Acer Aspire TimelineX AS1830T-68U118 11.6-Inch Laptop (Black)
- The smallest member of the TimelineX Series, the 11.6″ Acer Aspire AS1830T is super-light and under 1″ thin
- The Intel Core i7 processor powers gaming and complex tasks such as making and editing video, music and photos.
- This notebook is small on size, but huge on usability with its 11.6″ HD Widescreen LED-backlit show and full size keyboard.
- Bluetooth Technology lets you transfer data between your PC and Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone or camera without wires
- Windows 7 Home Premium makes the things you do every day simpler and with Office Starter 2010
Acer Aspire TimelineX AS1830T-68U118 Notebook comes with these specs: Intel Core i7-680UM processor, Windows 7 Home Premium, 11.6″ HD Widescreen CineCrystal LED-backlit Show, Mobile Intel HM55 Express Chipset, 4096MB DDR3 1066MHz Memory, Intel HD Graphics, 500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, Built-In HD 1.3MP Webcam, Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader, 2nd Generation Dolby Sound Room Audio Enhancement, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, Bluetooth 3.0+HS, 3 – USB 2.0 Ports, 1 – HDMI Port, 6-cell Li-ion
List Price: $ 699.99
Price: $ 589.99
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Superb travel lap top,
I do my serious computing at home on a well-appointed desk top and when traveling need a laptop that can at least handle the kinds of work I perform with my desktop. For the past 2 years I used a Dell XPS M1330 for this purpose and came to literally loathe the machine (heavy and unreliable, with disappointing performance), which finished my respect for Dell and sent me looking elsewhere for something more to my liking. To see if I could get along with a smaller machine I first tried traveling with a $200 netbook, which I found to be simply too weak for my needs; but, I found the light weight and small size to be a major plus, so I went on the prowl for the same kind of form factor in a powerful machine, which led me eventually to the 1380T. At present there aren’t many machines in this category, and from what I could tell from specs and user comments, this one is at the top of the list at the present time, which is why I bought one. There has been nothing from my experience to date to indicate otherwise and in fact, my shift to the Acer 1380T (I7 CPU) from the Dell has been like coming up for fresh air, a five star experience.
I’ve had this unit for about a month now and to date have taken it on one serious road trip, which has demonstrated the machine is all I had hoped for, and really a excellent bit more. Other reviewers have thoroughly gone through what this machine has to offer so I will limit myself to what I have found useful.
1. It has handled everything I do with my desktop (something I could not say for the Dell) – let me hasten to add I don’t do games, which may need a dedicated graphics card for best effect (Asus has a machine in this class that such users might consider, although why one would want to play those kinds of games on a machine this small is beyond me)
2. It runs cool and has a very long battery life (my initial read is that it will easily go 8 or 9 hours when all you are doing is routine text processing kinds of stuff, about 4 times as long as the Dell)
3. It is in that magic weight range of around 3 lbs and its thickness and weight are not amplified by the battery (unlike many other laptops)
4. The screen is brilliant (others have carped about viewing angle, but for a single user it is fantastic, and in this size range, isn’t that what matters?)
5. I really like the “chiclet” key board, which has “homing” ridges on the f and j keys that help with touch typing … I find individual key size to really be substantial, and touch type at least as easily on this keyboard as the one I have at home … maybe I have a light touch, but I don’t notice any keyboard flex others seem to sense
6. The machine feels substantial, even with all the plastic (which I’m sure holds weight down)
7. The charger does not use a proprietary input, is light, consisting of a single wall wart with a configurable plug (for which you can get alternatives for other country’s outlets), configurable meaning you can position the prongs for horizontal or vertical (and it’s a 2 prong non-polarized plug) – my guess is that the total travel package is a excellent 2 lbs under the Dell.
Are there annoyances? There is the usual bloatware, but no worse than what I’ve experienced with other vendors … it just means spending some time removing or disabling it. There is no optical drive, but that’s a weight trade-off, and after honestly examining my usage patterns, I couldn’t even remember the last time I required one on a trip. I have a perfectly excellent $50 Samsung external USB that works just fine for the rare occasions I have to do something with that nearly outmoded technology.
