Acer Timeline Update
Well I broke down and picked up the 13.3″ AS3810T-6415. The definitive decision was a personal one. Dual core processor, built in bluetooth was the biggest factor.
With the dual core, I haven’t notice any performance decrease from my previous HP Tablet Dual core 64bit AMD chip.
Keyboard size is pretty much the same as the 14″ model, touch pad is slightly smaller. Height of the screen isn’t much smaller than the 14″. The width is the most significant at about 1/2″ narrower than the 14″ display. Sound seems softer than on the 14″ model.
Real world use, I’ve been getting about 6 hrs at High Performance battery setting and Power Smart disabled. That’s using it for MS Excel, Word, Power Point, Email and Internet Browsing mostly, Wireless and Bluetooth on.
Temperature can be warm, but hardly noticeable. I can set this on a soft surface, i.e. bed and not fear that it’s going to start a fire (still not recommended).
Screen size is fine for me, I’m use to using a 12.1″ tablet, so for those using 17″ screens this will probably feel small.
Overall, so far definitely a good decision. Still unsure about not having the DVD built in, but it also makes it lighter. Had the 14″ model come with dual core and blue tooth, I would of probably gone that route. I’ve loaded Presto Instant on OS with video in safe mode and works like a charm. Boots in under 10 secs, shuts down in under 5 secs. Now that’s fast.
No freezing issues noted. I did update the Bios and video drivers. Did notice one thing that was strange and that was for a 500 gig HD, almost 50 GB was used, not sure what would be loaded on a hidden partition that would require 30-50 GB of space. Yes I understand you technically don’t get 500 GB, but 50 GB discrepancy is a bit far fetch. Also had an issue creating rescue disks with similar error message as the 14″ model. Not too much of a big deal since I’m going to be creating a disk image with all my current programs and settings with all the crapware uninstalled.
Bottomline,
Love the slim line profile and light weight, low heat, along with the processing power that rivals what I was using and battery life to go most of the day.
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Thank you for your reviews about the Timeline laptops. Could you tell the end of the story about the 14″ Acer – were you be able to get rid of that CPU freezing issues? And do you have any troubles with 13″ Acer, when work with serious programms? Thank you.
I’ve been running with the 13.3″ model for 2 weeks in real world business apps. No problems noted. I will be updating my blog shortly. To answer ur question, no more hang ups post updating the bios, audio and chip drivers. Went with the 13.3″ mainly due to the dual core option and blue tooth. If the 14″ model had dual core and bluetooth, I probably would of opted to go with that. But so far, I’m liking it.