Description for the Acer Aspire 1661 WLM Laptop

The Aspire 1660 series was designed to meet the growing business needs of employees from small and medium companies, and to provide a fully loaded multimedia workplace for the outbound operations of self-employed professionals who also want to use it occasionally to serve up fine digital tunes and widescreen video entertainment back at home. It is also ideal for private users looking for a compact and powerful computer for home use complete with DVD capabilities, rapid Internet access and a host of home entertainment features in a fraction of the space of traditional PCs.

Operating System
Microsoft© Windows© XP Home Edition

Processor & Chipset
Intel© Pentium© 4 - 2.4GHz
Ati Mobility™ Radeon™ 9000 IGP

Memory
Standard DDR333 SDRAM, upgradeable to 2048 MB with dual soDIMM modules

HDD
40GB Ultra ATA/100 HDD

Storage
Depending on configuration:
DVD-RW drive

Display
15.4" WXGA TFT colour LCD with 1280 Ã- 800 resolution
16.7 million colours
16:10 viewing ratio

Graphics
Ati Mobility™ Radeon™ 9700 with 64MB of external DDR video RAM
8X AGP graphics accelerator
Simultaneous LCD and CRT display
Dual independent display support
MPEG-2 DVD hardware assisted capability
Microsoft© DirectX 9.0 support
PowerPlay™ 4.0 feature
Support S-video (NTSC/PAL) TV-out

Multimedia
Audio system with built-in speakers
SoundBlaster-Pro and MS DirectSound compatible

Communication
10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet; Wake-on-LAN ready
56K ITU V.92 data/fax modem (with international PTT approval); Wake-on-Ring ready

I/O Interfaces
1 Ã- CardBus type III slot or 2 x type II
1 Ã- RJ-11 jack for modem
1 Ã- RJ-45 jack for Ethernet
1 Ã- DC-in jack for AC adapter
1 Ã- external VGA port
1 Ã- S-video-out (NTSC/PAL) port
1 Ã- microphone-in jack
1 Ã- speaker/ headphone/ line-out jack
1 Ã- IEEE 1394 port
4 Ã- USB 2.0 ports
1 Ã- Infrared (FIR) port
1 Ã- ECP-/EPP-compliant parallel port

Power supply and battery
ACPI power management standard supporting Standby and Hibernation power saving modes
135W AC adapter
8 cell Li-Ion battery pack
1.5 hour battery life (actual battery life might vary, depending on usage and configuration)

Keyboard & Special Controls
Standard 84-/85-/88-key, inverted "T" cursor layout
Four easy-launch keys, including Internet browser, email and 2 user-programmable keys
Embedded numeric keypad
Four-way Internet scroll key
Acer InviLink wireless button

Dimensions & Weight
361 x 292.5 x 47.3mm
7.9 lb/3.6kg with battery

Quality & Reliability Tests
Temperature and humidity test
Acoustics test
Electrostatic discharge test
Free drop test
Weight pressure tests
Shock and vibration test
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) test
Hinge life test
Keyboard switch life test

Software
Acer Launch Manager
Norton AntiVirus™
Adobe Acrobat Reader
CyberLink© PowerDVD©
NTI© CD Maker™
OneButton Recovery

Options
Additional 256 or 512 MB soDIMM modules
Additional 135 W AC adapter
Additional 8-cell Li-ion battery

Certifications
Mobile PC2001
ACPI 1.0b compliant
DMI 2.0 compliant

Warranty
One-year International Traveller's Warranty (ITW)