The 4743Z-4861 has a fairly average selection of ports for a budget laptop. Three USB 2.0 and headphone and microphone jacks are part of the usual fodder, VGA and HDMI outputs are good for connecting to an external monitor or HDTV, and the usual Ethernet port and 802.11n Wi-Fi will jack you into the Internet. The Acer Aspire 4743Z-4861 also features Clear.fi, Acer’s proprietary Wi-Fi–based content streaming and sharing technology that lets you connect to other Acer Clear.fi–enabled devices within your home network to access all shared multimedia—it’s like a local cloud service.
