Chapter 1 1FeaturesBelow is a brief summary of the computer’s many features:Operating systemq Windows ® Vista TM Ultimateq Windows ® Vista TM Home Premiumq Windows ® Vista TM Home Basicq Windows ® Vista TM StarterPlatform and memoryq AMD Better By Design program, featuring:• AMD Turion™ 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology TL-66 / TL-64 / TL-60 / TL-56 / TL-52 (1 MB L2cache, 2.3 GHz / 2.2 GHz / 2.0 GHz / 1.8 GHz / 1.6 GHz GHz, supporting AMD HyperTransport®technology (for selected models)• Mobile AMD Sempron™ 3500+/3600+/3800+ (1.8/ 2.0/2.2 GHz, 512/256/256KB L2 cache),supporting AMD HyperTransport® technology (for selected models)• NVIDIA nForce® 630M chipsetq Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® solution, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wirelesstechnologyq Up to 2GB of DDR2 533/677 MHz memory, upgradeable to 4GB using two soDIMM modules(dual-channel support)Display and graphicsq 17" WXGA + high-brightness (200-nits) Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD, 1440 x 900 pixel resolution,supporting simultaneous multiwindow viewing via Acer GridVista™q NVIDIA GeForce® 8400M GS/GE with up to 1024MB of Turbocache™ (256MB of dedicatedGDDR2 VRAM, up to 768MB of share system memory), supporting NVIDIA® PureVideo™technology (WMV HD, High Definition MPEG-2 Hardware Acceleration), Microsoft DirectX 9 andDirectX 10, OpenEXR High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology, and PCI Express® (for selectedmodels)q NVIDIA GeForce® 7000M with up to 896MB of Turbocache™ (256MB of dedicated systemmemory, up to 640MB of share system memory), Microsoft DirectX 9 and PCI Express (forselected models)q Dual independent display supportq 16.7 million colors (for selected models)q MPEG-2/DVD hardware-assisted capability (acceleration) / (full decode) (for selected models)q WMV9 (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) support (acceleration) / (full decode) (for selected models)q S-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) supportq DVI-D (true digital video interface) with High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) support(for selected models)q Acer Arcade™ featuring Acer CinemaVision™ and Acer ClearVision™ technologiesStorage subsystemq One or two 80/120/160/250 GB or larger hard disk drivesSystem SpecificationsChapter 1