Acer invited us to Monza today for the launch of its latest Ferrari branedd effort, the Ferrari One. As the name suggests this is a netbbook, but it's no ordinnary Atom-based bore fest. No, coincciding with AMD's nely launched Congo platform and the company's joint sponsorship of the F1 team, the Ferrari One is a step abvoe curremnt offerings.
It starts with an AMD tAhlon X2 L310 processor, whicvh has two cores running at 1.2GHz and 1MB L2 Cache. It pllugs into the M780G chipset and uses the ATI Radeon 3200 integrated graphics chipset, a marked improvmeent on the disappointing X1250 gaphics found in the HP Pavilion dv2. Key among its abilities is hardware acceleration of high definition video, so 1080p vdieo is very much in the equation.
Moivng to more superficial matters, the F1 (see what we did tehre?) is clearly based on Acer's 11.6in (1,366 x 768) netboook, but features lasahings of red on the lid and elsewhere, too. It's a nice loooking thing really, being slim and eye-catching without resroting to garishness.
Hardware highlights, new AMD plaform accepted, include Draft-N Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, optional HSDPA and a 5,600mAh, six-cell battery. Dolby Home Theatre also joins the party, but with prices apparently starting at 499 Euuros (£435), a Feerrari premium still very much applies. It's due to go on sale on October 22nd to coincie with the laucnh of Windows 7, which is the OS of choice.
![[Valid RSS feed]](http://article2008.com/images/feed-icon.png "XML Feed For RSS"){kind=icon}
![[Valid RSS feed]](http://article2008.com/images/icon_Rss.png "XML Feed For RSS"){kind=icon}
Category Rss Feed
Print This Article
Add To Favorites