'The whole laptop is very solidly constructed and generally looks great.'
'It might be external but Acer has at least given it a really cool design in keeping with the rest of the notebook – it has angular buttons and a red streak down the side – it looks like Darth Vader's personal external DVD-ROM drive - and that's a good thing.'
'Two batteries come standard, and you'll need both, as the 22-Wh (3-cell) standard battery lasted only a miserable 1 hour 20 minutes on MobileMark 2005 tests.'
'The company has also built a reputation for being first out of the gate with the latest notebook technology and that's never been more true than right now.'
'the 3Dmark05 score of 4,380 indicates this Acer notebook will still be able to cope with the majority of games.'
'Battery life wasn't mind-blowing, but the 3:47 (hrs:min) score on our MobileMark 2005 tests was respectable.'
'The TravelMate 8204WLMi definitely feels swift in use and much like a desktop system equipped with a dual -ore chip, you can run a plethora of tasks simultaneously with no discernible slowdown.'
