Acer TravelMate 8204WLMi Review
Pocket-Lint reviewed the Acer TravelMate 8204WLMi and it almost got a perfect rating with a nine out of a possible ten. The only con’s they list is its weight and price.
Related Posts:The TravelMate is powered by the Intel Core Duo T2500 version, which has a clock speed of 2GHz and is the fastest chip on offer. Paired with the new 945 chipset, you’ll find an improved 667MHz Front Side Bus, so improvements over the old Pentium M are immediately noticeable. Even when running simply applications, this notebook moves. Open multiple applications and you won’t see any serious drop in performance. True, at this price you get 2048MB DDR2, which keeps things ticking over in trim fashion but as an example of what can be achieved using dual-core, Acer has the right idea.
If you think that previous mobile chips have seen a steady but non-spectacular improvement over the last 3 years, dual-core is a real leap, as we found this machine handling tasks almost 50% more effectively than a Pentium M. so, you’ll be able to carry on working while running menial but necessary checks, like anti-virus software, without seeing a slow down, which is the real benefit of having two chips in your notebook.