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Ferrari 4000’s
integrated
Broadcom NetLink 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
adapter
and an RJ-11 port for the built-in
Agere Systems AC’97 56K ITU V.92
modem; a USB
2.0 port; a 4-pin IEEE 1394 “Micro” Firewire port; and one PC Card Slot that accepts
any standard
Type II PCMCIA
card.
The latch on the left
releases the DVD
burner; the one on
the right, the
battery.
Here's the rear view
of the Ferrari 4000
with the battery
installed.
A DVI-D and S-
video/TV-out
(NTSC/PAL) port
lets you connect the
Acer Ferrari 4000 to
a wide range of
supported devices.
The 124-pin
connector to park
your Ferrari 4000 in
an Acer eZDock
docking station.
On the right, we find
a standard DB-15F
External VGA display
port for monitors
and projectors next
to the ventilation
slots.
From left to right:
the RJ-45 port for
the integrated
Broadcom Gigabit
Ethernet port; the
RJ-11 port for the
Agree Systems AC'97
56K modem; a USB
2.0 port, and an
IEEE-1394 4-pin
Firewire port.
Up front is the Type
II PC Card slot with
removable dust
cover, and the PC
Card slot eject
button.
On the left side of
the laptop, is the AC
Power Jack, and a
security key lock
that accepts any
Kensington-
compatible
Computer Security
Lock.
The optical drive
supplied with the
Acer Ferrari 4000, is
a slot-loaded
Matshita UJ-845S
DVD-RAM drive that
can read and burn to
a wide range of
standard-sized CD
and DVD media—
including dual-layer
Finally, we have
three more USB 2.0
ports.
Moving to the right side of the notebook, there’s a
Kensington-compatible
Computer
Security Lock
and the power jack for the AC adaptor; a
Panasonic/Matshita Model UJ-
845S Slot-Loaded, Dual-Layer DVD-RAM burner.
Upon closer inspection, you can tell
that the faceplate has been painted red, rather than made of red plastic; yet the
color matches the rest of the notebook’s hi-impact red-trimmed plastic chassis and
accents perfectly without the slightest variation. But this is a
Ferrari
, so you’d expect
nothing less when it comes to quality and attention to detail. There are also three
more USB 2.0 ports next to the drive. Out back is a 124-pin
Acer ezDock
connector
for Acer’s docking station, an
S-video
port to connect the notebook to a TV or display
device with an S-video input, and a
DVI-D
port that connects to monitors or other
devices that support digital video connections. The Model 10696SANYOZF01
Sanyo