My one peeve with Acer is their not supplying system reinstall media, expecting users to make their own. It took 1.25 hours to produce the 4 DVDs their on board utility produces from the partition on the hard disk they have set aside with this content. My advice, start it going while you are watching TV or reading a book and just be prepared for it to take awhile. It would be nice if Acer would set this up so you could make a bootable USB or flash instead.
Surprises? From other reviews I expected to have issues with the touch pad, but have not at all. I’ve always despised touch pads because I somehow manage to hit them with my thumb at the incorrect time with annoying effects, but not this one. Otherwise, it seems to work no better or worse than any other I’ve used across a spectrum of manufacturers. I also like having less palm space, since I’ve come to believe that is something that helps to keep my thumbs away from the touch pad.
My other surprise was with the built-in Bluetooth. I have an ancient Palm TX that has information I wanted to sync onto this machine, only to find USB sync for Win 7 x64 is not being supported by Palm software. A small investigation indicated I might be able to sync via Bluetooth. Sure enough,…
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|Fantastic connectivity,
I reckon the other reviewers have done a brilliant job and I fully agree with their assessments. I would only add the following points regarding ports……
I was all set to buy an 11.6″ Airbook. That plot came to a screeching halt when I learned that it didn’t have an Ethernet port. The best you could do was to buy a separate USB dongle that would provide 10/100 Ethernet. For an IT professional who is used to walking into a client’s server room and taking a 50GB backup copy of a database in no time via gigabit ehternet that was just not going to work out. I don’t fancy stepping back to 1990! Also a lot of hotels only have wired Ethernet and I just want to be able to plug in and go. Not spend time playing find-the-adapter.
I also found out that the Airbook has a mini DisplayPort. To plug into an external VGA monitor you need (yep, you guessed it) another adapter. To plug into a TV or projector you need yet another adapter for HDMI. All these are sold separately and are more junk to cart around the world. They are also the exact thing that you would find that you have lost (or left back in the hotel) just when you needed to plug into a projector to give a presentation
So I was all set to lay out serious $$$ on a Sony ultra-portable when I came across the TimelineX. I’ve had it for a month now and I couldn’t be more pleased with it. For the professional on the road that doesn’t want to lug around some 15.6″ monster this small guy is the perfect replacement. Compared to the Sony ultra-portables the price is outstanding value.
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|Perfect choice!,
I just bought this laptop as a portable solution to my Dell Studio, and i have to say that this is the first laptop that i have ever bought, and as an IT professional I buy quite a few, that has exceeded all expectations! I often work with demanding applications such as Adobe Premier CS5, Autodesk 3DS Max 2010, and Maya, and have to say that this machine is able to run them without any issues. Now im not saying this is a replacement for a desktop powerhouse system for heavy graphics editing and such but it is nice to have a small portable rig capable of opening these files and making modifications on the go. Now unsurprisingly this machine only rates a Windows Experience Index of 3.5 due solely to the fact there is no dedicated graphics card, but come on, if your seriously purchasing this with hopes of gaming in mind chances are your not even doing enough research to even be reading this review. But any way more about the product; upon first glance when taking this machine out of its box, and i say machine because i dare not call a system this powerful a “netbook”, is “Wow, an i7 in this? Really?”. Well lets get one thing straight, iX is a technology, not a specific model series of processors, but it does pack one heck of a surprising punch for a machine this size. As stated above I can easily run some of todays most demanding apps without any problems, and the 4GB of DDR3 RAM is quite handy! And for once, a battery life as advertised! with radios off and screen dimmed but still easily readable i got a 7+ hour life while doing normal operations such as email and word processing. Now obviously battery life drops when you do more demanding tasks, so as a comparison I am currently writing this review from this laptop with WiFi ON, music playing, screen brightness all the way up, and installing a game in the background and my battery life is just above 5 hrs!!! Now how many systems can claim that! Some people have made a couple small comments about a small amount of flex in the keyboard, and it is right, the keyboard does flex maybe a mm or so, but it is not noticeable unless looking at the kb whilst typing, otherwise i find the response and feedback of the keyboard pleasantly comfortable, and the layout is fantastic and you should have no issues typing on it as the dimensions are very close to a full keyboards dimensions with the exception of a few keys such as arrows, but you can get used to that.
Overall I must say that this machine is well worth the money and having now used it, I would have happily paid a hundred or two more for it!
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