Acer have announced the launch of the Acer Aspire Timeline notebook. The Timeline range aim to be slim and efficient in their design and power usage. Lets take a look at what it can do.
One of the key points of the Acer Aspire Timeline is the battery that can power it for more then 8 hours on a single charge. It achieves this by using energy efficient parts such as the processor and display. Rather then providing a bulky battery, the extra efficiency achieved can provide the 8 hours on a fairly small battery making it still small and sleek.
The Aspire Timeline uses the Intel Core 2 Duo ultra low voltage line of processors along side Intel DPST which is a display power savings technology that can reduce the backlight level with hardly making you notice. This alone saves 33% on the screen's power consumption. The combination of processor and screen allow the battery to last 40% longer.
Acer Aspire Timeline Features
Processor and chipset
- Intel® Centrino® 2 / Centrino® processor technology
- Intel® Core¢2 Duo ultra low voltage processor SU9400 or Intel® Core¢2 Solo ultra low voltage processor SU3500
- Mobile Intel® GS45 Express Chipset
- Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, or
- Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5150 Wi-Fi®/WiMAX¢ dual-mode module,
Operating system
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
Memory
Dual-channel DDR3 SDRAM support, Up to 4 GB of DDR3 1066 MHz memory, upgradeable to 8 GB using two soDIMM modules (requires 64 bit Operating System)
HDD
hard disk drive up to 320GB
Storage
160/250/320/500 GB or larger hard disk drive or 80 GB SSD drive, 5-in-1 card reader, supporting Secure Digital¢ (SD) Card, MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick¢ (MS), Memory Stick PRO¢ (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card¢ (xD)
Optical Media driver
8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive (except model 3810T)
Display
-15.6" HD 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal¢ LED-backlit TFT LCD, 16:9 aspect ratio, Super-slim design (model 5810T)
-14" HD 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal¢ LED-backlit TFT LCD, 16:9 aspect ratio, Super-slim design (model 4810T)