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Model name |
Acer TravelMate 650 |
Apple PowerBook G4 1Ghz |
Dell Latitude C640 |
IBM ThinkPad T30 (2366-97M) |
Toshiba Satellite 5200 |
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Distributor |
Acer Computer |
Apple Computer |
Dell Computer |
IBM |
Toshiba |
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RRP (test configuration inc. GST) |
$4,499 |
$5,995 |
$4,295 |
$5,099 |
$6,050 |
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Phone number |
1300 366 567 |
13 36 22 |
13 33 55 |
1800 289 426 |
13 30 70 |
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Web site |
www.acer.com.au |
www.apple.com.au |
www.dell.com.au |
www.ibm.com/au |
www.toshiba.com.au |
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Warranty |
1 year; 2-hour repair turnaround RTB |
1 year with optional three year warranty |
3 years, next business day onsite |
3 years, Express pickup, repair and delivery |
1 year parts and labour |
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System weight including battery (kg) |
2.92 |
2.53 |
2.75 |
2.55 |
3.58 |
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Processor installed |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz |
Power PC G4 1GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 2.2GHz |
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RAM installed/max (MB) |
0.25 |
0.5 |
0.25 |
0.25 |
0.5 |
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Hard drive make and capacity |
Hitachi DK23EA-20, 40GB |
Ultra A TA/66, 60GB |
Hitachi DK23DA-20F, 20GB |
Hitachi DK23EA-60, 60GB |
Toshiba MK6022GAX, 60GB |
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Battery capacity |
14.8v, 4400mAh |
4.24 AH or 4.236mAH |
14.8v, 4460mAh |
10.8v, 4400mAh |
10.8v, 6300mAh |
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Display size in inches |
14.1 |
15.2 |
14.1 |
14.1 |
15 |
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Native resolution |
1024x768 |
1280x854 |
1400x1050 |
1400x1050 |
1600x1200 |
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Graphics processor & memory |
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500/ 32MB |
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000/ 64MB |
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500/32MB |
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500/ 16MB |
nVidia GeForce 4 460/ 64MB |
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I/O Ports and Multimedia |
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USB, Parallel, Serial, PS2, DVI, VGA, TV out, FireWire |
4, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1 |
2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1 cable supplied for DVI to VGA, 1, 1 |
1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0 |
2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0 |
3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1 |
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SD slot, Smart Media slot, expansion slot |
Yes, Yes, Yes |
No, No, No |
No, No, Yes |
No, No, Yes |
Yes, No, No |
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PC Card slot |
1 x Type II |
1 x Type II |
2 x Type II or 1 x Type III |
2 x Type II or 1 x Type III |
1 x Type II |
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Optical drive type and read/write speeds |
QSI CD-RW/ DVD SBW 242 DVD-ROM x 8, CD-RW x 8, CD-R x 10, CD-ROM x 24 |
Matsushita UJ-815 DVD-R x 1, DVD-ROM x 6 CD-RW x 4, CD-R x 8, CD-ROM x 24 |
HL-DT-ST DVD GDR-8081N DVD-ROM x 8, CD-ROM x 24 |
HL-DT-ST RW/ DVD GCC-4160N DVD x 8, CD-RW x 10, CD-R x 16, CD x 24 |
Matsushita UJ-810 DVD-RAM x 2, DVD-RW x 1, DVD-R x 1 DVD-ROM x 8, CD-RW x 4, CD-R x 16, CD x 24 |
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Communications |
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Integrated Modem 56K |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Integrated 10/100 Ethernet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Integrated wireless 802.11b |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Bluetooth |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Operating System |
Windows XP Pro |
Mac OS X 10.2.1 |
Windows XP Pro |
Windows 2000 (Retail version will ship with Windows XP) |
Windows XP Pro |
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