Acer Ferrari: The $2,000 Windows XP Laptop from 2005 

The cooling fan sounds like a Ferrari, that's attention to details.

They missed a great opportunity to rebrand themselves as rAcer

Fact: You can overclock it by adding spoiler

Imagine playing Outrun 2006, an officially licensed Ferrari game, on a 2005 Ferrari laptop. Top tier top gear

I love how they just assumed anyone with this laptop would be using the dollar and euro signs just as often as the arrow keys

So, is this just a more expensive Hot Wheels computer?

When I heard the xp startup sound it felt like a ghost passed through me

The F1 team was sponsored by Acer during the early 2000s which is why there's only F1 images as it was a collaboration between the two. Also you need to understand that this would have come out straight after Ferrari just won 5 back to back world titles so people would have wanted them so bad.

The rubbery bits are melting just like a real Ferrari of that era!

“Ah yes money, it buys things” Blessed once again with thoughtful LGR quotes

I had one of these :D Got it dirt-cheap when in college. My favorite feature was that i could put a hot cup of coffee next to that exhaust port on the left in the morning. And in the afternoon it would still be hot :D

Anyone else freaked out realizing 2005 was 15 years ago

> Ferrari laptop > Picks one of the few NFS games without Ferrari's to play bruh

Ferrari Laptop + Racecar Bed = High Speed sleep mode.

This laptop give me nostalgia, i remember when my dad wanted this laptop so much because that ferrari logo haha. early to mid 2000s definitely the most fun times. Games, cartoon shows, MTV, technology etc

i have a story with the ferrari laptop i was 12 yrs old and my father came back from work with this computer i played gta vice city driver and a lot of other games

Your restraint in clickbaiting the title is not only admirable, but most appreciated. :-)

Cant wait LGR to review a $2000 gaming laptop from 2019 in 2033

been looking around for any of these ferrari branded laptops but they are now RARE AND COLLECTIBLE

This was actually a really feature-packed laptop. I like that keyboard a lot. Also a gorgeous screen.

THIS....is the Acer Ferrari 4000, and we're going to go over some quirks and features of this Ferrari

"Does it run Crysis? Yes" This sentence is a catchphrase now.

My dad was given one of these by his work back in the day. Had many happy times playing with it when I was away from my home gaming PC. Had no idea it was worth $2k though!

I love watching LGR. Relaxing, yet entertaining. Thanks for making these videos.

"Here in my garage, up here in the Appalachian hills, just bought this new -Lamborghini- Ferrari..."

Can we get an LGR episode on the Kensington lock, maybe an 'oddware'? Do consumer products actually need this crap today, and why the hell is Kensington's the only one?

I remember buying this one to replaced my thinkpad T43p back in the days, it was the first 16:10 screen ratio and 64-bit CPU gaming laptop. Quite cutting edge.

I remember this laptop while reading Reader’s Digest when i was 7 Seeing it in 2019 makes me feel like it’s an amazing childhood glimpse of future

Acer + Ferrari + Myspace. What can possibly go wrong with this laptop.

I remember this laptop. I was working as a sales rep in a computer shop when this came out, and this thing sold quite well, especially given it's price. It did look pretty sweet though.

Love your videos, Clint! Keep it up

what a great video! Thank you, and never change! I will watch your stuff, even without clickbait :D

I wanted this laptop so badly back in 2005 :D

"Take it for a test drive" was the best thing you could've said when turning it on

Another reason I subscribed to you're channel! great video!

I had it as a young animation student. It was great! Ran a modded Fire gl driver and Softimage XSI with it. Good times carrying that thing and an Intuos 2 A4 tablet in a backpack to school :)

Still faster than Williams 2019 F1 car

As a racing fan, I would buy this on the basis that it's based on Ferrari's F1 team, in a interesting era no less as Schumacher was still kicking ass and taking names.

6:14 oh that XP Sound ❤❤❤

2005: 1GB Ram, 128Mb Graphics, 2000$ 2015: 4GB Ram, 1Gb Graphics, 500$ 2020: 8GB Ram, 2Gb Graphics, 350$

Next video: eMachines Yugo laptop. It would be like most Yugos I saw around here, upside down in a ditch.

Holy shit I still have this laptop, complete with box and all accessories Didn't expect to see one in your videos

Over here using my New To Me X1 Carbon remembering the old days, thanks man love it!!!!!!

That's a clean looking laptop, love the design. Nice piece of history you got there.

I wish today laptops had loads of Input /output ports. Cant get enough IO ports .

I still have Acer Ferrari branded monitor my mother is still using it, working flawlessly more than 15 years 😀. Fantastic design.

Oh man. I remember entering a contest to win one of these! I had just graduated high school. The good ol days. Closest thing I'll ever come to owning one. Thanks LGR!

Your channel has great content,I subscribed

I thought the constant fan noise is part of the formula 1 Ferrari experience ha ha ha ha

There's just something so quaint about top of the line computers from the recent past, especially when they have a ludicrous license attached to them like Ferrari.

I might be horribly wrong but I think I remember seeing Ferrari F1 engineers from the time using these in the garage

Holy shit 1mill views :D great job man ! :D

this is vintage already? omg, I'm old :/

This is a 2005 Acer Ferrari 4005 WLMi, and today we'll see the coolest quirks and features of this italian beast.

I had this and the external graphics card and modded it to accept a SIM card with the GPS module - ran games very nicely on it's internal screen

Hey mate thanks for the review, you create a really good content.!!!

Always makes me happy when you add in metric system units, you truly are a wonderful man.

