• Acer Aspire Timeline 3810TZ

    Acer Aspire Timeline 3810TZ

    Rohan Naravane, Mar 18, 2010 1825 hrs IST

    One of the best 13-inch budget laptops around

    Thin and light frame, comfortable keyboard and multi-touch trackpad, Very good battery life, well-priced, good quality webcam, 3 USB ports (good for a model this size)

    Missing DVD drive will not appeal to many

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The Acer Timeline 3810TZ is a thin 13-inch laptop based on Intel's low power consuming hardware (a.k.a the CULV platform). It's quite thin and lightweight, partially due to the exclusion of a DVD drive. It's got decent build quality, along with a comfortable keyboard and touch-pad. We can't praise it enough and have to hand it down to Acer to come up with such a finely tuned laptop, in every sense.

At an affordable price of Rs. 31,412, the Timeline 3810T has a lot to offer -- a Pentium U4100 dual-core 1.3 GHz processor, 3GB RAM and a 320GB hard disk. Also, the pre-installed Windows 7 Home Premium edition takes full advantage of this hardware and runs smooth while surfing the net, doing office work or even watching 1080p HD movies. But don't expect anything beyond that; with an underpowered Intel on-board graphics chip, gaming or rendering 3D models on it wouldn't be such a good idea.
 
Competing with the 3810TZ are the Dell Vostro V13 and the MSI X-Slim X350. The Acer trumps both of them over in price and battery life. The Vostro V13 looks cooler but lacks HDMI, the 3rd USB port and has average battery life. MSI X350 has almost similar specifications (except for only 2 USB ports) but has a horrible track-pad. If you're looking for a sleek laptop to do non-intensive work and can do without a DVD drive, then the Acer Timeline 3810TZ is possibly one of the best buys out there. Unfortunately, many people still use CDs/DVDs on a day-to-day basis and this is the only thing that'll put them off this laptop. If you're looking for something like this but need a DVD drive, then have a look at the Dell Inspiron 13z or alternatively the 3810TZ's slightly bigger cousin -- the Timeline 4810TZ.




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(12) Comments
S M
,Mumbai, on Mar 18, 2010 07:37 PM
Bought this on 28 Feb 2010 & its lying with service center form then to now. Lots of problems :( There is also a recall on some of them manufactured before 15 Sept 2009 so be careful.
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JKR
,Brooklyn , on Apr 01, 2010 09:18 PM
I bought mine a couple of days ago and I still have a week left to return to JR. What kind of problems have you guys been having with this laptop? I had to return my first one because, the up arrow wouldn't work. My laptop didn't fall under the recall timeline.
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Shailesh
,Mumbai, on Apr 13, 2010 08:17 PM
Go to thinkdigit . com site->Forums->Community->Reviews->'How an Acer customer is treated.' for the full story
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kamal
,mumbai, on Mar 19, 2010 11:16 AM
comments by readers on the discussion board must be answered by TT . If the comments and complains are false, then readers get proper idea abt the products reviewed. If they are correct then TT should admit it. It will give the reviews more weight and dependabliity.
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S M
,Mumbai, on Mar 22, 2010 12:43 PM
I agree. I will list out all my woes which started from day 1 till now after 7-10 days as its still pending with Acer. Three problems have been sorted out by yhe service center but two major issues are still pending.
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Vijay
,Mumbai, on Mar 20, 2010 06:01 PM
I too bought it from VSP & regretting ti already :(
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Rohan Naravane
,TechTree Techlabs, on Mar 20, 2010 07:16 PM
What is the problem that you are facing? Could you share it with the rest of us
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dude
,kochi, on Mar 18, 2010 10:38 PM
Homes, this new review format ain't cool! The Verdict @ the end was a lot better!!!! :(
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Rohan Naravane
,TechTree TechLabs, on Mar 19, 2010 02:33 PM
Alright bro, thanks for sharing. Let's see if other people feel the same way.
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vkumar
,kangra, on Mar 19, 2010 10:31 AM
NO VERDICT NO PRICE ONLY 4 PAGES- What ?
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Rohan Naravane
,TechTree TechLabs, on Mar 19, 2010 01:55 PM
If you read through the first page, you'll realize that the summary is the verdict. The price is also clearly mentioned in the 2nd para. We're trying out a new format where the gist of the entire review is placed on the first page itself, so its easier for people who don't want to read the in-depth analysis.
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Rohan Naravane
,TechTree TechLabs, on Mar 19, 2010 02:32 PM
PS: What do you guys think of the new format? Please reply to this comment and tell us your thoughts.
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