11.6″ Acer Timeline 1810TZ unboxed!

Been drooling for this as I *want* an ultra portable to bring everywhere. But it is still too expensive if bought away from US grounds… :(

Will wait for your review!

ito ba yung “shell type” na tinatawag nila? d batt is not protruding.. cool!

hey.. do you know where store is that avaiable here in the philippines?? pls email me @ deri****@****.*** thanks

@dan
The Acer Timeline 1810TZ is already available in the malls and most shops in Gilmore and Greenhills :)

@annecy
You can get the HP DM1 at www.tipidpc.com for Php 35K. However specwise, the price might not be worth it especially since you are getting a slower processor with the HP DM1. You are better off going with the Acer Timeline 1810TZ for Php 27K – Php 29K which is a lot cheaper :)

If you’re not in a hurry to buy, might as well wait for the following 11-inch ultraportables to arrive on our shores:

(Intel Core i3 / Core i5)
– Lenovo U160
– Acer Aspire 1830T
– Acer Travelmate 8172

(AMD Athlon II Neo with Radeon HD 4225 Graphics)
– Acer Aspire One 721
– Acer Aspire 1551

Go for the models that use the newer Intel Core i3 or Intel Core i5 Ultra-Mobile processors. They are very powerful yet still maintain the long battery life (6-8 hrs).

@annecy

Yup no optical drive, but it’s thinner and lighter that way right? If an optical drive is a must, you can also check the HP Pavilion DM3 which is a bit bigger at 13.3 inches (but looks classier). It comes bundled with a matching external USB optical drive which is nice :)

I would say the Acer Timeline 1810TZ is adequate for office tasks like email, MS-Office, Powerpoint presentations, simple photo editing and the like. Just don’t expect it to perform well when doing processor intensive tasks like heavy photo or video editing, or doing calculations in complex spreadsheets.

If you plan to use the Acer Timeline 1810TZ for work, one worthwhile tip is to upgrade it to 4GB of memory. Ask the shop where you purchased it if they will allow the upgrade :)

It’s currently sold at P37K in electroworld.
Is there any equivalent laptop of this kind in other brands? Maybe, cheaper or at the same price but more efficient? i’m not too familiar with laptop technicalities but i do need an ultra-portable one which i can bring to the library and to my class for report presentations. Long-battery life is a must as i don’t want to bring a charger because of it’s extra weight.
Thank you so much!

@sleepyhead

Hi! thank you so much, i’ll take that from you. What store is it in greenhills? I like the 1810TZ reviews on the net and it’s a relief to hear it comes in white color. What i saw from electroworld was a 1825PTZ model pala, touch screen and tablet. It’s pretty as well but it comes in red, uh-oh.

But i have to check the other model you said as well. I want my laptop to be looking really classy yet subtle, aside from the “must” which is good performance, etc.

Valuable info, thank u so much!

@ai

No problem, just make sure that you try out both notebooks first before buying. I would say they both use the same chassis, only the color motif and lid pattern is different. Both are very portable and lightweight and in my opinion much better than buying a 10-inch netbook based on Intel Atom.

If you would like to see how the bronze colored Acer Aspire AO721 looks like, look for pictures of Acer Aspire 1830T on the internet. I believe the body is exactly the same.

For more information on the performance of the Acer Aspire AO721, check out the review of its smaller 10-inch sibling:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Acer-Aspire-One-521-Netbook.33547.0.html

Other than the 10-inch screen the components are exactly the same :)