While most machines pack AMD chipsets, Acer's model runs an Ivy Bridge CPU and offers 500GB of storage.

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It's this grueling and low-paying internship process that determines whether a model can burst out of the anonymous pack.

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Until now, all the Model S vehicles sold have come equipped with the 85 kWh battery pack (the largest available, with the greatest range).

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Put simply, this phone is less Storm "2" and more Storm "1.1" -- a hardware service pack, if you will, designed to correct very specific shortcomings in the original model while preserving the overall concept.

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The top of the line 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MBP with 2GB of RAM, as expected, was the leader of the pack, coming in with a Speedmark score of 226 ("19 percent faster than the older model"), and bested its companions in every category ranging from running Unreal Tournament 2004 to video Cinema 4D rendering.

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Rounding out the line-up the 3200, 3210, and 3220 each pack 3.5-inch displays as well, but with varying amounts of maps and features depending on the model.

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