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Acer TravelMate 2480-2153 review (Celeron M 1.73GHz, 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD, Vista Home Basic)

Acer backs the system with an industry-standard one-year parts and labor warranty. Telephone support is toll-free, and runs Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST. Good luck, however, navigating Acer's confusing and often nonfunctioning support Web site. We were able to find an e-mail form for contacting customer support, but the actual support Web site would time out every time we tried to access it. A page on the Acer Web site listing various part and service plan upgrades just led up to PDF pages of generic part numbers.

Multimedia multitasking test
(Shorter bars indicate better performance.)
Gateway NX270S
4,470 
Acer TravelMate 2480-2153
6,293 

Adobe Photoshop CS2 image-processing test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance.)
Gateway NX270S
1,449 
Acer TravelMate 2480-2153
1,552 

Apple iTunes encoding test (in seconds)
(Longer bars indicate better performance.)
Acer TravelMate 2480-2153
459 

Microsoft Office productivity test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance.)
Gateway NX270S
3,254 
Acer TravelMate 2480-2153
3,256 

DVD battery drain test
(Longer bars indicate better performance.)
Acer TravelMate 2480-2153
75 

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Acer TravelMate 2480-2153 Windows Vista Home Basic Edition; 1.73GHz Intel Celeron M430; 512MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 128MB Mobile Intel 945GM Express; 80GB Western Digital 5,400rpm

Gateway NX270S Windows Vista Home Basic Edition; 1.73GHz Intel Celeron M430; 512MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 128MB ATI Radeon Xpress 200M; 60GB Fujitsu 4,200rpm

Everex Stepnote VA4101M Windows Vista Home Basic Edition; 1.46GHz Intel Celeron M410; 512MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 128MB VIA S3G UniChrome Pro IGP; 60GB Fujitsu 5,400rpm

Fujitsu LifeBook P7230 Windows Vista Business Edition; 1.2GHz Intel Core Solo U1400; 1,024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 224MB Mobile Intel 945GM Express; 60GB Toshiba 4,200rpm

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Quick Specifications

  • Release date03/4/07
  • Processor Intel Celeron M 430 / 1.73 GHz
  • Memory 512.0 MB / 2.0 GB (max)
  • Hard Drive 80.0 GB
  • Display Type 14.1 in TFT active matrix
  • Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
  • Optical Drive CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo - Integrated
  • Graphics Processor Intel GMA 950 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0
  • Weight 5.3 lbs

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of laptops and mobile computers, while also covering games, gadgets, and other topics. A semi-regular TV news talking head, he's written about music and technology for more than 15 years, appearing in publications including Spin, Blender, and Men's Journal. Full Bio

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