Acer Laptop Aspire Timeline AS1810T-8638 Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 (1.30 GHz) 4 GB Memory 320 GB HDD Intel GMA 4500MHD 11.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Pros: Though an initial review, I felt the need to review this. First off, let me start by saying that Windows 7 is fantastic for this computer. Though I prefer XP and have a comp with 7 already anyway, I would go with 7 before Vista by a long shot. The size is perfect for a mix of mobility and keyboard size. I being a relatively large person, I cannot deal with netbook keyboards because of the key size. This is perfect, it's keyboard keys are about the size of a normal keyboard I use with my desktops. It is amazing at multi-tasking. It is not a 3 GHz Athlon 64 x2 like my desktop by a long shot, but it can still stand up to it on the battlefield of multi-tasking. The multi-gesture controls on the touchpad are intuitive and easy to remember. The screen is brilliant, sharp and has very good contrast for this price-point. Webcam works with all programs with video chat support (or at least all of mine). Overall, the best netbook competitor out there by a couple thousand miles

Cons: For 600 dollars, it is a bit steep for the amount of power you get. A 1.3 GHz Dual-core is fine as far as speed goes for anything but games. However, I want to mention that what you're really paying for with this notebook is the size, battery life and light-program multi-tasking power (word, browsing, chat, videos, etc.). I didn't buy this expecting to play games to be honest, but I did hope it could play some basic stuff. It can play mid-range graphical games (i.e. Battlefront II), but obviously nothing high-end (i.e. Borderlands). USB ports seem to have an interesting contact problem in which I have to wiggle items in the port in order to make them show up on Windows 7. It is very strange and seems to be happening on all ports with all of my USB items. Not a big deal though and isn't worth messing around with just yet.

Overall Review: The battery life is very, very good. If you are using wireless and surfing the web on power save settings and lowest brightness on the screen, you can get about 12 hours. On performance mode playing Battlefront II, I got 5 hours. That in all honesty is exceptional battery life. No laptop I have seen in my life can do that. If I am stuck without an outlet anywhere in life, this is probably the laptop you want for that moment. The programs that it comes with sort of suck. Fortunately they are all easily removed. Took me about an hour to clean off all the stuff and put what I needed on it (this includes firefox, daemon tools lite, office 2010 beta, skype, speedfan, and python 2.6). In conclusion, I can say that this is exactly what any working man or student needs. It's size is great for moving about, the battery life is exceptional, and the multi-tasking ability is amazing. Definitely don't regret not buying a full size notebook in the 400-600 dollar price range.

Pros: Good specs-SU7300, 4 GBs RAM, 11.6 screen, HDMI out. Light and portable, battery life looks like its good for 6-8 hours depending on screen brightness settings. Keyboard is nice, good feel and not cramped. Performance has been peppy, and Wifi is strong and easy interface in connecting to wireless hotspots. Nice bright screen, backlit LCD is same resolution you can get in a 13.3, but with a

Cons: Chassis is plastic, this isn't a business class notebook, but the surfaces are shiny plastic which look great, but are going to scratch easily. The touchpad is small, and the edges are not defined, but seemed to work ok, just takes some getting used to maybe. No built in 3G/4G antena, or discrete video card.

Overall Review: Power of a notebook, in the form factor of a netbook. Came loaded with Windows 7, and I had it out of the box, registered, connected to my Wifi and running Firefox in 10 minutes flat. Super easy. Not a huge amount of bloatware, what does come preloaded, doesn't autostart, so it allows you to uninstall. For $600 this is a pretty good notebook, but I do question the durability, you won't get magnesium and carbon fiber for this price. Glad I got mine before they started selling out, this will appeal to anyone needing more than their atom based netbook can handle.

Pros: For the size: Plenty of power, RAM, and disk space. Plays HD video without a hiccup. Does hulu and HD youtube without dropping frames and stuttering. Long battery life, 8 hours. Windows 7 is Fantastic. Very Light. I love the portability

Cons: The extra software installed by manufacturer. -0 eggs (easy to fix)

Overall Review: I bought this laptop knowing it didn't have an optical drive. Good news is windows 7 has the ability to install from a usb flash drive. However there is not an easy way to burn a backup recovery disk from the hard drive without a DVD burner. I am a power user and have a particular set of software I use and like. Most of that doesn't come pre-installed.

Pros: tiny, incredibly light, suitably powerful, runs Win7ultimate very fast with all the silly visual stuff ON (faster off of course) Crisp screen, decent graphics, HDMI, cardreader

Cons: no optical but hey I haven't used my optical drive for 6mo, flash is the future. Its not a gaming rig....Duh but it doesn't cost what a slim Mac or Viao does either either.

Overall Review: The perfect laptop, portable, powerful, long battery life, cheap, replaces a Dell Latitude D810 which cost $2.5k, and its 1/3rd the weight and faster. Brown is Down; UPs took ~1 week for 3 day delivery, Newegg ROCKS!

Pros: beefy hardware, plenty of ram, 64 bit. sleek styling, super brightscreen (put my desktop monitor to shame, on highest brightness its like looking at sun). plenty of harddrive space. windows 7 is amazing. nothing it can't run. streaming with HDMI to big screen TV works like a champ. battery life is amazing, like from the 24th cent.

Cons: lack of an optical drive isn't really a con, given the nature of netbooks/high portability computers. *i find i dn't really use the optical drive in my desktop all that much* most programs and files can be put on externals. speakers are good quality but max volume is a bit low, need to use headphones. the only thing is little guy is missing is a video card.

Overall Review: this is a homerun for me. it does exactly what i want it to do, and that is rock 24/7/365!

Pros: Great battery life - netbook weight, size, mobility but with more then adequate grunt from the SU7300 processor - ram, storage, bluetooth, hdmi, pretty much everything you could ask for in such a small package. I'm getting about 5 to 6 hours of wireless connected service.

Cons: like the others, not real keen on the touchpad - previous timeline this size had the more typical recessed pad with the buttons slightly inside the edge. Haven't had a chance to compare them side by side but I suspect it's because the battery is more tucked in a little better on this model and the keyboard is shifted down a little - it's not the end of the world - I'm getting used to it - you will too.

Overall Review: If you want a netbook with the performance capability to be a real road worthy business companion - this is - in my opinion the best option currently available. Does it have a built in DVD - no, does it have and Express Card slot - no. Does it have what I need and then some - you betcha. One more thing - as usual great newegg buying experience.

Pros: Light, 4 gig ddr2, core 2 duo, 802.11 a/b/g/n, camera works great, amazingly long battery life, HD video streaming capable.

Cons: Touch pad takes some getting used to. Speakers are a bit low, but sounds good with headphones.

Overall Review: I'm slowly falling for this laptop. My last lappy was a desktop replacement, so this is my first real laptop. Anyway, I've tried to push this thing hard to test it's ability and it handled very well. I'm very impressed with this laptops power and completely amazed at the battery life. I recommend this laptop to anyone who needs a pc on the go.

Pros: So far its much faster and better than any netbook I've tried while being nearly the same size.

Cons: No Windows dvd provided

Overall Review: So far, its been a good machine, it is not cheap or flimsy feeling. It seems to be made of high quality plastic and the fan is very quiet.