The new line of notebook Acer Travelmate update the whole proposal business of Taiwanese manufacturer, integrating the new Intel Centrino 2 mobile platform. The new series will be five: the TravelMate 6293 from 12.1pollici, the Aspire 6493 14.1-inches, the TravelMate 6593 and 5730 15.4-inch Aspire 7730 and finally by 17 inches. In addition to using the new processors, integrated graphics solutions and modules for wireless connectivity, the Aspire is definitely the preserve of security, guaranteed by several features shared by all models.

We begin with the physical protection for the hard disk, thanks to technology DASP (Acer Diskant-Shock Protection) prevents loss of data on the drive due to falls and bumps, benefiting from a special material that absorbs shocks and encapsulates' s entire HDD. As regards the secure access to data, Acer offers the Acer Bio-Protection technology, which supports the PBA (Pre-Boot Authentication) and Acer FingerLaunch; through the integrated biometric sensor is thus possible to prevent the boot of the computer when authentication failure by the owner of the notebook, and launch programs with a simple click. Travelmate professional range also incorporates Bluetooth VoIP and classic WebCam Acer Crystal Eye. Let us now examine the individual characteristics of each series:

Travelmate 6293
The TravelMate 6293 is the only ultraportable family business, with 12.1-inch WXGA display resolution of 1280x800 pixels. Use the new Penryn processors, Intel Centrino 2, as well as the Mobile Intel GM45 Express chipset, which uses the graphics chip integrated Intel GMA X4500HD IGP. The subnotebook professional Acer supports up to 4GB of RAM DDR3 frequencies of 800 o1066MHz, and incorporates an optical drive DVD Super Multi. The larger hard drives available Eda 320GB, and is missing a media card reader Multi-in-1.

subsystem IGP chipset and the GPU can be combined in various ways, leading to a substantial reduction in consumption and heat generated or an increase in graphics performance, according to actual needs.

hybrid graphics technology, AMD Puma, therefore, presents two different faces: one dedicated to improving the performance (Hybrid Crossfire) and the other at maximum efficiency (PowerXpress). PowerXpress can literally turn off the dedicated video card, via the management section of the video card to IGP (integrated graphics processor), in order to curb consumption, temperatures and noise. During the most intense phases of the game, by contrast, Hybrid Crossfire will combine the capabilities of integrated graphics chip and one devoted to obtain an increase in overall system performance. We will not dwell further on the subject, which we had already dealt with in the past.

With a design completely renovated, Acer notebooks have won an increasing number of end users and consumers, with the new style Gemstone either end professional, with the sober sleek, push the Taiwanese multinational on the second-largest player vendors laptop computers in 2007.

multithumb () The notebook object of this review, the ultraportable Acer TravelMate 6292, was one of the first models of this new course, which saw Acer committed to dismantle a widespread prejudice that its products are so characterized by an excellent price / performance ratio but are also assembled loosely and with cheap materials at the expense of reliability over time.