An Innovative Tablet PC from Acer

Acer officially launched the new TravelMate C200 Tablet PC, with an innovative sliding display mechanism instead of the standard hinge that allows the display to rotate and fold.

The model offers a slot loading DVD burner, a design that Apple offered for years. Additionally, TravelMate C200 is using the Nvidia Go 6200 GPU (graphic processing unit). The Acer MediaBay accommodates hot-swappable drives, and you can choose to populate it with a second battery or hard drive up to 100 GB.

The tablet comes with 1 GB of DDR2 533 SDRAM, biometric Fingerprint ID and features an optional 4 in 1 card reader, for MultiMediaCard , Secure Digital card, Memory Stick or Memory Stick PRO .

Connectivity is assured by 802.11b/g, WLAN, Gigabit LAN, V.92 Modem and Bluetooth. The display used is a 12.1” one that supports a 1024 x 768 resolution.

Pricing for the Acer TravelMate C200 Tablet PC starts at US$1400.

Specifications:

Acer TravelMate C204TMi

Pentium M Processor 760 (2MB L2 cache, 2.0GHz, 533MHz FSB)
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Microsoft
1GB (512/512) DDR2 533 SDRAM
100GB Hard drive
Modular DVD-Dual drive (DVD+/-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200
Biometric Fingerprint ID
4-in-1 card reader for optional MultiMediaCard , Secure Digital card, Memory Stick or Memory Stick PRO
One six-cell and one three-cell battery for 5+ run time hours
802.11b/g, WLAN, Gigabit LAN, V.92 Modem, Bluetooth
12.1" XGA (14024 x 768) $1899

Acer TravelMate C203ETCi

Intel Celeron M Processor 370 (1MB L2 cache, 1.5GHz, 400MHz FSB)
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
512MB (512/0) DDR2 533 SDRAM
80GB Hard drive
Modular CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900
4-in-1 card reader for optional MultiMediaCard , Secure Digital card, Memory Stick or Memory Stick PRO
802.11b/g, WLAN, Gigabit LAN, V.92 Modem, Bluetooth
12.1" XGA (14024 x 768)