AS5810TZ-4274 Acer, Awesome Computer

Overall Rating55555

Awesome Computer

This is a great laptop. I read reviews and info about this for more than a month before laying down the cash for it. I’ve been extremely happy with it. It’s thin and sexy. It’s light (especially for a 15 inch laptop). It’s extremely cool. The performance is good but not amazing. I mostly work with music editing and notation software and this laptop has handled all them fine. I play games online with it and I have yet to find a game that it can’t handle (it should be noted I only play games from the browser and have no idea how a real computer game would do, but I know since this doesn’t have a graphics card it probably wouldn’t do well with 3d graphics, but I dont really know.) For everyday computing this computer has all the power you need. The 15 inch model is great too. The keyboard is full sized (which was somewhat of an adjustment after using cramped keyboards for so long) and the number pad is extremely helpful (at least to me).

The battery life is why you buy this computer. All day computing is no lie. I used to own a Dell and a Toshiba which got about 3 hours battery life at best, and then up to 10 minutes as they got old. It’s been hard to break the habit of packing my power adapter when I leave but I’ve never needed it. I can go to school all day, take my computer to class, work in the library or cafeteria and never need to worry about running out of juice. If I crank it up to “High Performance” I can get a solid 5 to 6 hours of battery, on “Power Saver” I get an easy 8 and a half and if I turn off the WiFi I can get a little more then 10 hours. I’ve never, never, never, run it down completely during normal use.

Overall a great computer at a great price. Everything you need with an unbelievable battery life. Free yourself from the wall socket and buy this computer!

Update (2/6/2012): I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, Acer Aspire Timeline AS5810TZ-4274 15.6-Inch Laptop - 8+ Hours Battery Life Personal Computers, was written by Nick Clair.

The average rating for this item is 5 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.

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Reviews (3)

Nick Clair

August 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 am    


Overall Rating55555

Awesome Computer
Rated 5 stars.


Andrew

August 5th, 2010 at 7:47 am    


Overall Rating55555

Thin, light and good battery life
I have used several laptops (work and personal), including the hyped ThinkPad T61, T500, T400.
But the Acer Timline series laptops have really surprised me in terms of build quality, price, form factor, and battery life.
If these are the things you care most, the Timeline is for you!
My T400 never got passed 4hrs at the lowest CPU setting and LCD brightness. The Timeline consistently gives me over 5hrs (not the 8hrs+ as they claimed though) using Windows XP.
Windows XP installation (over the default Vista Premium) was a straightforward task, as Acer website provides XP drivers so you don’t have to search anywhere. I tried both the 15.6″ and the 14″ version and personally I’d like the 14″ for its screen size, though both share the same 1″ thin dimension and similar battery life. The 15.6″ keyboard comes with a numeric keypad.
For those people who complained about CPU spiked at 100% at random or eject button locked up the laptop, I had the same problems. After I updated it with the latest Intel graphics driver and Acer BIOS, all the problems went away!
I am usually picky about what I use, but I have to give Acer a thumb up for such a great job. After all, it only costs $549!
Can’t say the same for Lenovo ThinkPad which costs more, thicker (>1.2″), and only average battery life.
What’s the point of having wireless internet if you must plug in your power regularly? With the Timeline, I can truly roam most of my day without fear of running out of power.
My only complain about the 14″ version: if the mouse pad could move to the left about 1″, that would be perfect. As I type, my right palm occasionally touches the mouse pad that causes the mouse cursor to move. If Acer did this on the 15.6″ version, why not on the 14″?


Fixup

August 14th, 2010 at 1:44 pm    


Overall Rating55555

This is the laptop all others should be - light, thin, cool…
Unless you play very demanding 3D games, the Acer AS5810(15.6″), AS4810(14.4″) or AS3810 (13.7″) is the one for everyone.

- Thin and light, 5.4 to 3.5 lb, < 1″, nothing else I know of is like this.

- Cool, very thoughtfully designed to avoid heat buildup. Metal top, lots of spaces between keys. Bottom is never warm, palm rest area is absolutely cold, incredible.

- Quiet, as it is so cool, the fan never speeds up to make noticeable noise.

- LED backlight, should last forever and save battery.

- 8-hour battery life, never need to carry the AC adapter for the day. Never worry about empty battery, just concentrate on your work.

- Metal lid, looks VERY VERY good. This thing looks better and slimmer than MacAir, no kidding.

- Number keys included.

- Only $[...], even cheaper than other thick, heavy, hot and noisy craps.

My son, senior high, carries it in his backpack together with many thick books. This is not a demanding 3D gaming machine, exactly a good thing for a student. If you want to save $[...], then get the Dell i1545, just heavier, thicker and shorter battery life, but a real dual core CPU, unbelievable deal.

The only stupid thing: I’ve seen crap ware installed in new PCs before, but Acer did it to the extreme on this laptop, like 100 trial games etc.

It took me a whole day to uninstall them. Because no Vista CD included, so I could not just do a clean installation. Then I used Ghost to make a full back up for the partition 2, about 5 GB. No need to back up the partition 1, about 10 GB, it is the factory restore area and you can use Acer’s utility to burn them to DVD disks. Next time when a restoration is need, I can just restore the ghost and no need to uninstall the numerous crap ware again.


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