Acer Aspire Timeline AS3810TZ-4880 13.3-Inch
Acer Aspire Timeline AS3810TZ-4880 13.3-Inch Laptop – 8+ Hour Battery Life, is series makes “all day computing” a reality. You’ll be able to remain productive as you work remotely from 9 to 5 without ever stopping to plug in and recharge, or keep yourself entertained throughout an entire coast-to-coast flight without worrying whether you’ll make it to the end of your movie. The thin and light Timeline 3810 (model AS3810TZ-4880) is made for modern mobile work and play with its 3.5-pound weight and thin measurements–less than one-inch thin at its slimmest point and just over an inch at its thickest.
The high-definition, 13.3-inch CineCrystal LED backlit widescreen display (16:9 ratio) offers 33 percent more energy savings than traditional notebook screens. A Multi-Gesture Touchpad enables you to pinch, flick and swirl your fingers across the touchpad for more natural photo and video viewing as well as intuitive navigation of websites. The Multi-Gesture Touchpad allows you to scroll, zoom in and out and flip through web pages, photos, spreadsheets and more. An integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam delivers smooth video streaming and high quality images for online chats and business video conferences, even in low-light situations.
Providing an elegant, high-tech design, a stylish brushed aluminum finish provides solid protection to the display and internal components, and the system is also lead- and mercury-free–making it easier to recycle. In addition, Acer has incorporated Intel’s Laminar Wall Jet technology for the first time, directing air flow in parallel layers, to keep the notebook significantly cooler.
Helpful consumer’s review
I received my Timeline 3810TZ today and so far I am very happy with it.
I was looking for a notebook I could use for browsing the internet, email, video conferencing and watching videos (i.e., YouTube, NetFlix Play Now Streaming Movies). I do not intend to use this for any “heavy lifting” and processor intensive work (that is what my PC is for). I was very delighted to find that it also comes with Windows Movie Maker which will help me make little videos for posting on YouTube.
I tested the video and processor power by playing a movie streamed from NetFlix in Full Screen mode. The task manager showed the processor was at about 50% while the movie was playing. Not bad at all for a ULV single core processor running at 1.3 Ghz. There was never any skipping or stuttering in the entire movie.
The hard drive and cooling fan are both very quiet. I have to listen carefully to hear them.
The bottom does not get hot at all. It is very comfortable to rest on your lap.
The battery life is excellent. Even with playing movies and doing other things to push the processor I’m still running on battery power after six hours with about 40 minutes left on the battery indicator. I suspect I could get the full eight hours promised if I was not pushing the system so hard.
The weight is great. At only 3.5 lbs I can carry it around easily.
Another plus is that this notebook comes with a Windows 7 Upgrade coupon. You must go online and fill out the coupon request. After you do this the upgrade kit for Windows 7 will be shipped on October 22nd 2009.
Closing the top causes the system to go to sleep mode (this can by changed by you) and when you open it again and touch any key, the system is back up and ready to go in just one or two seconds.
Setting up my WIFI and my network printer was a breeze.
A few negatives:
The LCD screen is crisp and clear, however the viewing angle is a bit narrow. The only other problem is that the stereo speakers are not very loud even with the volume turned all the way up. I am hoping there will be some sort of driver upgrade that will fix this.
If you are looking for the PC version of the MacBook Air (at half the price), this is it… and then some.
I might update my review after a few months of use to give you more details about “real world” use.