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Sullivan McIntyre

4:59 PM on 25 November, 2009

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Great review, very glad to see a good write up of this interesting product.

Am thinking of buying one of these as a present for the folks this Xmas. However, I've travelled the path to this machine from cheaper netbooks and I can't help but think that I could get TWO Samsung N130s for the same price and still have £15 left over. My main issue is the anaemic Atom processor when watching full screen flash video... Dammit, decisions!

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Andy0d2

5:19 PM on 25 November, 2009

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Check out the acer 1820Pt/Ptz tablet versions of this notebook. I believe it includes blue-tooth in addition to having the tablet functionality.

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MSIC

6:06 PM on 25 November, 2009

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A generally excellent review, thank you. I do think however that you missed a trick by either comparing, or at least mentioning products like the samsung n510. I can understand why many people might want to create a distinction between the 2 products, calling one a netbook and another an ultraportable (or whatever) but frankly that's just marketing, since both are computers, and have more in common than differences, including price (very nearly).

Other than this omission though, well done.

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Martin Daler

9:32 PM on 25 November, 2009

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The portability and battery life are the making of this machine, coupled with its performance. Finally I can carry a laptop with me which has the gumption to do the job, and I can happily leave the power brick at home. And it didn't break the bank.

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Oliver

11:44 PM on 25 November, 2009

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not having a ION GPU in there is a missed opportunity in my opinion. I'd be looking to put Ubuntu 9.10 or XP on there but without proper hardware video acceleration in anything but Vista or Windows 7 (as Intel will only provide proper drivers for HDCP compliant OSs) this is worthless to me.

How difficult can it be for one manufacturer to get this right? 11inch screen, 1366*768 screen, bluetooth, 802.11n, CULV, ION, and 6 cell battery. Please have it weight less than 1.5kgs and sell under £400.

All we get are half baked attempts

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Tony Walker

12:30 AM on 26 November, 2009

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I can't believe you criticise the keyboard at all!

This has the best laptop keyboard I've used in a long while. I was so impressed that I nearly walked out of PC World with one of these babes. Yes, PC World. Great for testing lappie KBs. Quite a few of Acer's newest lappies share this new KB including the 751 netbook. All are as good as each other. Don't get swayed by reviewers who overly praise Samsung KBs - they are at best average.

Yes I'm a keyboard fascist (monitors and mice too). For reference, my desktop KB is a classic IBM PS/2 102 key beaut, and the best lappie KB I had was a Dell Inspiron 7000 with a KB at least as good as an IBM Thinkpad.

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AnonymousTrain

4:56 AM on 26 November, 2009

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Are the speakers on this better or worse than those on the Acer Ferrari One or Samsung X120?

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AndyVandervell

10:00 AM on 26 November, 2009

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Thanks for all the kind comments, it's always nice to be appreciated!

@MSIC: That's a fair point, but I've tried not to overcomplicate matters too much. What I would say is that at current prices, the N510 is overpriced. In fact, one good thing about the CULV segment is it looks as if it'll force netbook prices down to far more realistic levels. Which can only be a good thing.

@Oliver: ION would be nice, but as you say it's less of an issue on Windows as it is for Linux users. Assuming most people will be sticking with Windows (a fair one I think) ION brings far less to the table here than it does with netbooks. It might give some extra gaming performance, but probably not enough to warrant an excitement. Alternatively we might see some interesting stuff coming from AMD in the near future.

@Tony Walker: Well keyboards are a subjective thing, clearly. As you say, though, shallow keys or not it's still a very good keyboard. I certainly wouldn't class it as a deal breaker, otherwise it woulnd't have got an award!

@AnoymousTrain: The two Acer's are about the same, both are better than the X120.

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NicholasName

10:15 AM on 26 November, 2009

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A balanced and informative review as ever, thanks Andy.

This would be the device to push my 1000HE onto ebay, but for the omission of bluetooth (essential for tethering and calendar sync). The cost saving must be in the pennies and a module would fit into the tiniest space. Why on earth would the manufacturer decide to leave it out?

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bv

10:34 AM on 26 November, 2009

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Thanks for the review TR - was as expected having had a play around in PCW myself.

Looks like this will be the replacement for my NC10, the 2.5 yrold daughter having moved on to watching Pingu on Youtube ("YouTube" - one of her new words - we're so proud...) the NC10 just can't cut it with flash video...

Would like to see if Asus ever release a comparible UL20A, or Toshiba with it's T115 - but no other manufacturers seem to be competing right now...

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sebbe

10:57 AM on 26 November, 2009

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Thanks for an great review!

