10 Chapter 1
Your Acer Notebook tour
After knowing your computer features, let us show you around your new TravelMate computer.
Front view
Aspire series:
# Item Description
1 Built-in camera 1.3 megapixel or 310,000 pixel web camera for video
communication (for selected models)
2 Display screen Also called LCD (liquid-crystal display), displays computer
output.
3 Keyboard For entering data into your computer.
4 Touchpad Touch-sensitive pointing device which functions like a
computer mouse.
5 Click buttons (left,
center and right)
The left and right buttons function like the left and right
mouse buttons; the center button serves as a 4-way scroll
button.
6 Palmrest Comfortable support area for our hands when you use the
computer.
7 Microphone Internal microphone for sound recording.
8 TV/media/volume
buttons
For use with Acer Arcade and other media playing
programs.