• “State-of-the-art component engineering guarantees higher power efficiency. Travel anywhere without having to pack a bulky power cord, the TimelineX lasts an astounding 8 hours on a single charge!
• The Acer® Aspire TimelineX 3820TG with its 13.3″ LED display is less than one-inch, at its thinnest point, and lightweight; a perfect balance to mobility and portability.
• Stunning 13.3″ widescreen LED-backlit display features 16:9 HD True Cinematic View for enriched multimedia playback.
• Windows 7 Home Premium makes the things you do every day easier and with Office Starter 2010, experience new ways to deliver your best work! Complete your PC. Buy full-featured Microsoft Office 2010.
• Smart controls and intuitive keys like the Easy-launch P Key and Media Controls, let you open often used programs and control your media with a touch.

Acer 3820TG Key Features

• 13.3-inch HD widescreen CineCrystal LED-backlit display
• 2.53 GHz Intel Core i3-380M dual-core processor for a fast, responsive PC experience (3 MB L3 cache). Intel’s Hyper-Threading Technology enables each core of your processor to work on two tasks at the same time, delivering the performance you need for smart multitasking.
• 500 GB SATA hard drive (5400 RPM)
• 4 GB of installed DDR3 RAM (1066 MHz)
• Intel HD Graphics (with 128 MB of dedicated system memory) provides an advanced video engine that delivers smooth, high-quality HD video playback, and excellent 3D capabilities with support for Microsoft DirectX 10 games–an ideal graphics solution for everyday computing.
• 1.3-megapixel HD webcam in 3820TG
• Stereo speakers with third-generation Dolby Home Theater audio enhancement technologies transforms the experience of movies, music, and games. Includes Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Natural Bass, and Dolby Sound Space enhancer technologies.
• Wireless-N Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) for ultra-fast connectivity to home and business networks. This laptop uses Acer InviLink Nplify technology that enables multi-stream input or output for faster and more reliable bandwidth.
• Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
• Multi-Gesture Touchpad allows you to pinch, flick and swirl your fingers across the touchpad for more natural photo and video viewing as well as intuitive navigation of websites such as Google Earth. It also enables you to scroll, zoom in and out and flip through Web pages, photos, spreadsheets and more.
• Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader compatible with Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick (MS), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card (xD)
• 3820TG also has 3 USB 2.0 ports
• HDMI high-definition audio/video output allows a single cable to transmit uncompressed high-definition video to your digital TV or LCD
• Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) makes it easy to create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. And you can watch shows for free when and where you want with Internet TV on Windows Media Center. Get the best entertainment experience with Windows 7 Home Premium.
• Get more features on 3820TG with Windows Anytime Upgrade. It’s the best way to add features to Windows 7, takes as few as ten minutes, requires no software or downloads, and you’ll keep your existing programs, files, and settings. Windows will walk you through the simple upgrade process.
• Preloaded with the Microsoft Office Starter 2010 2010 free software offering with selected functionality of Word and Excel for your text and spreadsheet tasks. Plus, if you decide you want the full suite, just purchase a product key to activate an ad-free version that also includes the latest Outlook, PowerPoint, and Publisher programs.  Complete your PC. Buy full-featured Microsoft Office 2010.
• Up to 8 hours of battery life (6-cell battery)
• Weight: 3.97 pounds
• Warranty: One-year parts and labor limited warranty with concurrent International Traveler’s Warranty

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3820TG Review

Thin, light and powerful, February 16, 2011

I’d consider myself a moderate user. General office programs (word and powerpoint for classwork), internet browsing w/HD video streaming, netflix streaming, some photo editing, music, etc. I wanted something thin and light that also offered more oomph than a mobile ulv processor. The i3 in this laptop just screams compared to an AMD Neo 1.5ghz powered Toshiba that I tried out before settling on this model. Battery life after the initial break-in charge and drain and refill has been outstanding. I have 5:31 remaing with 89% battery while I type this. Mind you I’ve been using it since 100% for about an hour installing 180mb’s worth of Windows updates and a reboot.

I have the 3820TG on balanced mode with the screen brightness set to 80%. Wifi on and Word running in the background while researching and typing should yield over 7 hours with the settings I have. To me that’s impressive and the Timeline series is living up to its claim. HD video plays well, despite not having a dedicated graphics card. I think that’s why you’ll find the price on this model to be a little lower than other comparable Acer and ASUS models. I debated between this model and an ASUS that was near the same price point. However the ASUS models near this price point had an ULV processor, so the Acer won out. Build quality is solid, no flex in the keyboard. The screen is bright and vivid. So far I’m quite happy with the choice. As I said to open, I’ll update this later.

Portable Power, April 4, 2011

I was searching for a pretty portable laptop for travel that was still fast (so not a netbook)and wasn’t very expensive. So after looking around on newegg, I came upon this laptop for $530. ( Another laptop I own is also 13.3 in., Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.5 Ghz, 4 Gigs of DDR2 RAM, and it was $700). At first I was a bit sketpical due to the fact that I haven’t bought an acer before, and I never thought of them as a better company, and due to the fact there was a very limited amount of reviews on the laptop. Regardless, after not finding anything to be even remotely as good a deal as the acer, I bought it (Once again, very good specs and price). So after using it for over a week ill just give my likes/dislikes.

The 3820TG laptop is very fast, the boot time is VERY fast (May slow down when more stuff is installed, but even now its still pretty impressive). The laptop is good for HD video and simple things, but it doesnt have a dedicated video card (built into the processor). The laptop is very thin, weighs pretty light due to the fact that it DOESNT have a DVD drive (That could be a con). One thing that I don’t like, is that while the laptop looks very nice, the front side (with the acer logo in the middle) is a HUGE fingerprint magnet, there are tons of marks on it as soon as you touch it (this is just cosmetical and they give you a cloth to wipe it off). One last thing, was that in the pictures I noticed that the trackpad is not centered, but to the left. I thought the trackpad would be annoying, but its actually not as bad as it looks in the picture, and hasn’t bothered me at all. Those are pretty much my biggest complaints, so theres not really much.

Summary
This is a very fast and portable laptop. It is not for gaming, since it doesn’t have a video card. Its a great value, though its now more expensive on amazon (not newegg yet)

See also Acer Timelinex review.