Acer Shows 11.6" Aspire Timeline CULV for Win 7

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By Marcus Yam
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CULV makes another thin and light.

We all know that Windows 7's arrival will also bring about new notebooks. Even if the notebooks aren't entirely new, OEMs will almost certainly refresh current designs with faster processors or more memory, but at the same older price point.

In addition to its first touchscreen laptop, Acer this morning announced a new CULV thin and light notebook with an 11.6-inch LED backlit screen. Acer bills it as the Aspire Timeline AS1810TZ, which is suitable for "all day computing" with its full-size keyboard and 8-hour battery life. Even with the standard 6-cell battery, it weighs 3.08 pounds.

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"Acer is providing consumers with the best of all worlds with the new 11.6-inch Timeline--an affordable ultraportable that delivers long battery life and great performance in a compact and stylish design," said Ray Sawall, senior manager of product marketing for Acer America. "By adding dual-core processors to the entire line, we've taken affordable mobile computing solutions to a new level."

Those in need of a larger display or an optical drive will have to look at the bigger, heavier models. The AS3810 weighs 3.5 pounds and offers a 13.3-inch display while the AS4810 adds an optical drive and 14-inch display and weighs 4.4 pounds. The AS5810 adds a dedicated numeric pad and weighs 5.3 pounds and features a 15.6-inch screen.

Prices start at $549.99 and you'll be seeing these in stores starting October 22 with Windows 7.

Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
9 Comments Comment from the forums
  • burnley14
    That 13" model sounds very enticing
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  • Regulas
    burnley14That 13" model sounds very enticingI agree and plan on getting one but not for 7, putting Ubuntu on it.
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  • cabose369
    and another model that will get recalled due to overheating! LOL! (note: the 13" of the same model was recently recalled for overheating)
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  • HansVonOhain
    I agree with 13 inch being enticing

    8hour battery life with an optical drive, amazing price too
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  • So how is this 11.6 different from the Aspire AS1410 (which I own), which was the 1810T TimeLine re-badged for the US market? Is it the use of a dual-core CULV?
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  • pug_s
    historicusSo how is this 11.6 different from the Aspire AS1410 (which I own), which was the 1810T TimeLine re-badged for the US market? Is it the use of a dual-core CULV?
    It has the Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 ULV processor, which is a 1.3 ghz dual core 3mb cache processor. Personally, I would buy one of these.
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  • Another just not netbook!
    Too large for a netbook, too small for a laptop or notebook!
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  • Regulas
    HansVonOhainI agree with 13 inch being enticing8hour battery life with an optical drive, amazing price tooNo the article is a little confusing, the optical drive kicks in on the 14" model, the 13.3 is the same as the 11.4", no internal DVD.
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  • iquark
    ProDigit80Another just not netbook!Too large for a netbook, too small for a laptop or notebook!
    Considering I use my 1410 (1810T) with the single core for everything I need in school (Mathematica, Office 07 etc) I would have to disagree. I get about 4-7 hours on a charge depending on what type of tasks I'm doing, and that's with the puny US battery, not the European one form the timeline series.

    The size is plenty big enough for anything that doesn't involve graphic design or CAD work, and really you want to be doing that on your desktop and with your large monitors anyway. This is what size truly portable laptops should be, at 11.6" the sleeve fits in a backpack just fine, and is smaller than most books I carry around.
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