Acer Aspire TimelineX AS3820T-6480 Notebook comes with these specs: Intel Core i3-380M Processor, Windows 7 Home Premium, 13.3" HD Widescreen CineCrystal LED-backlit Display, 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, Dolby Home Theater v3 Audio Enhancement, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED, 3 - USB 2.0 Ports, 1 - HDMI Port, Easy-launch Programmable Key, 6-cell Li-ion Battery (6000 mAh), Up to 8 hours of battery life, 3.97 lbs. | 1.8 kg (system unit only), AC Power Adapter, AC Power Cord, Wireless Setup Card, Registration/ Limited Warranty Card, Microsoft Office Starter 2010, McAfee Internet Security Suite (60-day insert). Complete your PC. Buy full-featured Microsoft Office 2010.
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71 of 74 found the following review helpful:
Thin, light and powerful Feb 16, 2011
By Ewan Calloway I just received this laptop yesterday and have begun putting it through its paces. I'll update the review in the future but as there are no reviews yet I wanted to get it started in case there are others that are considering this model.
I'd consider myself a moderate user. General office programs (word and powerpoint for classwork), internet browsing w/HD video streaming, netflix streaming, some photo editing, music, etc. I wanted something thin and light that also offered more oomph than a mobile ulv processor. The i3 in this laptop just screams compared to an AMD Neo 1.5ghz powered Toshiba that I tried out before settling on this model. Battery life after the initial break-in charge and drain and refill has been outstanding. I have 5:31 remaing with 89% battery while I type this. Mind you I've been using it since 100% for about an hour installing 180mb's worth of Windows updates and a reboot. I have it on balanced mode with the screen brightness set to 80%. Wifi on and Word running in the background while researching and typing should yield over 7 hours with the settings I have. To me that's impressive and the Timeline series is living up to its claim. HD video plays well, despite not having a dedicated graphics card. I think that's why you'll find the price on this model to be a little lower than other comparable Acer and ASUS models. I debated between this model and an ASUS that was near the same price point. However the ASUS models near this price point had an ULV processor, so the Acer won out. Build quality is solid, no flex in the keyboard. The screen is bright and vivid. So far I'm quite happy with the choice. As I said to open, I'll update this later.
UPDATE:
Now that I've spent some time with the keyboard and track pad I find both to be easy to use. The mutli-gesture track pad works well and the swirls gesture makes scrolling down long web pages or easy. It's great if you're a tumblr user and want to scroll down your dashboard. The keyboard has great tactile feedback and the reaches are a little short but I found it quite easy to adjust coming from and excellent Fujitsu keyboard. I left the battery setting where I had previously mentioned and have had no trouble hitting 7 usable hours of battery life with wifi some HD streaming and light word usage. Still a 5 star product and the price point is great.
Pro's -Build quality -battery life -keyboard -display
Con's -426 GB of usable HD space, 463 of actual space with OS loaded and the bloatware. I've been around long enough to know that HD space is never as it's listed, but Acer, where did my 37 GB's go?!?
Windows experience index....
Processor - 6.7
Memory - 5.9
Graphics - 4.5
Gaming Graphics - 5.2
Primary Hard Disk - 5.8
21 of 22 found the following review helpful:
Portable Power Apr 04, 2011
By A. Meller
"alexmeller"
I was searching for a pretty portable laptop for travel that was still fast (so not a netbook)and wasn't very expensive. So after looking around on newegg, I came upon this laptop for $530. ( Another laptop I own is also 13.3 in., Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.5 Ghz, 4 Gigs of DDR2 RAM, and it was $700). At first I was a bit sketpical due to the fact that I haven't bought an acer before, and I never thought of them as a better company, and due to the fact there was a very limited amount of reviews on the laptop. Regardless, after not finding anything to be even remotely as good a deal as the acer, I bought it (Once again, very good specs and price). So after using it for over a week ill just give my likes/dislikes. The laptop is very fast, the boot time is VERY fast (May slow down when more stuff is installed, but even now its still pretty impressive). The laptop is good for HD video and simple things, but it doesnt have a dedicated video card (built into the processor). The laptop is very thin, weighs pretty light due to the fact that it DOESNT have a DVD drive (That could be a con). One thing that I don't like, is that while the laptop looks very nice, the front side (with the acer logo in the middle) is a HUGE fingerprint magnet, there are tons of marks on it as soon as you touch it (this is just cosmetical and they give you a cloth to wipe it off). One last thing, was that in the pictures I noticed that the trackpad is not centered, but to the left. I thought the trackpad would be annoying, but its actually not as bad as it looks in the picture, and hasn't bothered me at all. Those are pretty much my biggest complaints, so theres not really much.
