Acer Aspire Timeline video
- posted by Michael Walsh on May 5th, 2009
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HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I got it!
Yesterday I sneaked into Acer’s marketing company and managed to bag a sneak look at all three Aspire Timeline models (13.3″, 14″, 15.6″). I hadn’t actually seen them in real life before and they really are slick machines and a step above what you’re used to at that price bracket.
OK, I won’t get any awards for this video but at least you can see them!!
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Georgi wrote, on May 6th, 2009:
Hi Acer Guy!
The site says there are going to be Intel Core2 Duo SU9400 and Intel Core2 Solo SU3500? But it seems they are going to sell only the Solo (I’m in Germany). What would be the difference in the price and the performance?
thx dude.
Morris Lee wrote, on May 7th, 2009:
@Georgi,
I can’t tell you the prices but I know that the power consumption for the duo is about 10w and the solo is about 5.5w only
As a practical use, duo is not required on the mobile light weight laptop. Since the Timelines are “not necessary” considered as desktop replacement, thus power consumption > performance
you wouldn’t suppose one would run photoshop filters on such device, thus the power of the cpu is not the biggest factor, Solo cpus are more optimal choice in the timeline series
Just my perspective~
Morris Lee
Georgi wrote, on May 7th, 2009:
@Morris Lee,
Yes you’re absolutely right. I don’t need a High End laptop… Not a designer or an Architect. But…
I am a big fan of Acer and I need mobility more than anything else.. so this seems like the perfect notebook for me. I was asking about the Duo because MSI came out with their slim lime as well which carries Celeron 723 (1,2 GHz) and the Core 2 Duo SU3500 (1,4 GHz). The one with the Duo is 300 more expensive than the Timeline with Solo… which is 50% of the price and I thought if this processor makes the notebook 50% more expensive there’s a good chance the Solo is just crap compared to the Duo.
Michael Walsh wrote, on May 7th, 2009:
@Georgi
The main difference is how elastic and flexible the system is when you use several windows open in the same time.
If you use principally IE + Mail or one playback application, the performance difference is really in the “few percentage” points or perhaps even the same (you certainly would hardly notice it). But like Morris says, if you use it as your main work PC with many windows open (example: swapping data between office applications + mail applications + IE + AV running or even others), then yes, the dual core platform can be VERY different.
Basically then, the difference depends on you
No word on definite prices yet but keep an eye on your local site – trust me the moment they go on sale they’ll put the prices up.
Morris Lee wrote, on May 9th, 2009:
@Georgi,
just so let you know, I run Vista on my aspire one, fan of browser tab user, I open up to 10-15 tabs, intel Atom started to choke little. 720p video playback are choppy in windows(linux was ok). Atom is only single core, very low powered, so I am sure a Core 2 Solo will be able to handle some pretty extreme web browsing and some light 720p(maybe even 1080) playback. Putting gaming and graphics designing out of the picture, I think core 2 duo will run just fine.
Cheers!
Naarik wrote, on June 18th, 2009:
So the solo protsessor 1,4 gH will be too slow for playing games ( not like GTA IV, but like enemy-territory) ?
Morris Lee wrote, on June 19th, 2009:
@Naarik,
Wolfenstein Enemy territory should run ok, unless you are referring to quake wars, that is probably impossible.
After all, this is not for gaming, quite similar to MacBook Air, specs are ok, but crippled with a horrible graphics
avmanster wrote, on June 19th, 2009:
weird thing:
the cpu fan always on.
unplug the ac, in battery mode, and its off. the vcore, the core speed, the multipl. as the same.
its very irritate me. i like silence. the deep silence.
its an ulv processor… why the cpu fan running always in ac mode???? and off battery mode? at the same temp., etc. its very stupid thing.
so sorry, but its pissed me off….
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