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Acer Aspire Timeline range hits US from $598
SlashGear —
Acer’s Timeline range of ultraportable notebooks has been priced for the US, and whereas we were expecting a starting price of around $699 Acer are actually delivering a $598 entry-level machine. That gets you the 15.6-inch Timeline with Intel’s 1.3GHz Pentium SU2700 and 3GB of DDR3 RAM; if you want one of the 14-inch or 13.3-inch models budget $699.99 or $899.99 accordingly.
Both of those have 4GB of DDR3 memory, Intel’s GMA 4500MHD graphics and at least three USB 2.0 ports. The 13.3 and 15.6-inch models have HDMI ports, the 13.3-inch also gets Bluetooth 2.0 and a 500GB hard-drive, while the others make do with 320GB.
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Acer Aspire Timeline thin-and-lights priced for the US: $600 to $900
Engadget —
Acer's Aspire Timeline inexpensive thin-and-lights have been popping up here and there around the world since we first laid eyes on 'em in April, and now the CULV machines are ready to hit the States. Pricing is actually a little lower than we initially heard, with the base 15.6-inch 1.3GHz Pentium SU2700 machine coming in at $598, but you're ...
Acer delivers "all day computing" with Aspire Timeline family
TechSpot —
Acer has announced that it will be introducing all day computing to the US market with the launch of their Aspire Timeline thin and light notebook family. With its unique design, the company claims the new series averages more than 8 hours of battery life. As such, they will be targeting the road warrior and those constantly on the move. [image] Remaining conscious of the invaluable balance between portability and power consumption, the company has employed a standard high-capacity 6-cell battery. Naturally, as battery-oomph has been sacrificed, the Timeline series will ...
Acer's 8-Hour Aspire Timeline Drops to $599, Available Now [Laptops]
Gizmodo —
... It remains to be seen how these new processors—especially the lower-end SU2700—perform under the weight of Vista, and if the impressive battery claims hold up in real world testing, but dollar for dollar, these guys definitely hold their own, at least on paper. Full specs below. [Acer] ...
Acer Joins the CULV Party with Timeline Notebook [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
Looks like MSI’s X340 isn’t the only CULV game in town. Acer has a new kid on the block in it’s Timeline series of notebooks, just announced today and touted with an average battery life of eight hours. The secret sauce in such a claim is the use of Intel’s Consumer Ultra Low Voltage platform combined with “advanced power management and high capacity battery” features.
Prices range from $598 to $899 for the three available models, all of which are are as slim as an inch at their thickest point. I initially thought these would be lighter than the 3.8 to 5.3 pound range, but then I saw the reason why the weights were on the ...
Intel’s CULV: New Name for Old Chips [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
Have you heard about the newly announced computers with the mysterious and non-alluring CULV acronym yet? If you haven’t, get ready for a big dose of them, because they’re about to pop out of the woodwork. They’re exciting! They’re stupendous! That’s what Intel would have you believe anyway, since it created the CULV moniker, which is the sexy way of saying ...
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