THE 1100 is the latest Ferrari-themed notebook from Acer and I have to say that it hits all the right gears from a design standpoint. While it eschews the famous scarlet Ferrari colour scheme for a more subdued black finish with gunmetal silver trimmings, there’s no mistaking the iconic prancing horse logo that is displayed firmly in the centre of the lid.

The Ferrari 1100 is encased in a carbon fibre chassis with a racing check pattern on the lid which is also extended to the touchpad.

Ultraportable notebook PC

Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66 (2.3GHz)

Memory: 2GB DDR2

Monitor:12.1in LCD with LED backlight (1,280 x 800pixels)

Graphics: Integrated ATI Radeon X1270

Storage: 250GB, slot DVD burner

Operating system: Windows Vista Ultimate edition

Connectivity: 56K modem, Ethernet LAN, WiFi (802.11a/b/g/draft n), Bluetooth

I/O Ports: Three USB, Firewire, VGA-out, S-Video-out, ExpressCard 54 slot, 5-in-1 card reader, headphone and microphone jacks.

Dimensions (w x d x h: 304 x 228 x 34mm

Weight: 1.95kg

Other features: Dolby Home Theatre, Bluetooth mouse, VoIP handset, fingerprint scanner, built-in webcam