It’s an odd gambit business-wise: align your own brand with that of another. But for Acer, the one-off team-up with Ferrari to brand and produce the Acer Ferrari 3000 notebook has resulted in a stunning product.

Acer has partnered Italian sportscar maestro Ferrari to produce a bright red notebook, all dollied up with rearing black stallion logos and an optional bright red mouse.

Acer and AMD are both sponsors of the Ferrari F1 team, and the relationship extends well beyond simply slapping each others logos on respective products.

Looks and feels good, but performance is more super Aguri than Scuderia.

They’re individually numbered, and only 99 will be sold in Australia - so what’s so special about Acer’s new Ferrari 1100?

A superb screen that excelled in our tests, but you can get the same performance for less.

The branding reflects the exclusivity, but not necessarily the capability.

When it comes to accessories, the Aspire has one of the best bundles supplied for this roundup: including an MCE remote and a radio/TV antenna! It also has a decent specification list: 3Ghz Pentium 4; 160GB HDD; and 512MB RAM. The only sticking point here, amongst all this multimedia goodness, is the inclusion of the Mobility X300 video card. It's like building a Ferrari and installing a two-stroke motor. It doesn't make much sense.

With almost mythical status among motoring enthusiasts, the Tesla Roadster is not seen on Australian roads, but a right-hand drive version is being planned

Director of the failed Froggy Group, Karl Suleman, has been sentenced to 21 months’ gaol and won’t be up for parole for a year.

The BMW-designed case that Thermaltake is showing off at Computex is turning heads with a unique design. Atomic tech writer Justin Robinson got some impressive shots of the rig, called the Level 10

Proof that a proper 'simulation' needn't exclude everyday gamers looking for a magnificently rewarding game.

Smells like green spirit, and offers performance at a budget price. The ASUS F6V Green is a laptop with something a little different

ASUS is considering 24 carat gold trimming for it's new Lamborghini notebook. We've seen a sample, and we're impressed.

Should you, or do you, care about your laptop's looks? We're in two minds after seeing today's new notebook lineup.

Lenovo shoots for sex appeal with its super sleek 1.3kg ultra portable X300.

Jobs meets with carmaker on new project.

One of the slickest looking racers available on PC, but abandon all hope ye without a wheel.

Italian supercar-themed notebooks for when image is everything.

Only director Michael Bay could have made a film like Transformers: Revenge of the fallen. It's a head-ringing, ear-crunching and ultimately exhausting experience, filled with more than two hours of constant robot destruction.