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| Name | Acer TravelMate 5742G |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i5-460M/i5-560M/i5-580M processor Speed : 2.53/2.67/2.67 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.80/3.20/3.33 GHz FSB : 1066 MHz Cache : 3 MB L3 Type : Intel® Core™ i3-350M/i3-370M/i3-380M processor Speed : 2.26/2.40/2.53 GHz FSB : 1066 MHz Cache : 3 MB L3 Type : Intel® Pentium® processor P6100/P6200 Speed : 2/2.13 GHz FSB : 1066 MHz Cache : 3 MB L3 |
| Screen | 15.6” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | up to 640GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 420M |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
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| Processor | Not Tested | |
| Screen | Not Tested | |
| HDD | Not Tested | |
| Optical Drive | Not Tested | |
| Graphics | Not Tested | |
| Sound | Not Tested | |
| Ethernet | Not Tested | |
| Wireless | Not Tested | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Not Tested |
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