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The first thing that
greets you when you
open the box is this
Quick-Start fold-out
Let's get this thing
unpacked.
The only thing
missing is that new
car smell.
All of the software
and accessories are
in this box.
Here's a closer look
at the Quick-Start
fold out.
As you can see, the
Acer Ferrari Notebook
has evolved quite a bit over the years.
Let's see just how much...
Packaging
FedEx delivered the notebook in a large box filled with Styrofoam packing peanuts.
Additional protection was provided by the Acer factory box sealed with tape designed
to show any tampering of the contents, and had shipping labels from the Acer plant
in China and its final destination at an Ingram Micro distribution center in California.
The boxes were in good shape and showed no sign of rough handling or damage.
The
Ferrari 4000’s
display box has the clean, tasteful and expensive look of a high-
quality automotive publication gracing the glass top of a living room table with its
glossy finish. Striking photos of the notebook are set off against a black and carbon
fiber-background, with Acer’s corporate logo, “Ferrari 4000” in sleek, red letters, and
Ferrari’s world-famous “Prancing Horse” crest. A closer look reveals the brushed
aluminum “Ferrari Official Licensed Product” logo
and
holographic sticker on the side
of the box. First Class all the way—but then, you’d expect nothing less from anything
with the
Ferrari
name on it.
You have to give Acer’s marketing team credit; the box is designed to do more that
just grab your attention and protect the product (though it does both exceptionally
well). Opening the box, unpacking it, and removing the
Ferrari 4000
from its
protective wrapping invokes almost the same awe and excitement as sliding behind
the wheel of the real thing.
The Notebook
To say that the
Ferrari 4000
lives up to its four-wheeled namesake would be an
understatement. Gone is the predominantly
Rosso Corsa
(Ferrari Red) finish of
previous models. For this incarnation of the Ferrari notebook, Acer decked the lid of
the 15.4” Wide-Screen LCD display with
real carbon-fiber
—the same tough,
lightweight material used in race cars—with the Acer corporate logo in the upper left-
hand corner, and the Ferrari crest right in the middle. Acer’s
SignalUp™
Technology