"I finally got one of my childhood dreams!" "I hate all physical aspects..."

I retired mine quite a few years ago. I recently resurrected it and other than a BT problem and flaky power connector, it works fine. I bypass the power connector by using the eZ Dock. Good review. Thanks.

Finally liked when at the end you said, "I chose not to use a click bait title". Thank you LGR, your views and likes show that it was quality alone.

"What did you do this week, Clint?" "Umm... I took my Ferarri for a spin!"

This thing: *has CD Drive, Ethernet port, VGA output, Micro Firewire port, PCM expansion slot, PCI express connector, DVI output, S-video output, 5-in-1 memory card reader, infrared port, headphone jack, microphone jack, AND FOUR USB ports* MacBook in 2019: *has 2 USB slots*

It looks ❤️ and well done video . Thanks

7:44 This feature was added to Windows Vista and further versions, by default. It's called Aero Snap now.

So... Have you crashed it yet? It ain't a Ferrari till you've crashed it! *Listens to Windows explode in the background*

I was at a Ferrari fan shop in Rome, and they had everything with Ferrari. They also had model cars that were more expensive than my real car.

11:43 Hey we have the same mouse pad! :D

No other reviews reviewing and testing mid 2000's laptops play older need for speed, considering their popularity. So you have my sub just for playing most wanted

Playing a racing game on a Ferrari branded computer. That tickles my brain in a lot of weird ways... but why didn't the system at least come with a steering wheel controller? Man, missed opportunity there.

I can see the horrible future of my Alienware. 😭

I bought one of these when it came out and it was a really good laptop. Loved the rubber palmrest

I had one of these when they came out. I loved it.

I remember the reviews from this when I was younger. I think one of the reviews said it heats up like an actual Ferrari.

I think the "smiley face" keyboard is supposed to be a more "ergonomic" layout.

There was also an Acer Ferrari One gaming netbook, the thing was awesome and did the job for me at the time. It also had a special port for an external graphics card!

Very cool! I had a Acer Ferrari 3000 back in the day (the very red one), and thought it was a cool machine! Ran XP good for the time and the screen was beautiful!

"Ah, man money! It buys things." LGR, please never change.

This hits home hard! I remember eyeing this Ferrari branded Acer really hard when I was buying my first laptop geared towards gaming. I just didn't have deep pockets for this branded model and I had to go with Acer Aspire 1694 WLMi. Almost same machine. Just silver color and bit lower specs. But gosh, it was amazing to play Grand Theft Auto 3 and BattleField 2 on a freaking laptop. :D :edit: And forgot to mention. That pesky Acer refuses to die. Its still running. I've had multiple computers/laptops after that have gone bust. Either dead screens, dead motherboards.. etc. But not this era Acer. No sir.

great review

I just got one of these a few days ago! Its in perfect shape because the owner took meticulous care of it, still has the original slot loading drive! My 2 passions being cars and computers when this video came out I knew I needed one. This week I'm looking through my local ad site and see a complete one for sale, in complete disbelief I was finding it locally in way better shape than any ones for sale on eBay! It's my first time getting into the old PC hobby even though LGR always intrigued me to. Thanks a million for posting the recovery disks. I burnt them and used them with the factory partition and it worked flawlessly I now have the OEM Ferrari theme with Ferrari startup it's such a blessing. I can't thank you enough Clint. Btw I know this video is 2 years old doubt you will see my comment but if you need me to somehow backup that recovery partition and send it your way just let me know! Or for anyone who has this PC, just drop a comment

Friend of mine used to play/raid World of Warcraft with his Ferrari laptop. Brings back memories. :D

that F2004 wallpaper goodness worth 1999$ yet alone

I remember seeing this one advertised and kinda wishing for it. Then I wrote up a multi page report with multiple quotes and was able to score a Sager 9750 through work, the first dual-core mobile computer available. Doesn’t stand up well now, but I carried that beast around for years, it’s still sitting in my office. And the screen is still amazing on it.

Wow did not expect to see this laptop. I have this laptop! My parents bought one when they had a pc store from 2000 to 2009. I still have it laying around in my room.

5:44 Now i get why it was called a Ferrari

"And of course, Crysis.." Me: [opens popcorn]

Hell yea, my dad had one of these. Tux Maths and Tux Racing (or whatever they were called) was hella fun back then.

i really wanted one of those, especially the next red model

I remember playing Sim City 4 on my mom's Pentium 3 windows ME computer and being barely able to get past the region selection screen.

Mercedes headset Maseratti keyboard Nissan mouse Rocket bunny mousepad and *_Ferrari_* PC im ready for global elite lll

Tip I read somewhere and applied to my 4 year old controller (a Logitech F710): those rubbery plastic surfaces can actually be cleaned by applying some isopropyl alcohol (some hand sanitizers use it) onto a rag and scrubbing the surfaces with it real hard. Doing this essentially gets rid of the melted layer. I still use the controller today after cleaning it off.

Oh my god. i had one of them and an asus gaming laptop that had a ferrari theme lmao. this brings so much memories.

“Endless money pits!” -Scotty Kilmer

This Acer is older than my 2018 computer and has Bluetooth wtf

wow thats alot more advanced than i thought for 2005. i was using a packard bell with windows 95 on it back then. my first pc

6:12 ahhh the nostalgia

When your laptop says "I have the need for speed"!

I have a Porsche branded toaster from 01-03' probably. Its still pretty modern. :DD

I used to repair these. A LOT of these. A lot of intermittent faults that would happen when it was hot. The bluetooth ferrari mouse was lovely.