Acer has announced the availability in Taiwan of its Ferrari 1005, a 12.1-inch dual-core notebook based on the AMD Turion 64 X2 CPU, with a price tag of NT$67,900 (US$2,070).
Currently available notebooks in the Taiwan market that target the high-end segment are priced higher than Acer's 12-inch Ferrari model, including the Sony VAIO AR18 Blu-ray, the Fujitsu Q2010, the ASUS Lamborghini VX-1 and Toshiba's Tecra M5.
| Taiwan market: Major high-end notebooks | |||||
| Item | Sony VAIO AR18 Blu-ray | Fujitsu Q2010 | Toshiba Tecra M5 | Acer Ferrari 1005 | ASUS Lamborghini VX1 |
| CPU | Intel T2600, 2.16GHz | Intel U1400, 1.2GHz | Intel T2500, 2GHz | AMD Turion 64 X2 TL60, 2GHz | Intel T2500, 2GHz |
| Chipset | Intel 945GM | Intel 945GMS | Intel 945GMS | ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 | Intel 945GMS |
| DDR2 memory | 1GB | 1GB | 1GB | 1GB | 2GB |
| HDD | 160GB SATA, 5400rpm | 80GB ultra ATA-100 | 80GB SATA, 7200rpm | 120GB SATA, 5400rpm | 160GB SATA, 5400rpm |
| Graphics core | Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 | NA | Nvidia Quadro, 256MB | ATI Radeon X300 | Nvidia GeForce Go 7400, 512MB |
| Display | 17-inch widescreen | 12.1-inch widescreen | 14-inch SXGA+ | 12.1-inch widescreen | 15-inch widescreen |
| Weight (kg) | 1.69 | 1 | 2.37 | 1.7 | 2.39 |
| Suggested prices | NT$149,800 | NT$138,000 | NT$89,800 | NT$67,900 | NT$108,800 |
Source: Company websites, compiled by DigiTimes, August 2006
Acer Ferrari 1000-series notebook
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ASUS Lamborghini VX1
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