Review: AS1810T-8679 Acer Aspire, small, powerful, long..
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small, powerful, long battery life, quality could be better
I wanted something small, light, powerful with long battery life.
I had to send it back because the keyboard had some keys that did not work. So now I am waiting on a replacement, had to wait a while to get it so so kind of a bummer.
pros:
- battery life was as promised, 5-7 hours depending on what you do.
- way faster than my old N280 netbook (others report passmark of 891).
- variable speed fan runs a lot but is quiet even at some of the midrange speeds. The targus (10″) netbook chill mat fits it nicely. Has vents on the bottom so a netbook cooler helps.
- Memory and HD doors on the bottom, this is a big plus for me. HD easy to change, be sure to undo the ribbon cable connector before lifting the HD out.
- Win7 reports 3999 Mb of total RAM (pretty good).
- BIOS can boot from USB devices (needed for emergency recovery).
cons:
- build quality seems a bit low, guess I am used to business model Dell’s.
- screen flickers slightly, as if the brightness setting is unstable, but is otherwise crisp and bright.
- keyboard didn’t work on my unit, feels cheap like my netbook did.
fyi:
- Comes with a 12Gb recovery partition, it prompts you to burn recovery DVD’s, have to buy a USB dvd. You can order recovery Dvd’s from Acer’s support website. They appear to be bootable DVD’s but I did not try them. Documentation says restoring from the DVD’s does not remake the recovery partition, but preserves it if it is there.
- comes with a cloth sleeve, buy a better case if you want protection.
The price is right so no complaints if it works.
Update (9/8/2010): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen.
The featured review for this product, Acer Aspire Timeline AS1810T-8679 11.6-Inch Blue Laptop - Over 8 Hours of Battery Life Windows 7 Home Premium Personal Computers, was written by K. Hutchison.
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Reviews (3)
z-man
December 30th, 2009 at 6:25 am
No flaws so far.
I was one of the few lucky ones who got this Acer 1810T with su7300 and 4GB memory early December, for $600.
I have not found any problems with it so far.
Jane
December 30th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
An Excellent Lightweight Computer
I am very pleased with the Acer Aspire Timeline AS1810T-8679. It is larger than most netbooks; in fact, very much like the Fujitsu and Sony machines I have had in the last few years–minus the internal DVD drive. I chose the 1810T because of its duo processor which allows me to run demanding programs which it does well. I have no patience with slow running machines which the 1810T fortunately is not. It functions well. You will need to purchase an external USB connected DVD drive in order to download programs but they are inexpensive and smaller than in the past. The screen and keyboard are fine. Truthfully, this is much more like a small notebook than a netbook. The battery life is outstanding. I have gone all day without needing to plug it in.
I have found customer service to be not as useful as Fujitsu’s. I have called on two issues. The first was some sticking keys. The person responding had me go into the system to uninstall and reinstall something which had no bearing on sticky keys. Finally,I blew the keyboard with canned air and fixed it. The second problem was and still is not being able to uninstall a trial version of Office 2007. Customer service said it is a Microsoft problem and to call Acer back for help if Microsoft couldn’t resolve the issue which clearly implies that Acer can help if they wanted to. I have been accustomed to phenomenal customer service with Fujitsu so am not pleased with this aspect of the Aspire. Hopefully the computer won’t be facing any major issues.
I fully recommend this machine if you are looking for a lightweight, relatively powerful, easy to use computer.
K. Hutchison
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:25 am
small, powerful, long battery life, quality could be better
Rated 4 stars.
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