Configuration

The Acer C111TCi is a Centrino platform with an Intel 855GME chipset, Pentium M 1GHz CPU (400MHz FSB) and Toshiba MK4025GAS HDD (4200rpm, 8MB cache buffer, 40GB capacity – good stuffing for a device of this class).

The manufacturer declares there are two DDR DIMM slots in the system filled with two 256MB PC2700 modules with an option of upgrade to 2GB. The slots are accessed through a bracket on the bottom panel. However, we didn’t find the second memory slot in the model we tested. The representative office of the manufacturer kept silent about this situation at the time when we were working on this review.

The integrated graphics subsystem supports Dynamic Video Memory Technology, thus the necessary amount of system RAM (from 8 to 64MB) is allocated dynamically for the needs of the graphics subsystem.

The audio subsystem provides good and loud sound, which is quite enough to listen to CDs and hear informational sounds from applications you run.

The optical drive you receive as an accessory to the Acer C111TCi can burn CD-R and CD-RW discs at 24x speed and can read DVD and CD discs at 8x and 24x speeds, respectively. Regrettably, it cannot be powered from batteries, so you can’t use it away from a power source.

The Acer C111TCi has an integrated power consumption system with ACPI support (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). If the input devices (keyboard, mouse and so on) don’t show any sign of activity for a while, the system shuts them down to keep the maximum system performance, at the same time saving power.

The manufacturer intends this model for such application areas as medicine, press-conferencing, presentations, inspections, inventory checking and so on where frequent use of the accumulator batteries and wireless networking is necessary. That’s why the availability of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections is a big advantage of the Acer TravelMate C111TCi.