Acer TravelMate 4202WLMi

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80% A Travel Mate for Staying at Home with
Source: Ciao.com Archive.org version
Acer is one of the world leaders in IT systems and have grown to become the third largest manufacturer of laptops in the world. In the UK they are the fastest growing of all the notebook manufacturers. At the end of 2003 they had the third highest of all UK laptop. I wanted to buy a lap top so that I could write my ciao reviews whilst travelling on the bus or train. The Acer TravelMate is slim and light weight and you can easily hide it in your bag of groceries or slip it under a pillow (thieves will never look under a pillow for a lap top). The Acer TravelMate is a dual-core performance machine with Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology. This includes a processor that is optimised for multi-threaded applications and multitasking.
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(von 5): 4, Preis/Leistung 4, Leistung 4, Mobilität 5
User Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/04/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 100%

60% Acer Travelmate 4202WLMi
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
Das Acer TravelMate 4202WLMi stellt einen grossen Wert für Small-Business-User und Einsteiger dar, die ein erstes Notebook suchen. Das Modell kostet bloss 1099 $ und beinhaltet einen Intel Core Duo T2300 (1.67 GHz), 1GB of RAM und ein Übermaß von Festplattenspeicher. Mit 3kg fällt es in den Bereich zwischen Desktop Replacement und Dünn-und-Leicht Notebook und ist leichter als das Gerät, das der Autor gewählt hat, das 3.5 kg Dell Inspiron E1505. [übersetzt]
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3 von 5
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/23/2006
Rating: Total score: 60%

80% Acer Travelmate 4202WLMi
Source: vnunet.com Archive.org version
Positiv: billig; solid gebaut; guter Bildschirm; negativ: kleine Harddisk; schwache Grafik; Akkulaufzeit könnte besser sein; insgesamt: Preis/Leistung ist ausgezeichnet und in bestimmten Bereichen ist es überraschend schnell; ein einfaches aber solides Angebot; [übersetzt]
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(von 5): 4, Preis/Leistung 5, Ausstattung 3, Ergonomie 3
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/16/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 100% features: 60% ergonomy: 60%

80% A value for money dual core notebook
Source: Personal Computer World Archive.org version
The Travelmate TM4202 sits in the familiar Acer chassis; has a curved keyboard, rounded edges and a generally pleasant feel about it. The 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo T2300 processor – a popular choice – is supported by 512MB of DDR Ram, which can be upgraded to 4GB. While not setting our Labs alight with fast benchmark scores, considering it’s the cheapest laptop here it did very well; scoring 192 in Sysmark, which earned it third place on the podium. Although its PCmark result of 2,647 was the lowest here, it will still outperform single-core notebooks running at the same clock speed.
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(von 5): 4, Preis/Leistung 5, Ausstattung 3, Ergonomie 3
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/16/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 100% features: 60% ergonomy: 60%

Foreign Reviews

66% Notebooks ohne 3D-Chip: Alles außer spielen
Source: Chip.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/01/2007
Rating: Total score: 66% performance: 73% features: 71% display: 63% mobility: 53% ergonomy: 77%

75% Schneller zu zweit
Source: PC Professionell DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 05/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 75%

85% Die besten Notebooks ohne 3D-Grafik bis 1500 Euro
Source: Chip.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 05/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 95% features: 55%

80% Acer Travelmate 4202WLMi
Source: PC Welt DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 77% performance: 75% features: 69% ergonomy: 85%

Günstiges Notebook mit modernster Technologie
Source: Ciao.de DE→EN Archive.org version
User Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 03/03/2006

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

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)

T2300: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.40":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

3 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.

Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.

75.75%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

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