The new Acer TravelMate 3290 notebook promises to be a tough cookie. However that doesn’t mean you go ahead and vent all your frustration on it! The new 3290 notebook has a magnesium alloy cover and features the proprietary Acer DASP (Disk Anti-Shock Protection) technology making it an ideal travel companion. Acer has targeted the notebook at businessmen and professionals on the go who needs both multitasking and reliability.

The TravelMate 3290 is powered by an Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology with EM64T support. Extended Memory 64 Technology provided cutting edge performance to the consumers when it comes to memory hogging tasks like web casting, corporate e-learning, real-time streaming, and multimedia presentations. For an enhanced graphical experience Acer has also incorporated ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X1600 graphics and 512 MB of HyperMemory™, with 128 MB of dedicated GDDR2 VRAM.

With a 14.1" WXGA widescreen and 8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive this one also takes care of ones entertainment needs. It is Windows Vista™2 Capable and Windows Vista Premium Ready and is shipped with either Windows® XP Professional (Service Pack ) or Windows® XP Home Edition (Service Pack). As mentioned by us earlier this notebook is meant for the professional and thus has a host of connectivity options like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi with Acer SignalUp™ technology that boosts the wireless signals for uninterrupted networking. The notebook can also be bought with the Acer Bluetooth® VoIP phone and has an ExpressCard™ /34 slot too.

Other features found on the new notebook include; 3 USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, FIR, S-video, VGA) , a 5-in-1 card reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD), Dual-channel DDR2 memory and a Serial ATA hard disk of up to 160 GB, Acer Empowering Technology for complete customization and the Acer QuicCharge which charges about 80% of the battery in an hour. For more info head over here:Acer