Acer TravelMate 3000

May 19, 2005 By Ian Bell

Acer TravelMate 3000

Acer's new TravelMate 300 Ultra-Portable notebook features a 12.1" screen and has plenty of power, but won't break the bank.

The Acer TravelMate 3000 notebook, offers up to an Intel Pentium M Processor 740 running on the latest Intel 915GM Express chipset and a 533MZz Front System Bus. The newest Acer notebook also features PCI Express, a 12.1″ WXGA display, 512 MB of DDR II upgradeable to 2048MB, and an integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 video adapter with up to 128MB of dedicated DDR video memory. In addition to wireless 802.11b/g and Bluetooth support, the TravelMate offers 3 USB 2.0 ports, an IEEE 1394 port, 10/100/1000 LAN connection, and a 56K V.92 modem.

This one-spindled notebook incorporates up to a 60GB hard drive as well as a CDRW/DVD combo drive. TravelMate 3000 series notebooks offer a 4-in-1 PCMCIA Multimedia reader, built-in SmartCard Reader and a port replicator option. Preloaded with Microsoft Windows XP Professional, and weighing just over three pounds, the TravelMate 3000 provides the freedom and flexibility for mobile users combined with desktop-level performance.

Pricing

The TravelMate 3000 is available through Acer Authorized Resellers throughout North America starting at approximately $1399.

Showing 5 comments

Sujai at 6:43am 14th July 2005 In the case of the Acer TM 3002, WXGA is 1280 x 800
Bryan MacDonald at 1:13pm 21st May 2005 I actually think most laptops that claim WXGA are 1280x768.
DigitalTrends Staff at 6:47pm 20th May 2005 Sorry guys, I think this was sent to us too soon. There was no mention of the CPU speed and I did not hear back from their Public Relations department.

It looks like the specs and information is up on their website now though:

http://us.acer.com/acerpanam/page4.do?dau22.oid=8961&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=25&ctx1=US&crc=2566910462

1.73Ghz. Hope that help.
Joey Bigtimes at 3:27pm 20th May 2005 WXGA is 1366x768
VGA is 640x480
XGA is 1024x768
SVGA is 1280x1024
UXGA is 1600x1200

All from memory.

Also, the Mhz or Ghz "specification" is a myth which has nothing to do with actual computing power, so know what you're talking about before you shoot off your mouth, kiddo.
jfb3 at 11:45am 20th May 2005 Does anyone care what chipset is on the thing? (Unless you're planning on loading linux.)

What I want to know is how fast it is.

Is it 900 MHz, 3 GHz ,or what?

Instead of ~just~ reprinting a corporate press release how about a little information to go along with it.

And instead of WXGA (I defy anyone to remember what all the acronyms are for screen resolutions) just state the resolution. Is that 1200x10xx, 1600x1200, what?