Acer Timeline - Just the right size and power for the occasional user

By Alexander Georgiev (NYC, USA)

This review is for: Acer Aspire Timeline 4810TZ-4011

I have the Acer Timeline (14-inch Aspire 4810TZ-4011) and since yesterday evening so far so good. Here are my first impressions:

1. The delivery was fast and packaging was good.
2. The looks of the laptop are fantastic. Love the isolation tap keyboard. could have been the screen hinges, solid, but for a light machine seems OK.
3. The eject button for the CD, different ports, card readers, all of which are positioned very fitting.
4. The colors of the screen is beautiful. There are setup options to taste the setting, but I did not need to use.
5. The laptop was easy to set up. I loaded the battery for about an hour before the start, perhaps an overkill, and was rewarded with a blue light from below the touchpad.
6. Setting up Vista for the first time was much faster than my last XP Setup on a netbook. Feels course so far.
7. Soon after the start I was prompted to create recovery disks, and made two DVDs with the system and one with the software.
8. It is (was) a lot of preinstalled software. I spent a lot of time to figure out what it (which is not on Google) and the cleaning of the major shares.
9. People who have complained of performance problems, maybe should make sure the redundant backup software (two or three of these pre-installed?) Removing the process-virus and other FUD nonsense.
10. I registerted for a free copy of Windows 7 timeline for owners who in October (to Woot!) Shipped.
11. Skype set up (after the fight for a while with the firewall settings of Vista), and made a call - the sound is good, the mic is well positioned, the camera works well, even better after removing the protective sheet:)
12. Tested a YouTube video in HD, and it did not smooth, which was a disappointment.

Comparing this to my old FS 4y, the Acer timeline feels about as solid, much quieter, cooler, lighter by more than 2 pounds, with 6 times the RAM, four times the battery life and a newer processor - clearly an upgrade in every respect.