Acer Laptop Computer Review

With up to 8 hours of battery life on a single charge, the Acer TravelMate 8571 Timeline is sure to be your ideal travel companion. At battery life of such lengths, you can easily take this laptop with you on a cross-country flight with no worries about plugging in and charging up. With Acer's PowerSmart Manager enabled, this convenient and stylish notebook is sure to give you the performance you need with the power to back it up.

The Acer TravelMate 8571Timeline is an ideal portable notebook for students, home and business users who need all the basic functions of a mobile PC. With its notable features that make for excellent connectivity and office usability, it is a timely companion for those who seek to work on the go. With a reliable processor, battery life and high performance, the TravelMate 8571 Timeline is sure to be a welcome companion for many standard notebook advocates.

The TravelMate 8571's sleek matte black and grey casing is a model of excellent craftsmanship, and hardly attracts fingerprints. With a closed-lid height of approximately three centimeters, it looks clean, sleek and stable. A winning feature is the keyboard, which is sturdy yet light and precise to the touch, resulting in minimal typing noise. Typing is pleasant and convenient, with little to no pressure points, and the keys are of a practical and comfortable size.

A smooth-surfaced touch pad provides a seamless navigation experience, and two mouse keys below the touch pad lend added convenience. The absence of hot keys is augmented by three function keys above the keyboard, which activate the WLAN, Backup operations and Power Saving functions.

Internal Specifications. Powered by Intel's Core 2 Duo Processor SU9400 with 3MB L2 cache, 1.40GHz and 800MHz FSB, the TravelMate 8571 is dubbed as the sleek performer at only 5 pounds in total weight. With Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 mobile hard drive and an extremely power-efficient 4GB DDR3 1066 SDRAM, its super-slim structure makes it handy to take around wherever you go. A 15.6-inch widescreen display with 1366 x 768 resolution and Intel GM45 Express chipset enhances your work and entertainment experiences even while you're on the go.

Onboard Connectivity. The TravelMate 8571 is true to its name as a reliable travel companion. Integrated wireless LAN, Bluetooth 2.1 and gigabit LAN helps you to keep on top of business concerns while you're mobile. Its integrated webcam with 640 x 480 (@ 30fps resolution and built-in microphones likewise are optimized for convenient chatting and video conferencing. External ports can be found on the left side of the unit, which include a docking port, a RJ-45 gigabit LAN connection, a VGA-out, microphone in and headphone out connection and four USB ports. A 5-in-1 Multi Card Reader recognizes SD, XD, MMC, MC and MS Pro formats.

Protection Guaranteed. It's optimized with built-in security using the Acer Bio-Protection Fingerprint Reader. This security feature enables you to secure your vital files. Meanwhile, Acer's Disk Anti-Shock Protection provides your notebook with insulated hard disk protection that protects it from impact. This way, even when you're on the move, your data is kept safe and secure.