| The Acer Aspire 3810 Timeline laptop is equipped | | | | Graphics: Integrated |
| with a six-cell Acer Aspire 3810 Battery , providing up | | | | The two big things you'll find missing on the Timeline |
| to 8 hours of Laptop battery life. It's a lightweight | | | | 3810T are an optical drive and Bluetooth (although |
| 13.3 inch notebook with configurations featuring either | | | | both are available in related 14- and 15-inch |
| an Intel Core 2 Duo or Pentium dual-core processor, | | | | configurations). We're perfectly happy to skip the |
| 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 5-in-1 media card reader and | | | | DVD burner, but Bluetooth is very handy for |
| integrated webcam. | | | | tethering a 3G smartphone, or for connecting a travel |
| Long laptop battery life is the oft-touted but rarely | | | | mouse. |
| fulfilled specification for many a laptop. But now Acer | | | | Intel's single-core SU series CPUs (part of the |
| has delivered on the promise with the Acer Aspire | | | | Consumer Ultra-Low-Voltage line, or CULV) have |
| Timeline 5810T, a thin and lightweight but usefully | | | | been generally lackluster performers, but the |
| powerfully 15in notebook. | | | | dual-core U9400 version in the Timeline 3810T |
| The Acer Aspire Timeline 5810T is slightly wider than | | | | provides a much more usable overall experience. It |
| 15in in fact, as it uses a new-style widescreen display | | | | easily out-performed the single-core MSI X340, and in |
| that measures up at 15.6in in its 16:9 ratio. This glossy | | | | anecdotal use it felt perfectly capable of performing |
| panel is bright and cheerful enough, colourful without | | | | standard tasks smoothly, such as Web surfing, |
| being as oversaturated as some panels we see. | | | | working on office documents, and media playback. |
| Quick Specs | | | | Of course, adding 4GB of RAM also helps--both the |
| Screen Size: 13.3-inches | | | | MSI X340 and Dell Adamo had only half that. |
| Processor: Core 2 Duo, Intel Pentium Dual Core | | | | |