Recently, Acer China released a new notebook positioning business, which includes previously appeared in the major exhibition this year had slim commercial flagship of the TravelMate 8481TG. Compared with the previous Aspire Timeline series, the TravelMate the Timeline series uses a new slimmer design, overall appearance of the elegant, dark metal texture of the shell appears to be mature. The body is very thin, the thinnest only 18mm, 14-inch machine weighs only 1.8 kg, very easy to move office.
In order to meet the needs of different users, the TravelMate 8-series products with discrete graphics and integrated graphics in two configurations. Us the industry this the Acer TravelMate 8481TG models last a letter "G" is illustrated in the models with discrete graphics. In addition, in order to provide users with better experience of mobile applications, the TravelMate 8481TG in the core hardware chipset with Intel Core i3-2357M ultra-low power consumption processor with Intel UM67 ultra low power consumption. Such a match is extremely rare, in theory, lower power consumption will have a direct impact on the overall performance of the product in thin products we tested before. On the next to ensure that the basis of the thin and light portable TravelMate 8481TG low power consumption with whether to make long mobile office environment, deal with it smoothly.
Some notebook manufacturers currently on the market in order to save design costs, the consumer models transition into business models, but the color and model changes, the overall mold is exactly the same. And such vendors, the Acer TravelMate series of new products with a new mold design, the Aspire T has a very different style. Acer TravelMate 8481TG in order to ensure the 14 in. touch with prominent thin portable, the top part of the carbon fiber material is selected, both have the solid features of aluminum-magnesium alloy, and the high plasticity of ABS plastic, the screen lead to better protection. In addition, the top cover of Ebony also highlights the product stable business atmosphere.
Currently on the market almost all Acer products will be marked with the Signal the Up logo, which indicates intensive processing product after signal when users connect to a wireless network signal will be more stable.
This machine uses a 14 in. Narrow matte screen, a standard resolution of 1366 x 768, while positioning the 14-inch screen sizes already close to 15 inches horizons. From the application point of view, the matte screen compared to the glossy screen is more practical in strong ambient light environment, the matte screen is not reflective of the phenomenon. So, here we recommend the best choice for the matte screen when we buy a notebook, you will find that after prolonged use, the matte screen can adapt to any lighting environment, and easily contaminated with fingerprints.
Many products on the market have adopted the sunken screen axis design, this design is indeed the body as a whole is more three-dimensional, elegant. Its drawbacks, however, lies in the rear of the screen to block the body so that the rear of the fuselage would not be able to arrange any interface. The top right of the keyboard shortcuts provide a quick boot Acer unique INSTANT the VIEW system, users can shut down the state quickly through the system for multimedia, Internet and Application.
In keyboard design, the Acer TravelMate 8481TG popular "duckweed" type keyboard. Through testing, we feel the overall feel of this keyboard is quite good, but the intensity of the smaller keys back, knocking them feel soft.
For business products, safety is very important, so the general business models are equipped with a fingerprint identification system. This machine is no exception, through the fingerprint reader to the Bios, hard disk and operating system encryption.
Side, this machine is configured in the body before a charging status indicator, it can always show the battery charge state, and also played a decorative role. In the interface area, we see that the right side of the fuselage of this machine configuration power interface,Ethernet interface, e-SATA interface, HDMI interface, USB port and card reader interface. To emphasize the thin, the Acer TravelMate 8481TG canceled useful in the business of the inserted interface.
In addition to its thin and light design, in order to provide users with better experience of mobile applications, the TravelMate 8481TG core hardware on the Intel Core i3-2357M ultra-low power consumption processor with a clock speed of 1.3GHz, the maximum TDP of only 17W, but also less than 50% of the mainstream Core products. Graphics cards is to choose the NVIDIA GT520M graphics, the graphics card
ACER TravelMate 8481T battery is NVIDIA locate the entry-level entertainment applications, graphics card series, using a 40nm manufacturing process, with 48 stream processors, 64-bit memory interface with 1GB memory . Support PureVideo HD, PhysX, CUDA technology, which also supports DX11 effects.
In addition, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M graphics card with Intel Core i3-2357M integrated nuclear graphics intelligent switching Optimus technology. When dealing with simple 2D applications or text manipulation, random integrated graphics fully meet the needs of platform independent graphics turned off, certain procedures to reduce overall system power consumption, so that the platform endurance can be improved.
It can be seen from the comparison of the integrated office and multimedia test scores, the TravelMate 8481TG's performance was significantly lower than the average level of commercial products. Of course, such a performance we expected, while ensuring ultra-compact, and its products strictly control the whole power consumption, which led directly to the performance constraints.
Part of the game measured, the Acer TravelMate 8481TG standard NVIDIA GeForce GT520M graphics to meet the basic entry-level 3D game needs. As for the game similar to Lost Planet load higher or more difficult.
Although targeted at portable applications environment, Acer TravelMate 8481TG advantage in screen design is quite obvious, 14 in. touch with the screen coupled with ultra-narrow frame design provides users with a broader visual experience. Measured we see the product's maximum brightness of 217cd / or more, the maximum contrast ratio of 261:1, 49.87% of the color saturation. Such a performance in the screen below 14 inches is already a moderate level.
From the previous product specifications, 14-inch form factor, the TravelMate Acer notebook 8481TG in product design more prominent light and portable. Compared with Acer products, TravelMate 8481TG in the battery with the mainstream design, random standard 5800mAh lithium battery capacity is a medium with its previous products. For those who value the user of the mobile office applications, the product life is directly determines the applicable application spaces. From more than 10 hours of battery life, the TravelMate 8481TG with excellent power control in order to bring the life of the all-weather mobile office and in the heat of the body surface has a good long period of high load office environment controlled.
From product design to final-oriented application environment,
ACER TravelMate 8481TG battery of performance and as much as those positioned stylish portable entertainment this product. The compact design of the molds with the Intel Core i3-2357M and NVIDIA GeForce GT520M the effective mix of fully deal with the increasingly complex business office environment. From the test data, with mainstream entertainment this 3D processing capabilities at the same time, its random with 32nm the Core i5, 560M processor in everyday applications so that the overall performance of the platform may be raised again. Office environment is not only good at high load, and take into account the daily video and 3D entertainment applications, a more comprehensive integrated performance. In addition, compared with the current mainstream 14-inch notebook, the good effect of mobile applications for business people who want to be tied on the desk of a new experience.
Advantages:
1, thin and light design, fine workmanship, choice of carbon fiber top cover with a light, solid features;
2, with a highly portable, mainstream office applications environment in case of no external power supply, power can be maintained for 10 hours;
3, with better ease of use, unique INSTANT the VIEW fast boot system, the user can shut down the state quickly through the system quick application of multimedia, Internet, etc.;
Disadvantages:
1, the flexibility of the duckweed style keyboard is poor, poor operating feel, long prone to fatigue;
2, a larger capacity
ACER TravelMate 8481 battery shape is relatively large, affecting the overall beauty of the fuselage, not enough comfort to the user holding up;
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