Acer Aspire 3935-744G25Mn - 13.3in Laptop Comments

Have looked at this laptop in John Lewis, it certainly looks the part.
A good review in that it points out that you really need to do your homework when buying a laptop.
All three (this one,Q320 and the Timeline) all have features that i would like and yet all have weaknesses so for me laptop nirvana has yet to be reached in this (13.3) form factor. (Please no one say Macbook pro - i think it looks like something out of the 1970's and is way to expensive for its specs amongst other limitations).

I think the Sony SR-series are worth a look, although they are quite more expensive.

@Moggy58 - 13.3 laptop nirvana?

How about the Sony VAIO Z Series (although you pay for the privilege)
http://www.trustedreviews.com/laptops/review/2008/11/17/Sony-VAIO-VGN-Z11WN-B-13-1in-Notebook/p1

or the HP Pavilion dv3-2055ea
http://www.trustedreviews.com/laptops/review/2009/06/18/HP-Pavilion-dv3-2055ea---13-3in-Laptop/p1

@Moggy58 - 13.3 laptop nirvana?

How about the Sony VAIO Z Series (although you pay for the privilege)
http://www.trustedreviews.com/laptops/review/2008/11/17/Sony-VAIO-VGN-Z11WN-B-13-1in-Notebook/p1

or the HP Pavilion dv3-2055ea
http://www.trustedreviews.com/laptops/review/2009/06/18/HP-Pavilion-dv3-2055ea---13-3in-Laptop/p1

I purchased this laptop a few months ago from John Lewis; I managed to get it for £500 - Either ex-display or return; it was fully boxed and excellent condition...

For the price, there was no real other option. I was interested in the Acer Timeline 4810T; the only benefit would have been the battery life and the DVD drive..
The lack of drive hasn't bothered me so far... I think an internal drive can be fitted if you can find the right model no.

Overall, it's a nice laptop for price/performance... just looking forward to installing Windows 7 on it!

Wait, what? This laptop doesn't have an optical drive, but there is space left in the chassis for one? Optical drives are worthless to me, but that's just silly. Maybe you could put an SSD in there, that'd be pretty cool.

Im looking forward to the 22nd to get my hands on a Acer Travelmate Timeline (business 'version') which features a matte screen! http://www.acer.co.uk/timelinepro/home.html

Does anyone know of any other 13.3-14" laptops with matte screens or perhaps something around the ~£650 mark that would match the Timeline 8471?

Upon starting to read this review, I thought this would be my new notebook ...but then, no HDMI, sigh. I wish manufacturers would drop the silly VGA, and instead include HDMI as standard.