I have a question: Which graphics card did your testmodel come with? Intel GMA4500M or GMA4500MHD?

I live in Denmark, and here this model comes with Bluetooth, but does not have the GMA 4500MHD. The graphics card is really the only reason why I am hesitant to buy this notebook as I worry it will have a negative influence on HD-playback.

Any thoughts?

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Stelph

11:55 AM on 26 November, 2009

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Allt those who have a netbook but are unhappy with the graphical grunt of it should check out the Broadcomm Crystal HDmini-PCI card, check out the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkhIZqOePps

It allow even the most basic atom netbook to playback 1080p and eventually High Definition Flash (as its going to be supported by Flash 10.1).

Not bad for a card that costs under £20 on ebay :-)

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Philepo

12:20 PM on 26 November, 2009

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Free on 24 month contract?

Even though this is meant to be the price that you can get a free laptop if you sign up for a 24 month mobile contract they are always God awful laptops and not worth the carrage costs. Lets hope we some bright spark might give this as an option.

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MarkW

1:03 PM on 26 November, 2009

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There is a model one up from this that DOES have bluetooth (and a better processor and 4GB ram). The model number is AS1810T-8638 (black) or AS1810T-8679 (blue) - Not to be confused with the original single-core 1810T.

Think its only $50 more in the US, so might be worthwhile. Have heard the 4GB RAM makes a difference too.

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Rickysio

1:10 PM on 26 November, 2009

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@ Stelph

Most netbooks lack a miniPCI slot, save HP netbooks (and a few others, but I'm only aware about HP's. Mostly because I own the 2140.).

And if you go for a HP notebook, I'd think I'd just spring for the 311.

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Stelph

2:56 PM on 26 November, 2009

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@Rickysio actually I think that all the netbooks have a miniPCI slot, its just that they currently have a WiFi card installed in the slot. So you would lose wifi unless your a lucky person with an EEE PC as some of those come with a second miniPCI slot, or you use a USB stick, both much chaper options than switiching to a laptop anyway

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Malderon

4:45 PM on 26 November, 2009

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Been looking around for a CULV laptop for my sister, and have seen rave reviews for this one. But then came accross Dell 11z with similar spec and due to Dell's volatile pricing currently available with £130 off making it £399 (or £440 with the Pink top which I'm sure she will insist on.

Any idea how these compare in terms of battery life, display/keyboard quality?

Any idea

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AndyVandervell

5:58 PM on 26 November, 2009

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@Malderon: If you're looking at the same page I am, that spec only comes with a three-cell battery, so you'd probably want to upgrade that (£45) - you get less RAM, too. I've heard some bad things about the touchpads on those as well, so I'd say the Acer is the one.

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OJ

11:32 PM on 26 November, 2009

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Two questions: firstly, are there some models that come with Bluetooth? I'm looking at an "AS1810TZW" model in a Finnish online shop, and it states THREE times that it has Bluetooth (in the overview, the detailed description and the tech specs). Seeing as there is a Bluetooth indicator on the front, it would seem logical that some models do come with it...

Secondly, any chance of an image gallery showing the different colours available (white, black, blue)? There seem to be very few photos online of anything but the red model. Thanks :)

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sebbe

8:40 AM on 27 November, 2009

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@OJ

There are two models in Denmark. One with Vista, which comes in black, blue and white.

The other one with Win 7, which comes in black, blue and red.

Both models come with Bluetooth.

But here you get the GMA 4500M instead of the Intel GMA 4500MHD

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OJ

9:47 AM on 27 November, 2009

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Sebbe: Tak, that's useful to know. Although, the Finnish model I'm looking at appears to come in white, with Windows 7, with Bluetooth and with the 4500MHD, so I guess it's not the same model. Then again, it is 50€ more than the British price quoted on this page.

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drittenorn

2:56 PM on 27 November, 2009

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Andy, good review as ever. I'd like to be able to use this to watch BBC HD programmes downloaded (not streamed) from iPlayer, do you think there would be enough CPU/graphics grunt to handle this without dropped frames or sync issues ? Thanks a lot.

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pimlicosound

4:48 PM on 27 November, 2009

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Good review - I look the look of this quite a bit. Can you possibly tell us how HD Flash playback on this compares to that on an Ion/Atom 330 nettop with Flash 10.1 and hardware acceleration?

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Martin Daler

9:12 PM on 27 November, 2009

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@drittenorn I was all set to give this a go for you, but I see iPlayer does not play with Win7, according to BBC. So I didn't start. But it has no trouble with streamed iPlayer content.

