keys perform the usual shift-key functions from blanking and toggling screens when a monitor is connected, to putting the notebook in sleep mode, adjusting the volume of the speakers and toggling the touchpad on and off. The keys are just the right size and have a firm, but quiet touch. The slightly curved ergonomic layout of the keyboard will probably require a brief period of adjustment to get used to. If your local retailer carries the Acer Ferrari 4000 or other Acer notebooks that have the same keyboard—some of the Acer Travelmate 3000 and 4000-series notebooks do—I’d recommend trying it out in a store first to make sure that you like it, before making a commitment. The generous-sized touchpad with its 4-way scroll-button is the fastest, most responsive I’ve ever used on a notebook, requiring only the lightest of touches without any skipping or lagging.

This is the Acer

Acer's eRecovery

This is the eRecovery

Here you can restore

Remember the

Ferrari 4000's boot

loads from a special

Main Menu, which

the Factory Default

password you typed

screen. Pressing

hidden factory

uses the arrow keys

Image, which resides

in earlier? Here's

<F2> here will take

partition. Type in the

for navigation. Press

on eRecovery's

where you change

you straight into the

password (six zeroes

<Enter> to select the

hidden partition, and

it...

BIOS; Hitting

by default, which can

highlighted System

will erase everything

 

<Alt><F10> will take

be changed) and

Recovery option.

on the hard drive and

 

you into Acer's

press <Enter>

 

restore the Ferrari

 

eRecovery System.

 

 

4000 to its brand new

 

Let's take a look.

 

 

out-of-the-box

 

 

 

 

condition. You can

 

 

 

 

also restore the

 

 

 

 

laptop from an image

 

 

 

 

created on CD or DVD

 

 

 

 

media with eRecovery

 

 

 

 

under Windows XP.

 

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Toshiba BRnR LX.FR406.035, BRnR 4000, 4005WLMi User Manual

....like so. Now let's

The Acer Ferrari 4000

This is the Main

You can tell the

You can activate the

reboot and check out

uses the ever-popular

Screen where you can

Ferrari 4000 to

Ferrari 4000's Gigabit

the Ferrari 4000's

and widely-used

configure basic

automatically detect

Ethernet NIC's ability

BIOS.

Phoenix BIOS. This is

system settings:

and use a second

to boot from a

 

the Information

Quiet Boot

external display if

network here.

 

Screen which gives a

determines whether

detected on power-

 

 

peek at what's under

you see the cool

up, or force it to look

 

 

the Ferrari 4000's

Ferrari splash screen

for and use both the

 

 

impressive hood.

on boot-up or the

laptop's LCD and

 

 

 

more pedestrian text-

external display for

 

 

 

based BIOS and

those fussy external

 

 

 

system startup info.

display devices that

 

 

 

 

need a little coaxing.

 

The engine beneath the Acer Ferrari 4000’s hood is a fast and energy-efficient 2.0 GHz AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 Processor with a 1GB cache, mounted in a Socket 754 motherboard powered by the new ATI Radeon® Xpress 200P chipset, with 1GB of Single-Channel DDR 333 RAM upgradeable to 2 GB. Mass storage is provided by a Seagate Momentus ST9100823A Ultra/ATA 1000 5400 RPM 100MB IDE hard drive with an 8MB buffer and 12.5ms access time.

Included with the Ferrari 4000 is a Bluetooth rechargeable wireless mouse. Powered by two rechargeable AA batteries, the full-sized scroll wheel mouse is colorcoordinated to match the notebook with the Ferrari’s glossy Rosso Corsa finish, black rubberized “Soft-Touch” side grips, and an ambidextrous design. With the included USB charger cord, it takes approximately five hours to fully charge the mouse, and the charge lasts about a week and a half under normal use.

Enabling this will bring up a menu of options that will let you choose which device in the Acer Ferrari 4000 to boot from.

D2D is the Disk-to-

The LCD Auto Dim

With the exception of

Adding, changing, or

Disk Backup and

automatically lowers

the Infrared Port,

clearing system

Recovery system,

the brightness on the

both the Serial port A:

passwords is done

which can be

LCD display to

and Parallel port

here, at the Security

accessed by hitting

conserve power when

entries are useless,

Screen. Here, the

<Alt><F10> while

the laptop is operated

as the Ferrari 4000

Supervisor Password

the laptop is booting.

on battery; then

has neither.

controls access to the

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You'll probably want

brightens the display

BIOS.

to leave this enabled.

when the laptop is

 

 

plugged into a power

 

 

outlet.

 

This enables or

Here, you can select

disables the

the boot order the

password protection

Ferrari 4000's

on the hard drive for

available bootable

the aforementioned

devices.

D2D utility which is

 

run from a special

 

hidden partition on

 

the hard drive, or

 

Acer Recovery

 

through Acer

 

eManager.

 

And finally, here's the Exit screen where you can load system defaults and save or discard any of the BIOS settings.

Acer even throws in a Ferrari Red cleaning cloth to clean the notebook with—a good thing, since the reflective carbon-fiber lid shows fingerprints easily, and the rubberized surface around the notebook’s keyboard has a tendency to show dust, lint, and oils from your hands (or food if you’re an eat-while-you-work person). The supplied cloth handles the typical build up of dust and minor smudges on the lid and elsewhere without any problem, but you may need additional help from a soft, lintfree cloth dampened with cool water for more the more stubborn cleaning jobs. The 26-page User’s Guide has the same black, carbon-fiber and Ferrari Red motif as the notebook, and gives you the basics on operating the Ferrari 4000 (with more detailed info in the notebook’s online documentation).

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