Acer Aspire Timeline

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)

Acer Via: TechFresh