Through this three-way evaluation, we found that ultra-portable notebook computer showing an interesting phenomenon: the perspective from concept to SONY PCG TR3CN represented by small and complete products to ASUS M5N as the representative of the 12 built-in Combo Drive inch screen products to ASUS S5N, Acer TravelMate 370, represented by 12-inch screen, external CD-ROM product categories have different characteristics.
TR3CN and the Fujitsu P5020, is the use of a 10.6-inch screen, built-in combo approach, smaller screen, but offers performance and portability features are good; M5N Combo is built of 12-inch screen products, can provide better The display, while the body is relatively thin; Acer TM370 and is positioned about Asus S5 are 12-inch screen, external CD-ROM products, this product is very light weight, portability, good performance, but need to use the CD-ROM I also have to external devices. In summary, three different products are ultra-portable notebook, can provide a good use of experience.
Advantages: reasonably priced, ultra-portable notebook represents a direction of development, performance and battery performance are good.
Disadvantages: Although it is not heavy, but not thin.
IT168 are currently testing TM370 Acer is selling the product, due to time constraints, we test your product, the product will return the Acer company, said sales of this product is now out of stock, Acer's approach is quite interesting, single-minded product on the Tablet PC, a group of alleged Tablet PC in the warehouse inventory, but we are more like the A2000, TM370, TM292 did not amount too much, so often caused by the phenomenon of short goods. Acer still hopes the company can properly deal with the Chinese market, coupled with the current launch of the TM8000, Ferrari products are great selling point, and I hope Acer will get the chance, adjourned to the former glory.
TM370 everyone is familiar with, and we are here to simply re-introduction, this product uses a 12-inch screen, external Combo design, the specific hardware configuration is:
Processor: Pentium-M 1.4GHz
Chipset: Intel 855GME
Memory: 256MB
Hard drive model: HITACHI TravelStar IC25N040ATMR04-0
Hard disk capacity: 40GB
Graphics Card: Intel Extreme Graphics2
Display: 12 inch 1024 * 768
Optical Storage: External Combo
Network Interface: RJ-45, RJ-11, 802.11b
Weight: 1.65kg
Interior design
Acer TM370 good interior design, the keyboard area is not great, but the keyboard layout and key size are best efforts to use the feel good, not like some of the ultra-portable notebook, as with hands on the keyboard appears than usual, this is a joke, but some product is indeed the case, ultra-portable notebook in focus size, but also should focus on the use of feelings, TM370 done a good job in this regard.
In the top of the keyboard, TM370 design a series of shortcut keys, and not because the product is thin and light design, omit this part should have Yiyong characteristics, we can see that this product provides open, turn off the wireless network key ; named P1, P2, P3 of the three user-defined shortcuts; your web browser's buttons, in addition, there is a button to start the e-mail program, and the key design also features a translucent by providing the software, you can achieve the function prompt letters, e-mail upon receipt of the letter, it will flash to remind the user. It is worth mentioning that the three products in its class can define shortcut keys, and even mainstream products are rare.
TM370 using the touchpad as a pointing device, which is Acer have been doing. If for use, this touchpad seems a little small, but the habits, does not affect the use, and this product offers a 4 direction scroll button, in general, ultra-portable products, provide scrolling function keys not in the majority, to provide a double horizontal and vertical scrolling and fewer products, which has been endorsed by us, when indeed the use of convenience. In addition, below the touchpad also has a built in microphone, a business trip, you can also use voice to communicate with friends or family.
Interface distribution
Acer TM370 on the left provides a lot of interfaces, including modems and network interface, in order to achieve beautiful results, taking into account the product in most cases to use in mobile, so the two interfaces are blocked up the rubber cover plate . Meanwhile, the left provides two USB ports, one USB port power supply with additional features, this design is devoted to the Acer 370 Combo external drive provides, so that, using an external Combo drive only when need to connect a special cable, will be able to save the power cord. In addition, the left side of the fuselage there is a PC Card slot, headphone jack and microphone jack.
In the right side, TM370 design a third USB 2.0 port and the outlet, even from here you can see the copper heat sink, we can see this product in the thermal design is very good indeed, the test can see - in the battery and performance for 3 consecutive days of testing, the 370 does not overheat, does not affect use.
In the back of the machine, TM370 provides a VGA port, and this interface is also designed a rubber plate, the location of the fuselage behind the battery 370 provides two standard battery, standard battery installed flush with the fuselage, However, due to smaller capacity, so it will not provide the use of a very long time; in sales when customers buy products on the assembly of a large-capacity battery, although the volume will extend out more than one machine, but it can provide longer .
Test results and summary
TravelMate 370 with a 12.1-inch LCD, bare metal weight is 1.5 kg. Machine with a clear Acer touchpad features - round touchpad with 4-way scroll button. Meanwhile, TravelMate 373T also provides for all new Acer notebook
Acer TM07B71 battery touchpad shortcuts shielding design, external mouse when using the keyboard to avoid mistakenly hit. In addition, it also provides a SD / MS / MMC three-in card reader. May be confident of their products, Acer participating in this test TM370 keyboard left and right palm rest part of the evaluation data label affixed.
Test environment:
Operating System: Windows XP Professional + SP1 (English/Bulid2600)
Chipset driver: Intel Chipset INF v3.20.1008
ATA drives: Intel Application Accelerator v1.1
Display driver: the latest display driver
DirectX: DirectX 8.1
Display Settings: 1024 * 768 32bit
Test scores (1024 768 @ 32b)
PCMagazine Business Winstone 2004:15.2
Multitasking: 1.36
PCMagazine MCC Winstone 2004:16
PCMagazine
Acer TM00741 battery Mark: 4:13
LCD average brightness: 116nits
Average LCD Contrast: 265:1
Twice uniformity: 1.14 (center), 1.31 (corner)
Color uniformity: 0.005 (center), 0.009 (corner)
In fact, the test can be seen, TM370 does offer good performance, perhaps with the other three parties to participate in this evaluation of the product compared to the 370's performance is not outstanding, but as an ultra-portable notebook in terms of both BWS 2004 or MCC Winstone 2004
Acer BTP-TM6231 battery have shown a strong competitive edge, ultra-portable notebook if you so choose, and that TR3CN screen too small; M5N has some weight, then this TM370 is the best choice.
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