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Acer Travelmate 5720G

By Craig Simms, CNET.com.au on 12 September 2007 03:55 PM

Tags: dvi, acer, laptop, notebook, 5720g, travelmate, port, nestle

Manufacturer: Acer

Battery

  • Battery type included
  • Lithium-ion
  • Claimed battery life
  • 3 hours

Connectivity

  • Network interface
  • 10/100/1000 LAN, Bluetooth, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, Infrared
  • Dialup modem
  • Yes
  • USB ports
  • 4
  • Firewire ports
  • 1
  • Firewire type
  • 400
  • S-Video
  • Yes
  • VGA
  • Yes
  • DVI
  • Yes
  • HDMI
  • No

Display

  • LCD technology
  • WXGA
  • Natural resolution (max)
  • 12800 x 800 pixels
  • Diagonal screen size
  • 15.4 inch

Drives

  • Primary hard drive
  • 200 GB
  • Optical drive
  • DVD-RW

General

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 30.3 x 360 x 267 mm
  • Weight
  • 3.02 kg
  • Laptop type
  • Ultraportable, Business

Graphics

  • Amt of video RAM
  • 256 MB
  • Graphics hardware
  • ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Memory

  • Amt of RAM
  • 2GB
  • RAM type
  • DDR2-667
  • Memory card reader
  • Yes

Other

  • Motherboard chipset
  • Intel GM965
  • Integrated webcam
  • Yes
  • TV tuner
  • No

Processor

  • Processor type
  • Intel Core 2 Duo
  • Processor speed
  • 2.0 GHz

Software

  • Operating system
  • Windows Vista Business

Sound

  • Embedded stereo speakers
  • Yes
  • Digital audio output
  • No

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The good:
  • Solid build quality
  • Well featured
  • Competitively priced
  • Curved keyboard
The bad:
  • USB port positioning
  • Low res Webcam
The bottomline:

The Travelmate is an excellent notebook for business if you're interested in the 15-inch space, and you're happy with the 3kg weight.

Editors’ rating:

8/10

RRP: AU$2099.00

Related topics:

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