I know everybody is excited to start their weekend but the bell doesn’t dismiss you, I dismiss you. So before you go, I’m gonna tell you about this new 3.5-pound Acer Timeline ultraportable that just came out yesterday.
First, the keyboard is gorgeous. It’s like looking at a pretty girl but not the kind of girl that’s too good for you, but more the girl who shows up at your party, does a keg stand, and then asks “Who wants to play Madden?” Pretty but accessible, is what I’m saying. It looks nice, but perhaps more importantly it’s easy to type on.
Second, it’s a good deal (I bought it on Amazon for $600). You get a 3.5-pound frame, a 1.3GHz Intel SU4100 CPU, 3GB of DDR3 RAM, 320GB SATA hard drive, Windows 7 Home Premium, and a six-cell battery which Acer claims is good for up to 8 hours.
Thirdly, thusly, and finally, please check out the above video for a quick hands on. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to review this computer because it’s a gift for my mother-in-law’s 60th birthday. I’d like to make it clear that I didn’t spend all $600 of my own money on the computer. I don’t want to get any aspiring bloggers’ hopes up about making enough money to throw down $600 on a birthday present for your mother-in-law. You’ll need to split $600 presents multiple ways for your entire life. But you do get to play with toys a lot.
Acer Aspire Timeline AS3810TZ-4925 [Amazon]
Doug, I just picked it up from Amazon yesterday and overnighted it to myself. I guess blogging can pay off a little :-)
Is nice, no?
Yeah I’m loving it so far, have to figure out how to mount ISO images, trying to install office 2007 and its my first foray into a no optical drive world!
Keyboard is very good so far, haven’t tried the multitouch on the touchpad yet but came out of the box charged and so far its holding up under a litle multitasking while I install my needed programs.
What about compared to the Mini 311? I have a Mini 311 but the 11.6 inch Acer Timeline with the core2duo SUwhatever is pretty tempting.
The rocker switch needs to die.
This is sweet. Affordable and no crippled Atom to bog it down and suck power. Nice move Acer. Sony and Apple – are your bloated over-priced marketing people watching this?
Have not bought Acer in years but might need to give them a second chance.
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Two questions:
1. Can this run with the battery removed? Important to be able to remove the battery and still run so as to save the life of the battery when run mostly on the desktop. Apple stopped supporting this so they can gouge you for more battery purchases.
2. Any way to remove the hard drive?
@Drone – the main issue about aging LiIon/LiPoly batteries is time. 3 years is about standard from the day they were manufactured. Usage is less of a factor. Your reasoning would apply for NiCd batteries but they’ve gone the way of the Dodo long time ago.