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PCMark Vantage Results

Acer Aspire Timeline 1810TZ
Acer Aspire Timeline 1810TZ

Longer bars are better

PCMark Vantage Battery Life Test Results

Acer Aspire 1810TZ

Battery life in Minutes
Longer bars are better

What about linux?

I don't suppose you'd care to slap Ubuntu on it (and your other test machines) as a dual-boot and tell us what doesn't work out of the box?

I like the look of this, but if it can't do the linux thing, it's staying on the shelf...

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@Steve Pemberton

A quick look at the spec reveals... 1.4kg / 3lbs.

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Anonymous Coward

first impressions

Just got my 1810TZ . Overall very nice--solid build quality, as suggested by the review. A few things the review didn't note: The USB ports are very tight. The sound has some background hiss, as expected for built-in sound. No hum or other frequencies (a problem I've encountered on other notebooks). There is a recovery partition on the hard disk. I made recovery discs (with an external DVD burner), then wanted to free up the space from the recovery partition, so I repartitioned the disk, and reinstalled from the recovery discs. This worked with no problems, though it did take it 1.5 hours (no human intervention required though).

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Nice

Looks like a nice little machine. I would certainly consider one when I upgrade my current Acer Aspire 2920 (12.1" notebook, in fact reviewed on here a year or two back).

I just wish a few more manufacturers would start doing machines like this rather than over sized netbooks as not everyone wants to lug around a 15" or 17" machine (I certainly wouldn't want to lug a 17" machine around due to the weight), and sometimes we need a little bit more CPU power than an Atom can give.

Shame Acer didn't drop an ION chipset in this little machine though.

Rob

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vs Asus Ul30A

I was looking at getting the same laptop, but with a bigger 13.3" screen, the 3810TZ.

Asus are bringing out their UL30A1 which is core duo, with other models such as UL30A2 etc. They work out a bit more expensive, but the battery life is considerably better, up to 11 hours.

The UL20A also seems a good deal. The 2 year international warranty compared to Acer's 1 year may also be a winner. Nothing on amazon UK as of yet, so I'm sitting tight for now. I think it's better to buy this after Christmas if at all possible once Asus' pricing has been confirmed.

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