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The Acer Ferrari
4000's Realtek AC'97
Audio Control panel
thankfully lacks the
gaudy-looking skins
used by other OEMs,
using the default
Windows theme
instead.
Here you can select
headphones or the
built-in 16-bit stereo
speakers.
A variety of
environment effects
are available to
choose from—though
Generic is the best-
sounding one of them
all, particularly when
listening to music,
playing games or
watching your
favorite DVD.
The Graphic Equalizer
can also be used to
tweak the sound to
your liking.
S/PDIF-out settings
can be made here.
Microphone settings
are adjusted here.
This is the General
tab that summarizes
The Ferrari 4000's
audio capabilities.
Here we see that the
Ferrari 4000's sound
system is powered by
the ATI's 4730 audio
controller with
Realtek's ALC250
doing Codec duty.
Acer ships
CyberLink's
PowerDVD 5.0 with
the Ferrari 4000.
While it's not the
latest version, it gets
the job done.
The Acer-branded
PowerDVD player is
skinned to match the
Ferrari color scheme.
Ice Cube kickin' ass
in xXx - State of The
Union.
I went to NTI’s website and looked for an update. Unfortunately, the NTI Backup
NOW! 4.0.2202 update, which is listed for NTI Backup NOW! 4.0.2202 or earlier does
not install on the Acer-branded version of Backup NOW! that ships with the Ferrari
4000 notebook because it isn’t a “Full/Retail version” of the software. Ironically,
NTI’s CD & DVD Maker 7 bundled with the Ferrari 4000 does not engage in this kind
of digital monkey-business with file names. Updates specifically for the Acer-
notebook only version are available on the NTI website. Since CD & DVD Maker and
Backup NOW! are two separate packages an integrated suite like Roxio’s/Sonic’s
Easy Media Creator 7, as they appear to be, applying the update to CD & DVD Maker
7 has no effect on Backup NOW!