Summary This is a very fast and portable laptop. It is not for gaming, since it doesn't have a video card. Its a great value, though its now more expensive on amazon (not newegg yet)
Pros: -Bang for the buck (Though I got it cheaper, the same laptop is still $530 on newegg) -Very fast with a good processor and fast memory. (Core i3 @ 2.55Ghz, 4Gb DDR3 RAM) -Very portable (The 13.3 is in my opinion the best size for portability) -Will load and show HD video just fine. -comparatively lighter compared to bigger laptops
Cons: -Cover is a fingerprint magnet -No video card at all (so gaming is very hard unless its based on the processor more) *-No DVD drive, you can consider a con but it also removes a lot of weight and bulk, and I dont mind it at all, havent needed to use it at all since I got the laptop* (I bought it because it was light and portable, so I was looking for laptop with no DVD Drive) *-Trackpad is to the left, once again this isn't really a con, but be aware. I ended up not even noticing the positioning.*
Overall, if you're skeptical, but you're looking for a portable,light, fast, and relatively cheap laptop, this is for you. I will update this review if I find something else that I like or dislike, or if something goes wrong. Thanks
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Not perfect, but great for the price Apr 06, 2011
By CalBear Good: Lightweight, fast, thin, hard drive, memory, battery life. Bad: Trackpad, screen, and bezel around the keyboard.
I bought this laptop to replace my old dying one as a junior at UC Berkeley studying econ. This laptop is small and fast (using STATA and other econometrics and statistical analysis programs are really fast). The battery lasts 4-8 hours depending on use. If you're listening to music, writing a paper and reading .pdfs the battery will last around 6.5 hours. If I'm just reading a .pdf it will last 8 hours. The trackpad on this is pretty bad, it was almost unusable when I opened the box. The program allowed me to tweak the settings and it's much better but not perfect. The screen on this isn't very good. It's hard to use outdoors in bright sun (it's doable but not as easy as more expensive laptops). Also the bezel around the keyboard scratches really easily. Overall, this is a perfect laptop because I paid $600 and I expected it to come with flaws, and these flaws are very minimal for the specs and overall quality.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Superb quality for a really good price Mar 15, 2011
By Toms Baugis The battery holds strong, the LED backlit monitor is sharp, the i3 makes sure things work fast and the trackpad is exceptionally smooth. The ports have been arranged smartly too. Having owned a good number of laptops, this is my best buy in a good while.
First tried out it on windows 7 where it has all the supporting drivers and the experience is top notch. Then being a linux user, installed first Fedora 14 and then moved over to Ubuntu.
On the current linux distros you might run into two problems - the trackpad scrolling and the internal mic not working in skype. For the trackpad (which is Alps) going to ubuntu solved the problem, for the internal mic in skype the problem is solved by changing skype launcher to this: "/bin/sh -c 'PULSE_SERVER=127.0.0.1 skype' &" (that is specifying the server on the line). Not sure why, but that fixes the problem and the mike is fully operational after that! In the upcoming Gnome3 (the Suse based preview) even the two-finger scroll works, but the cursor is somewhat jaggy.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
A solid product with some drawbacks Jul 01, 2011
By G. Hua I needed a new laptop--something fairly powerful, yet lightweight and transportable. The TimelineX 3820T looked the best on a spec sheet, combining a great processor, plenty of RAM and a 13.1" form factor for dirt cheap, so I decided to take the plunge. After using it for a couple of days, I've listed my findings here.
