Product comparison · 2 pcs/workstations

Acer Aspire iDea vs Acer Aspire SA85

24specifications compared
16differ
8identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

Processor family
- Aspire iDea:Intel® Core™ Duo
- Aspire SA85:Intel® Celeron®
Processor frequency
- Aspire iDea:1.66 GHz
- Aspire SA85:3.2 GHz
Processor front side bus
- Aspire iDea:667 MHz
- Aspire SA85:533 MHz
Internal memory
- Aspire iDea:1 GB
- Aspire SA85:0.5 GB
Internal memory type
- Aspire iDea:DDR2-SDRAM
- Aspire SA85:DDR-SDRAM
Total storage capacity
- Aspire iDea:250 GB
- Aspire SA85:160 GB
Optical drive type
- Aspire iDea:DVD-RW
- Aspire SA85:DVD±RW
Compatible memory cards
- Aspire iDea:MMC, MS Pro, SD
- Aspire SA85:MMC, MS Pro, SD, XD

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Comparison of Aspire iDea, Aspire SA85
39 specifications	A Acer Aspire iDea View product	B Acer Aspire SA85 View product
Processor3 differ
Processor manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Processor familyDiffers	Intel® Core™ Duo	Intel® Celeron®
Processor frequencyDiffers	1.66 GHz	3.2 GHz
Processor cacheKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.256 MB
Processor cache typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	L2
Processor front side busDiffers	667 MHz	533 MHz
Memory2 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	1 GB	0.5 GB
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 GB
Internal memory typeDiffers	DDR2-SDRAM	DDR-SDRAM
Storage3 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers	250 GB	160 GB
Optical drive typeDiffers	DVD-RW	DVD±RW
HDD interface	SATA	SATA
HDD speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM
Compatible memory cardsDiffers	MMC, MS Pro, SD	MMC, MS Pro, SD, XD
Performanceidentical
Product type	PC	PC
Network1 differ
Networking featuresDiffers	Ethernet/Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet	Ethernet/Fast Ethernet
Ports & interfaces1 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	6
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	1	1
Headphone outputs	1	1
Line-outKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Line-inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Microphone in	Yes	Yes
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
I/O portsKnown for one	2 x SCART 1 x FM Antenna 2 x IR Blaster	Unknown — not stated by the source
Designidentical
Chassis typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Tower
Software2 differ
Operating system installedDiffers	Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005	Windows XP Home Edition
Bundled softwareDiffers	Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006, Adobe Acrobat Reader V7.0, NTI CD Maker Gold, Power DVD 6.0	Norton AntiVirus 2006, Adobe Reader 7.0, CyberLink PowerDVD, with DVDRW, Quick Burning (NTI CD-Maker Gold), with DVDRW
Displayidentical
Display included	No	No
Audio1 differ
Audio systemDiffers	7.1Dolby Digital	Realtek ALC655
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	430 mm	180 mm
DepthDiffers	335 mm	420 mm
HeightDiffers	70 mm	360 mm

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