Acer TravelMate 8200

Notebook Specifications

Reviews for the Acer TravelMate 8200

80% Dual-Core Power, Sleek Design
Source: Laptop Mag
Acer crams two of the most powerful notebook components you can get inside the 6.6-pound, sleek TravelMate 8200: Intel’s Core Duo processor and ATI’s Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics card. Add in a top-notch webcam and you have one of the best mainstream laptops for power users, as long as you have the cash. The 8200’s tapered profile gives a deceptively skinny impression, complementing the sheen of the black-and-gray lid. The carbon fiber cover isn’t just for show; it adds durability. Like other TravelMates, the keyboard sits at a slight angle, which should provide extra comfort for marathon typists. The marquee feature of the TravelMate 8200 is its dual-core processor, the 2-GHz Intel Core Duo.
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4 von 5
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/07/2006
Rating: Total score: 80%

81% Acer TravelMate 8200
Source: PC World
The generously equipped Acer TravelMate 8200 packs a 120GB hard drive, a unique built-in Webcam, and both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Its ExpressCard/34 slot accepts the small form factor, 34mm, though not the larger 54mm next-generation plug-in card. A SmartCard reader provides an extra layer of security. For convenience, the 8200's five-in-one memory card reader, audio ports, FireWire port, and wireless communications buttons are all located on the front of the notebook. The 8200 also features a DVD-D connection for attaching a digital flat-panel monitor. This port doesn't come with the extra pins needed to make it compatible with an analog monitor adapter, but that's okay because the 8200 has a standard VGA-port for such use.
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(von 100): 81, Preis/Leistung durchschnittlich, Leistung 92, Ausstattung 77
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/17/2006
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 75% performance: 92% features: 77%

77% Acer TravelMate 8200
Source: CNet
The Acer TravelMate 8200 is one of the first Intel Core Duo laptops out of the gate. In addition to its bleeding-edge Core Duo processor, the midsize portable features a great case design and top-of-the-line components, such as a 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics chip, a mammoth 120GB hard drive, and a double-layer DVD burner. Though this sweet system delivers on the Core Duo's promise of extremely fast multimedia performance, its performance gain was less pronounced on our productivity benchmarks, making its $2,499 price too expensive for users who just want fast performance for office work. Still, the TravelMate 8200 is worth the price premium if you're looking for a well-outfitted laptop for graphic design, video editing, or heavy-duty multitasking;
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7.7 von 10
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 77%

Foreign Reviews

86% Core-Duo-Notebooks
Source: PC Games
online available, Short, Date: 07/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 86% price: 65%

89% Kraft der zwei Kerne
Source: SFT
online available, Short, Date: 07/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 89%

62% Spiele-Notebooks im Vergleich
Source: Gamestar
online available, Short, Date: 06/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 62% price: 65%

Acer Travelmate 8200
Source: c't
, Length Unknown, Date: 03/01/2006

Comment

ATI Mobility Radeon X1600: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 is a middle class graphic card for notebooks of the X1000 series. Its performance can be compared with NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600.

Lower end of Graphics Cards for users who want to play games. New games should run on these cards, but only with decreased details and mediocre resolution.

Intel Core Duo: Double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used together by the double. The maximum capacity of 31 watts is only 4 watts more than with the Pentium M (predecessor). Both cores are lowered automatically and independently of each other by speed steps down to 1 GHz. In addition it now supports also SSE3 instructions. At least it is just as fast as a equivalent Pentium M. With applications, which were designed for multi-processors, the performance can be nearly twice as fast as with the Pentium M (e.g. CineBench around 86% fast)

T2500:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks.  15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

3 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.

Acer: Acer is one of the international manufacturers with the most market shares worldwide and the most reviewed notebook models in the German and English speaking countries. Nevertheless only few of the models achieved top rankings according total ranking and price/value evaluation.

Acer reviews

79.17%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.