Acer TravelMate 6593 & TravelMate 6493 Business Notebooks [One-Step Docking Notebooks]

Acer have announced their new TravelMate 6593 and TravelMate 6493 notebooks which have been designed specifically for the ‘corporate and small-to-medium (SMB) business customer’ market and which come in 14.1” and 15.4” iterations (TravelMate 6493 and TravelMate 6593 respectively) and which can be used with Acer’s ezDock II and ezDock II+ docking stations for instant plug ‘n’ play connection to multiple devices such as printers.

Both the Acer TravelMate 6593 and the Acer TravelMate 6493 come with Intel Centrino 2 CPUs with vPro technology and sport CrystalBrite TFT LCDs, 3GB or 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 RAM dependant on model (see below), Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 GPUs and offer 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi connectivity.

Acer TravelMate 6593 Specifications:

• Intel Centrino 2 Processor with vPro Technology
• Intel Core2 Duo Processor T9500
• (6MB L2 Cache | 2.53 GHz | 1066MHz FSB)
• 15.4″ WXGA Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD (1280 x 800)
• 4GB DDR3 1066 MHz Dual Channel Memory
• Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD
• 250GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
• DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
• 5-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
• 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
• Acer Crystal Eye Webcam
• Windows Vista Business

Acer TravelMate 6493 Specifications:

• Intel Centrino 2 Processor with vPro Technology
• Intel Core2 Duo Processor T8400
• (3MB L2 Cache | 2.53 GHz | 1066MHz FSB)
• 14.1″ WXGA Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD (1280 x 800)
• 3GB DDR3 1066 MHz Dual Channel Memory
• Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD
• 250GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
• DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
• 5-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
• 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
• Acer Crystal Eye Webcam
• Windows Vista® Business

Acer’s TravelMate 6593 notebook will set you back from $1499 whilst the Acer TravelMate 6493 notebook will cost you between $1099 and $1299 depending on configuration with the aforementioned Acer ezDock II and ezDock II+ docking stations being made available separately.