Acer TravelMate

Acer TravelMate 8004.

TravelMate is a series of computer notebooks manufactured by Acer. Of the various notebook series Acer has offered, the TravelMate is designated as a business and professional computer. Previously, the TravelMate name was used by Texas Instruments.

Hardware

Depending on the model, the TravelMate Series' standard features may include: an Ethernet adapter, a Wireless Ethernet adapter, one or more PC Card slot. They also include USB 2.0 ports, an optical drive, and 1 VGA port. More recent versions feature dual core processors along with a 5 in 1 card reader, a large hard drive and a lot of memory. The more recent models come with better graphics cards. This means more graphics connectivity like S-Video.

Software

The operating system included with the computer is Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7, which interfaces with several proprietary Acer programs. These programs include Acer ePower Management for managing the computer's mobile power options, and Acer Launch Manager for configuring the computer's launch keys, which are used to launch various user applications. Some models in the series include a webcam and additional bundled software that allows users to manipulate CD data, operate the webcam, organise windows and empowering technology, a system that is designed to allow safer, more comfortable and practical use of the notebook.

Acer TravelMate series

• Acer TravelMate 2300 Series
• Acer TravelMate 2350 Series
• Acer TravelMate 2400 Series
• Acer TravelMate 2420 Series
• Acer TravelMate 3000 Series
• Acer TravelMate 3020 Series
• Acer TravelMate 3210 Series
• Acer TravelMate 4070 Series
• Acer TravelMate 4200 Series
• Acer TravelMate 4235 Series
• Acer TravelMate 4330 Series
• Acer TravelMate 4335 Series
• Acer TravelMate 4530 Series
• Acer TravelMate 4600 Series
• Acer TravelMate 4730 Series
• Acer Travelmate 4740 Series
• Acer TravelMate 5220 Series
• Acer TravelMate 5230 Series
• Acer TravelMate 5500 Series
• Acer TravelMate 5510 Series
• Acer TravelMate 5720 Series
• Acer TravelMate 5730 Series
• Acer TravelMate 5735 Series
• Acer TravelMate 5740 Series
• Acer TravelMate 5742 Series
• Acer TravelMate 6253 Series
• Acer TravelMate 6292 Series
• Acer TravelMate 6293 Series
• Acer TravelMate 6400 Series
• Acer TravelMate 6452 Series
• Acer TravelMate 6493 Series
• Acer TravelMate 6500 Series
• Acer TravelMate 6593 Series
• Acer TravelMate 6594 Series
• Acer TravelMate 7230 Series
• Acer TravelMate 7330 Series
• Acer TravelMate 7530 Series
• Acer TravelMate 7730 Series
• Acer TravelMate 7740 Series

TravelMate TimelineX series

• Acer TravelMate 8172
• Acer TravelMate 8371
• Acer TravelMate 8331
• Acer TravelMate 8372
• Acer TravelMate 8471
• Acer TravelMate 8431
• Acer TravelMate 8472
• Acer TravelMate 8552
• Acer TravelMate 8571
• Acer TravelMate 8531
• Acer TravelMate 8572

TravelMate 2420

The TravelMate 2420 is a Centrino based laptop computer, featuring either a Celeron M or a Pentium M processor at 1.7 GHz, depending on the region where it is to be distributed. As of April 2007, this model was discontinued by Acer Corp in the USA and Mexico.

Typical configurations

Latin America

In Latin America it included one 256 MB DDR2 SO-DIMM, though in other countries it included one single SO-DIMM module of 512 MB. It also included (in Latin America) a 40 GB @ 4200 rpm Hard Disk, (in other countries, it included an 80 GB model).

As it's based on the Centrino platform, it includes a 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet adapter, a Wireless Ethernet adapter, a Bluetooth adapter and one PC Card slot. It also included three USB 2.0 ports and one VGA port.

It has a CD-RW/DVD-ROM as optical media drive.

North America

In North America, the model comes with 1GB of system memory which is DDR SDRAM and with a 120GB Hard drive. It does not include a "system recovery" portion in the hard drive. Also comes with a 128 MB video memory based on the nvidia technology. The video memory is not shared.

Sources

• Acer Global - Notebooks Acer's laptop range.
• Service manuals for Acer TravelMate laptops - manuals with laptop breakdown and disassemlby instructions.