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This is a great laptop. I read reviews and info about this for more than a month before laying down the cash for it. I've been extremely happy with it. It's thin and sexy. It's light (especially for a 15 inch laptop). It's extremely cool. The performance is good but not amazing. I mostly work with music editing and notation software and this laptop has handled all them fine. I play games online with it and I have yet to find a game that it can't handle (it should be noted I only play games from the browser and have no idea how a real computer game would do, but I know since this doesn't have a graphics card it probably wouldn't do well with 3d graphics, but I dont really know.) For everyday computing this computer has all the power you need. The 15 inch model is great too. The keyboard is full sized (which was somewhat of an adjustment after using cramped keyboards for so long) and the number pad is extremely helpful (at least to me).

The battery life is why you buy this computer. All day computing is no lie. I used to own a Dell and a Toshiba which got about 3 hours battery life at best, and then up to 10 minutes as they got old. It's been hard to break the habit of packing my power adapter when I leave but I've never needed it. I can go to school all day, take my computer to class, work in the library or cafeteria and never need to worry about running out of juice. If I crank it up to "High Performance" I can get a solid 5 to 6 hours of battery, on "Power Saver" I get an easy 8 and a half and if I turn off the WiFi I can get a little more then 10 hours. I've never, never, never, run it down completely during normal use.

Overall a great computer at a great price. Everything you need with an unbelievable battery life. Free yourself from the wall socket and buy this computer!

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Unless you play very demanding 3D games, the Acer AS5810(15.6"), AS4810(14.4") or AS3810 (13.7") is the one for everyone.

Thin and light, 5.4 to 3.5 lb, < 1", nothing else I know of is like this.

Cool, very thoughtfully designed to avoid heat buildup. Metal top, lots of spaces between keys. Bottom is never warm, palm rest area is absolutely cold, incredible.

Quiet, as it is so cool, the fan never speeds up to make noticeable noise.

LED backlight, should last forever and save battery.

8-hour battery life, never need to carry the AC adapter for the day. Never worry about empty battery, just concentrate on your work.

Metal lid, looks VERY VERY good. This thing looks better and slimmer than MacAir, no kidding.

Number keys included.

Only $, even cheaper than other thick, heavy, hot and noisy craps.

My son, senior high, carries it in his backpack together with many thick books. This is not a demanding 3D gaming machine, exactly a good thing for a student. If you want to save $, then get the Dell i1545, just heavier, thicker and shorter battery life, but a real dual core CPU, unbelievable deal.

The only stupid thing: I've seen crap ware installed in new PCs before, but Acer did it to the extreme on this laptop, like 100 trial games etc.

It took me a whole day to uninstall them. Because no Vista CD included, so I could not just do a clean installation. Then I used Ghost to make a full back up for the partition 2, about 5 GB. No need to back up the partition 1, about 10 GB, it is the factory restore area and you can use Acer's utility to burn them to DVD disks. Next time when a restoration is need, I can just restore the ghost and no need to uninstall the numerous crap ware again.

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I have used several laptops (work and personal), including the hyped ThinkPad T61, T500, T400.

But the Acer Timline series laptops have really surprised me in terms of build quality, price, form factor, and battery life.

If these are the things you care most, the Timeline is for you!

My T400 never got passed 4hrs at the lowest CPU setting and LCD brightness. The Timeline consistently gives me over 5hrs (not the 8hrs+ as they claimed though) using Windows XP.

Windows XP installation (over the default Vista Premium) was a straightforward task, as Acer website provides XP drivers so you don't have to search anywhere. I tried both the 15.6" and the 14" version and personally I'd like the 14" for its screen size, though both share the same 1" thin dimension and similar battery life. The 15.6" keyboard comes with a numeric keypad.

For those people who complained about CPU spiked at 100% at random or eject button locked up the laptop, I had the same problems. After I updated it with the latest Intel graphics driver and Acer BIOS, all the problems went away!

I am usually picky about what I use, but I have to give Acer a thumb up for such a great job. After all, it only costs $549!

Can't say the same for Lenovo ThinkPad which costs more, thicker (>1.2"), and only average battery life.

What's the point of having wireless internet if you must plug in your power regularly? With the Timeline, I can truly roam most of my day without fear of running out of power.

My only complain about the 14" version: if the mouse pad could move to the left about 1", that would be perfect. As I type, my right palm occasionally touches the mouse pad that causes the mouse cursor to move. If Acer did this on the 15.6" version, why not on the 14"?

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OK!!!! Lets start!

First let me tell you what I had before.....

a Gateway P-6860FX

Specs:

C2D 1.83GHz CPU

4GB RAM 667MHz DDR2

GeForce 8800M GTS GPU

17" 1440 x 900 LCD

320GB HDD

Definitely a gaming laptop. And now I switch to the Acer Timeline.

Specs:

Pentium 1.3GHZ (single core) CPU

3GB RAM 1066MHz DDR3

Intel GMA 4500MHD GPU

15.6" 1366 x 768 LCD (LED backlit)

320GB HDD

Now this is an "extreme" change for me. Going from Performance to Portability. Some people might think, what the f**k are you doing? You can't play games anymore. NO GTA4, Grid, Crysis, Far Cry 2, NO NOTHING. But guess what? I'm not complaining. This "little" laptop is pretty damn awesome! Well It is a little underpowered but only if you try to look for it.

Of course I'm basing my experience with this "lappy" on Windows 7 RTM. It comes installed with vista and bloatware. So just make sure you get rid of that crap and you'll be happy.

Here are my thoughts on performance....

Well actually, first let me tell you what programs I was able to run smoothly and define what "smooth" meant for each.

iTunes: Yes iTunes. And I think this is Apple's fault. My P-6860FX was laggy with iTunes. Now running an underpowered laptop makes things better? It weirdly true.

Photoshop CS4: It's not fast, but it is usable. I works for most of your photo editing needs.

Ummm. Actually that's all I got to show off right now. I've only had it for a day or so.

Oh! lets talk about battery life!

As you know they never real last as long as the company says. Unless you dim it all the way down, no wireless, power saving mode, etc. But I was able to get about 6 and a half hours with Wifi on. So not to shabby.

Keyboard!!!!

It has a chicklet style keyboard. Very responsive, good spacing and a NUM pad!!!! How I love NUM pads!!! This keyboard is was very easy to get used to.

Touchpad:

It's has multitouch capabilities. I love the pinch zoom for photos. Works pretty well. But at times it does get a little glitchy.

Speakers:

There small and not that loud. They don't really give you a theatrical bass pounding feel. But they are very "accurate" sounding.

Design:

All you have to do is look at the picture. It's very sleek and SEXY. I love takin' this around with me. And with ease weighing around 5 pounds.

OVERALL:

This laptop is totally awesome!

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO:

BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Here is the link to the Windows 7 Upgrade offer on Acer's website. You have to have purchased the system between June 2009 and January 2010, as I recall. The registration process is a bit tedious. Right now, it says you have until January 2010 to request the upgrade, and it will be shipped on a first come first served basis. I've had the computer for about a month. I like though I'm not getting anywhere near the 8 hours battery life advertised. Perhaps I don't have all the power saving features deployed. I haven't changed any settings since I took it out of the box. The screen is great and I don't find the mouse buttons hard to operate (which was a complaint of many). One of the plastic caps covering the hinge on the left side popped off because I was probably trying to open the screen too far, but it didn't give me the best feeling about long-term durability. We'll see--I've had nothing but IBM thinkpads for years and last year bought a Lenovo netbook.