Acer announces Aspire 5100
Acer announces Aspire 5100
As the nomenclature implies, there are improvements to the 5000, but it's not radically different. Enhancements include the AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core processor (from the AMD Turion 64 single-core processor); support for up to 4GB of 533MHz or 667MHz RAM (from 2GB of 333MHz); a discrete ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 with 128MB of dedicated VRAM (from an integrated SiSM760GX graphics subsystem); Serial ATA (from IDE); and an ExpressCard slot (from a CardBus slot).
The New Aspire 5100 series adds a few new features as well, including S/PDIF out, S-Video out and a 5-in-1 memory card reader. A Webcam and a Bluetooth telephone for VoIP are both optional.
For more information, see our review of the Acer Aspire 5000.