Acer has constantly tried to bring in innovative products and they have succeeded in their venture. This is the very reason for the high demand for their products. Acer Travelmate 2490 Laptop is a unit that adds to the credibility of the company. It is powerful in all its areas of functioning. Easy portability is made possible with dimensions of (Width) 35.8 cm, (Depth) 26.5 cm and (Height) 3.6 cm and weight of 2.8 kg. The unit is integrated with devices such as Stereo speakers and wireless LAN aerial.

This Acer laptop PC is powered with Intel Celeron M 420 / 1.6 GHz processor and supports data bus speed of 533 MHz. Mobile Intel 940GML Express is the chipset type and the unit features Execute Disable Bit capability. For effective memory, it consists of 1MBL2 cache memory and 512 MB / 2 GB (max) RAM memory of DDR2 SDRAM technology. IDE is the storage controller and comprises of 80GB hard drive.

Optical storage integrated is DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM. With a 5 in 1 card reader, it supports SD Memory Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Multi Media Card and XD-Picture Card flash memory cards. Acer Travelmate 2490 15” Laptop is provided with a 15″ TFT display of 1024 x 768p (XGA) maximum resolution. Better colour performance is offered with 24-bit (16.7 million colours) colour support. Intel GMA 950 is the graphics processor featured in this device.

Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 is included and comes with a maximum allocated RAM size of 224 MB. Sound card is provided for audio output and microphone is the audio input unit. High Definition Audio is made possible and Sound Blaster Pro is the complaint audio standard.

The device is offered with Keyboard, touchpad and 4-way scroll button as input devices. It comes with a 56 Kbps Fax / modem. Wake on Ring is another special feature included. It supports Wireless LAN and a Network adapter is provided. Acer InviLink 802.11b/g is the provided wireless NIC. Acer SignalUp is also supported in this device.

Expansion slots provided are 2 (1) x memory and 1 (1) x CardBus – type II. Interfaces available are 4 x Hi-Speed USB – 4 PIN USB Type A, 1 x display / video – VGA – 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15), 1 x display / video – S-video output, 1 x network – Ethernet 10Base, T/100Base-TX – RJ-45, 1 x modem – phone line – RJ-11, 1 x audio – line-out/headphones – mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x audio – line-in/microphone – mini-phone 3.5mm and 1 x audio – line-In – mini-phone 3.5mm.

Additional features included are Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately), administrator password, system password, Disc Anti-Shock Protection System and wake on LAN.

The unit requires external power and the voltage required is AC 120/230 V (50/60 Hz). Battery supported is 6-cell Lithium Ion which offers a run time of 3 hours. Microsoft Windows XP Professional is the provided OS. Software’s included are Norton AntiVirus, Cyberlink PowerDVD, Acer Launch Manager, NTI CD-Maker, Adobe Reader and Acer Empowering Technology. The unit is offered with 2 years warranty and 1 year traveller’s warranty.

General Info
Brand	Acer
Model	Acer Travelmate 2490 Laptop
Weight	2.8 kg
Dimensions	(Width) 35.8 cm, (Depth) 26.5 cm and (Height) 3.6 cm
Processor Type	Intel Celeron M 420
Hard disk capacity	80GB
RAM capacity	512 MB / 2 GB (max)
RAM type	DDR2 SDRAM
Speed	1.6 GHz
Screen size	15″
Screen resolution	1024 x 768 ( XGA )
Graphics card	Intel GMA 950
USB ports	4
Optical drives	DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM – integrated
Removable media slots	Yes
Battery capacity	3 hours
Touch pad	Yes
Modem	Yes
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Features
Wi-Fi capability	Yes
CD/ DVD Read/write	Yes
Accessories
Software	Norton AntiVirus, Cyberlink PowerDVD, Acer Launch Manager, NTI CD-Maker, Adobe Reader and Acer Empowering Technology