Acer Aspire 1700 Notebook / Laptop

Amazon.com Acer Aspire 1700 Notebook / Laptop Description

The Acer Aspire 1700 certainly isn't the lightest, most compact notebook PC around, but it's chock-full of productivity features that will appeal to power users who don't need to travel everywhere with their laptop. With its extra-large 17-inch display, it's a great choice for a desktop replacement PC. It also features built-in 54g (802.11g) wireless connectivity, a spacious 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM, a fast 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 processor, and a combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive.

The Acer Aspire 1700 Basics

* Hard Drive: The spacious 80 GB hard drive offers more than enough storage for both your work and home files as well as a multimedia library.
* Processor: The 2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor will come in handy for tasks such as digital photo or video editing.
* Memory: The 512 MB of built-in memory (DDR SDRAM) is a good start for power users. It has two memory slots in total, with a maximum memory expansion up to 1 GB (2 x 512 MB).
* CD/DVD Drive: It is equipped with a combo drive that is capable of reading and writing of both DVDs and CDs. It uses the DVD+RW format, one of two formats for rewriteable DVDs.
* Keyboard & Mouse: This notebook has a 109-key key keyboard with 6 launch keys (1 for power button, 1 for wireless on/off switch, 1 for Internet browser, 1 for e-mail, 2 programmable buttons) and a touchpad with 4-way scroll button.

Acer Aspire 1700 Sound and Graphics

The Acer Aspire 1700 comes with a crisp and bright 17-inch TFT display (1280 x 1024 native resolution) that delivers the screen space and performance previously found only in desktop computer systems, providing a very wide viewing area for complex worksheets and multimedia presentations. Video is powered by an Intel Extreme Graphics 2 card with 64 MB of video RAM. It also has an sound card that's integrated into the main board, and offers built-in stereo speakers.

Acer Aspire 1700 Connectivity and Expansion Slots

This Aspire 1700 model has an integrated 802.11g (or 54g) wireless LAN, which is quickly becoming the most popular wireless standard and is compatible with 802.11b connections as well. You get an excellent range of external connections, including:

* 4 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players
* 2 FireWire (also known as IEEE 1394 or i.Link) ports for connecting digital video camcorders and other peripherals
* 1 S-Video for connection to a TV
* 1 VGA monitor port
* 1 serial port
* 1 parallel port
* 1 PS/2 port for connecting an external mouse or keyboard
* 1 PCMCIA (or PC Card) slot (Type I/II)
* 1 headphone jack and 1 microphone jack
* Integrated 1.44 MB floppy disk drive

It also offers and integrated 56K modem (V.92) and an RJ-45 LAN network port (for a 10/100 Ethernet connection to networks and DSL/cable modems).

Acer Aspire 1700 Preloaded System and Software

The Aspire 1700 comes with the Windows XP Home Edition operating system. Other preloaded software includes Norton AntiVirus 2003, Adobe Acrobat Reader, CyberLink PowerDVD, and NTI CD Maker 6.

Acer Aspire 1700 Dimensions and Weight

At 15.7 pounds and 12.6 x 14.9 x 2.2 inches (L x W x H), the Aspire 1700 is portable, but you won't want to take it with you everywhere. It's best used as a desktop replacement PC.

Acer Aspire 1700 Power

It's powered by a 12-cell lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack with an average battery life of 1.5 hours.

What's in the Box

This package contains the Acer Aspire 1700 notebook PC, AC power adapter, and printed operating instructions. It's backed by a 1-year limited warranty for parts and labor as well as a 1-year International Traveller's warranty (ITW).

Acer Aspire 1700 Technical Data

Acer Aspire 1700 Processor, Memory, and Motherboard

* Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4
* System Bus Speed: 533 MHz
* Number of Processors: 1
* RAM: 512 MB
* RAM Type: DDR SDRAM
* Max RAM: 2 GB
* L2 Cache: 512 KB
* Memory Slots: 1

Acer Aspire 1700 Operating System and Software

* Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
* Bundled Software: Acer Launch Manager, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Norton AntiVirus, 4 NTI CD-Maker, Acer Launch Manager, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Norton AntiVirus, 4 NTI CD-Maker

Acer Aspire 1700 Keyboard and Mouse

* Keyboard: Full-size 109-key keyboard, embedded numeric keypad, 2.5mm minimum key travel
* Pointing device(s): Touchpad with four-way scroll key

Acer Aspire 1700 Hard Drive

* Size: 80 GB
* Type: Ultra ATA

Acer Aspire 1700 Optical Drives, Other Mass Storage

* CD-RW: 24x (read), 24x (write), 10x (rewrite)
* DVD-ROM: 8x
* Additional Drives: 6-in-1 card reader slot for optional MultiMediaCard (MMC), Secure Digital (SD) card, Smaredia card, Memory Stick, CompactFlash (CF ) card or Microdrive

Acer Aspire 1700 Graphics and Display

* Graphics Card: Intel Extreme Graphics 2
* Graphics RAM: 64 MB
* Interface: Integrated
* Display: SXGA TFT LCD
* Display Diagonal Size: 17.10 hundredths-inches
* Display Viewable Size: 17 inches
* LCD Native Resolution: 1280-by-1024
* Colors at Native Resolution: 16000000

Acer Aspire 1700 Sound

* Speakers: Two internal stereo speakers
* Subwoofer: Yes

Acer Aspire 1700 Ports and Connectivity

* PC Card Slots: 1
* FireWire Ports: 1
* Modem: 56 Kbps
* Network Connection: 802.11g WLAN, 10/100 LAN

Acer Aspire 1700 Cases and Expandability

* Size (LWH): 12.60 hundredths-inches, 14.90 hundredths-inches, 2.20 hundredths-inches
* Weight: 15.70 hundredths-pounds