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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.
