Acer Travelmate Series

Compared to other enterprise notebooks from other brands, Acer's Travelmate Series has quite a long lineup that's composed of more than ten models.

The common thread among all the laptops in the series is the use of integrated graphics cards, which are meant for enterprise use. Hence, this series is not intended to be used for intense gaming since it simply doesn't have the graphics for it. Those who are searching for a laptop that could process 3D graphics are advised to go somewhere else.

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As a enterprise laptop, data safety is a priority. The Travelmate notebooks have fingerprint readers that ensure that files, especially ownership data, are kept from getting leaked. Aside from that, there is also the Disk Anti-Shock safety software that shuts down the notebook as soon as it detects that it is in freefall. The purpose is to avoid data loss, which every enterprise dreads.

In this review, the focus will be on the laptops listed as belonging to the huge Travelmate family on its enterprise website. Under each named notebook will be its data that include an overview, specs, and strengths and shortcomings.

Travelmate 5530

The Travelmate 5530 is one of the few notebooks on the series that use Amd processors. Buyers choose in the middle of the Turion and the Athlon dual-core processors, both of which are known to preserve multitasking.

A glaring weakness of the 5530 is its 2.5-hour battery life.

Specs:

Cpu:

Amd Turion™ X2 Dual-Core mobile Processor Rm-75 (1Mb L2 cache, 2.2Ghz) Amd Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Processor Ql-65 (1Mb L2 cache, 2.1Ghz) Amd Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Processor Ql-64 (1Mb L2 cache, 2.1Ghz)
Operating system: Genuine Windows 7 enterprise or Vista Professional

Memory: Up to 4Gb (2Gb installed in one of two memory slots) Ddr2 667 Sdram

Hard drive: Up to 320Gb* Sata hard drive with Acer® Dasp (Disk Anti-Shock Protection)

Display: 15.4" (1280 x 800) Tft Lcd

Graphics: Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500Mhd

Battery life: Up to 2.5 hours

Travelmate 6593

The Travelmate 6593 is one of the most recent products to come out of the series. It is supported by a P800 Core2Duo processor and it has up to 4Gb worth of Ram. Powerful it may be but this still doesn't mean that the Travelmate 6593 can be used for heavy games since it only has an integrated 4500Mhd Intel graphics media accelerator.

Specs:

Cpu:

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8700 (3Mb L2 cache, 2.53Ghz, 1066Mhz Fsb) Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8600 (3Mb L2 cache, 2.40Ghz, 1066Mhz Fsb)
Operating System:

Genuine Windows® 7 Professional Genuine Windows Vista® Business
Memory: Up to 4Gb (2Gb installed in each of two memory slots) Ddr3 1066 Sdram

Hard drive: Up to a 320Gb* Sata hard drive, 7200Rpm, with Acer® Dasp (Disk Anti-Shock Protection)

Display: 15.4" (1280 x 800) Tft Lcd with white Led backlight

Graphics: Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500Mhd

Battery life: Up to 6 hours depending on battery type

Travelmate 6493

The 6493 is similar to the 6593 in many ways but they differ when it comes to the display screen. The Travelmate 6493 has a display screen that has a size of 14.1 inches. However, its resolution is more than enough to make up for its screen size. The 6493 also has an output of up to 1280x800 pixels, allowing the user to have many windows placed beside each other in multitasking.

Specs:

Cpu:

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8700 (3Mb L2 cache, 2.53Ghz, 1066Mhz Fsb) Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8600 (3Mb L2 cache, 2.4Ghz, 1066Mhz Fsb) Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8400 (3Mb L2 cache, 2.26Ghz, 1066Mhz Fsb)
Operating system: Windows 7 professional or Windows Vista Business

Memory: Up to 4Gb Ddr3 1066 Ram

Hard drive: Up to 320Gb Sata hard drive, 7200Rpm, with Acer® Dasp (Disk Anti-Shock Protection)

Display: 14.1" (1280 x 800) Tft Lcd with white Led backlight

Graphics: Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500Mhd

Battery life: Up to 7.5 hours depending on battery type

Travelmate 6293

The Travelmate 6293 has a 7-hour battery life and 4.7-pound weight, production it very convenient to bring around. The 6293 has a webcam installed, allowing for impromptu video conferences. Performance is top-notch due to its Core2Duo processor, large memory capacity, and hard drive capacity. Its screen size is 12.1 inches, which may be a tad too small for some users.

Specs:

Cpu:

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8700 (3Mb L2 cache, 2.53Ghz, 1066Mhz Fsb) Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8600 (3Mb L2 cache, 2.4Ghz, 1066Mhz Fsb)
Operating system: Genuine Windows 7 professional or Vista Business

Memory: Up to 4Gb (2Gb installed in each of two memory slots) Ddr3 1066 Sdram

Display: 12.1" (1280 x 800) Tft Lcd

Graphics: Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500Mhd

Battery life: Up to 7 hours

Travelmate 5730

The Travelmate 5730 is equipped with both wireless and wired connectivity options that make it a breeze for habitancy to share data wherever they may be. It has a dock, which makes the notebook compatible and genuinely able to connect with office peripherals such as the printer.

Specs:

Cpu:

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8600 (3Mb L2 cache, 2.40Ghz, 1066Mhz Fsb) Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6670 (2Mb L2 cache, 2.20Ghz, 800Mhz Fsb) Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6570 (2Mb L2 cache, 2.10Ghz, 800Mhz Fsb)
Operating system: Genuine Windows 7 professional or Vista Business

Memory: User upgradeable up to 4Gb

Display: 15.4" (1280 x 800) Tft Lcd

Graphics: Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500Mhd

Battery life: Up to 5 hours depending on battery type

Other Travelmate models

There are any older models that belong to the Travelmate series. These are the following:

* Acer TravelMate 2300 Model

* Acer TravelMate 2350 Model

* Acer TravelMate 2400 Model

* Acer TravelMate 2420 Model

* Acer TravelMate 3000 Model

* Acer TravelMate 3020 Model

* Acer TravelMate 3210 Model

* Acer TravelMate 5720 Model

* Acer TravelMate 4200 Model

* Acer TravelMate 4600 Model

* Acer TravelMate 5500 Model

Acer Travelmate Series