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cybergibbons

12:41 AM on 28 November, 2009

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I've just bought one of these (yes, from PC World) on the back of this review and I'm so far very happy.

Just downloading some HD on iplayer to see what it's like compared to my Revo ION.

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Moggy58

8:10 PM on 29 November, 2009

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Was severly tempted by this - until i saw and tried one.

It looks like a toy particularly the red/brown one and the build quality is nowhere near the quality of a samsung or hp. Awful keyboard.

If Samsung put a dual core CULV in the N510 or CULV/Ion in the ageing NC20 they would be on a winner.

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Andy0d2

9:35 PM on 30 November, 2009

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Its very easy to obtain the blue-tooth module on eBay which can be made to work with the 1810TZ with minimal modding skills - no software modification required.

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Tony Walker

8:26 AM on 1 December, 2009

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@moggy58

Got to disagree big style !!!!!!!!!

This Acer has both a nice design, seems well built, looks great in this red-ish colour and has an awesome keyboard - see my earlier post for what I know about KBs.

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AGY

11:50 PM on 10 December, 2009

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Why computer designers still use refelctive screens? It is a feature that gets ridiculed in reviews, and personally I would never but another PC/laptop/netbook with a refelctive screen - yes I bought one before and live to regret it since. I just don't see the benefit of having this mirror like screen - it is insane!

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ChrisMoore

6:56 AM on 30 December, 2009

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Excellent review of this and the X120. I think I will go get the 1810 now... The only question I have is about the multi touch pad of the X120. Does the 1810 have multi touch? Aside from that is multi touch any good as I haven't used a windows machine with it?

Thanks,

Chris.

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EnA

12:45 AM on 5 January, 2010

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bought this on 4th Jan 2010, have immediate impact on my productivity. my path laptop was a heavy 14" Dell which is hardly portable with poor battery life. see this laptop last 2 weeks n immediately got my attention. feature n performance is superb, theres nothing i do everyday i cant do with this laptop, including gaming (Football Manager, yeah.. not really a graphically daunting task) SU4100 is enough for everything, even photo editing. it plays 1080P files flawlessly, n yes, the touchpad is multi touch. maybe mine is asian version cos it came with 2gb ram and with bluetooth. long battery just mines i do not even need to carry the charger to work all day.

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Mike38

9:51 PM on 6 January, 2010

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After reading the trusted review of the Acer 1810 I bought it 2 weeks ago...and I love it. I needed a laptop for business which I can use all day. The battery is amazing, I have Outlook/Excel/Word and Internet all open at the same time and get 8 hours! It's perfect for commuting on the train being small and light. It feels well built and the keypad is nice to type on. I only have 2 things to moan about if I'm being picky...a)I would have preferred a non reflective screen b) I could only find it in Red and would have preferred black as it's more buriness like. Other than that I am really impressed with the laptop. Thanks to the guys at Trusted Review...

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AlanCosta

7:11 PM on 11 January, 2010

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I'm looking at getting one of these for my birthday next month (unless anyone knows of new releases in the next 6 weeks that might put me off!) and although not a deal breaker, it would be nice to have bluetooth. I'v seen modules available for it, but is it possible to just plug them in and expect them to work? or have acer removed an aerial to make it difficult??

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PhilBo

5:01 PM on 24 January, 2010

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Great review ! Thanks Andy.

I was almost ready to commit to the Ferrari One 200 although hesitating as there were one or two niggles such as no HDMI, slightly OTT styling for me and I was a little worried about compatability problems I've had in the past with AMD chip architecture (much as I like it!) and certain software too. This machine, coming along when it has - like the white knight - seems to tick all the boxes for basic computing that I've been looking for. Thanks to all the others above for useful feedback too. Has helped me finally reach a decision......

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raytr

10:32 PM on 28 April, 2010

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Got mine earlier this week. So far so good (as in it's the dog's undercarriage).

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With more than five hours of battery life, the Acer Aspire Timeline 1810TZ has the stamina to become an all-purpose road warrior laptop. It doesn't have the build to be able to handle the drops and knocks the road may bring, but keep it protected and you can't argue with the value and performance offered by this package. Read full review

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By Andy Vandervell
Reviewed 25 November 2009
Updated 26 May 2011

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£434.22

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Battery Life: 10/10
Design: 8/10
Features: 8/10
Performance: 9/10
Value: 10/10
Overall: 9/10

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Great battery life
Multiple finishes
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Poor viewing angles
Shallow keyboard
No Bluetooth

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