- Out of the box, the laptop feels very sturdy, with a solid construction and a careful finish. Despite being relatively thin (at least compared to previous laptops I've owned) the screen shows very little flex, as is the same with the keyboard. The hinge opens and closes easily but stays where you want it to even when it's almost closed. At almost 4 pounds it's not quite as light as the Toshiba Portégé R705-P41 TruBrite LED 13.3-Inch Laptop (Metal/Blue) (which looks slightly better in my opinion), but the superior feel and sturdiness more than makes up for it. Overall, no gripes about the build quality on this machine.
- The keyboard is, in my opinion, rather mushy. There isn't much feedback when pressing down, but there certainly is quite a lot of audible feedback--for a soft-feeling keyboard, they make a fairly loud clicking noise. Each individual key is raised in a chiclet-style, except for the fact that there is no second covering fitting between the spaces of keys, leaving the crevices extremely prone to collecting dust and crumbs. The inclusion of two full-sized Shift keys, however, is greatly appreciated. As for the trackpad, I didn't find it to be extremely comfortable either, but for what it is it gets the job done.
- Performance-wise, this machine works quite well, as should be expected with a Core i3. There's really not much to say here; it works how it should. As for the integrated Intel HD graphics, I haven't been able to test it with more tasking games or applications, but it plays high-resolution native and Flash video without any problem. More than enough for business and productivity, and the occasional non-GPU-intensive game.
- The screen is, unfortunately, where this laptop takes a dip. Viewing angles are limited to perhaps 20 degrees for anything bearable and some exact adjustment for an optimal picture. Even head-on, contrast ratios are poor and Intel's integrated color adjustments don't do much except erase local contrast in favor of overall "pop"-ness, something unacceptable for any sort of design or photography work but may be suitable for people simply browsing the web. Certainly, a movie with many dark scenes will be rather unenjoyable. While the screen is glossy, it's not overly so. Acer could have done better with this, but I suppose at less than $600 (and only $530 a while back) they had to skimp on something.
- If the screen was a dip, the speakers are a direct nosedive. They're horrible. Bass levels amounted to approximately zero, and any treble that the integrated speakers played were tinny and weak. Maximum volume is also nothing to write home about; it's fine for quiet personal use, but forget about using the integrated speakers for filling a room with music or movie audio. Whenever possible, connect an external speaker to this laptop. I find that going into Realtek's drivers and tweaking the equalizer (increasing bass) helped a small amount, but they're still pretty abysmal. I also find that Dolby's included Home Theater (ha, yeah right) "Virtual SurroundSound" feature actually decreases audio quality in favor of a surround feel, and that disabling it condenses the sound but makes overall sound a bit more bearable.
I also find that my first time owning an Acer laptop came with the introduction of a rather annoying system beep every time I plugged in or unplugged the charging cable. After some searching, I found that I could disable this by going into Realtek's drivers again and going into the "Levels" tab and muting the "PC Beep" slider. Just a thought if you happen to be facing similar issues with an Acer laptop.
- I haven't used the laptop enough to make a reputable claim on battery life, but for the first few cycles I've been able to get about four hours on 90% brightness and Wi-fi always on, running Photoshop, browsing the web and constantly playing music. At a lower screen brightness, I'd imagine 6-7 hours would be very possible.
So, in summary:
PRO
- Great performance - Lightweight and sturdy - Cheap - Decent battery life
If you're looking for an affordable, portable option for business, school or general moderate use that doesn't involve gaming, heavy multimedia or image quality, by all means this is a very competitive choice with such a price point. Despite its screen and speakers, I'm quite satisfied with my purchase.
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Thin, light and powerful Feb 16, 2011
By Ewan Calloway
