Aspire® 4810 Timeline vs. Lenovo T410s

Hello guys,

First of all I will admit that I have never used an Acer before (I am a Lenovo/IBM person) and I don't get how this whole brand works. I hope you will be able to help me out. So my notebook is Lenovo 410s and i am very happy with it; now I am helping to buy a notebook for my friend who has similar needs as I and I would recommend her Lenovo again, but hey I just stumbled across Acer and found it interesting. So I'd like to ask a few questions in the hope you will help:

1. Who are the best sellers in the US of Acer computers? It seems to me that Acer, unlike Lenovo, is being sold everywhere and I can't make sense of this mess - i.e. who to buy from.

2. Would be e.g. an Acer 4810 Timeline (or suggest any other type) be able to meet the following:
a) need a quite computer (noise of any kind is especially annoying)
b) need a light computer (carry it everyday ..anything around 4lb should do)
c) need more of a business model: don't do any gaming, only office, web surfing and an occasional video watching
d) need a solid and sturdy build
e) need an integrated webcamp, SD card reader

Now I have to say that Lenovo 410s meets basically all the wishes I've had for a laptop: it's very light (3.8lbs), very fast, fantastic build. The only two issues that I don't like about it: the quality of the screen is subpar and it does get noisy - by that I mean fan activity. But overall i have not seen a more impressive computer than this.
Thus would Acer be able to beat this? What about screen quality? Heat issues? How bad are the speakers? etc. Btw. does Acer offer Solid State Drives with their units?

In sum, can anybody suggest a model that would equal the performance and specifications of Lenovo 410s and make a persuasive argument why to go with Acer and where to possibly buy it? (of course Acer being cheaper is one such argument).

Thanks,

Christina

 

It's hard to compare these two machines. A Thinkpad 410s is a business machine, with business machine build quality. It's basically a tank compared to the consumer 4810. The difference in processors is also pretty extreme, the core i5 in the 410s is in an entirely different league of what ever CULV processor you get in the 4810.

That being said, the 4810 is a great consumer machine in it's own right. It'll do good at the simple tasks you listed, it'll run cool, be quiet and give 8 hours of battery. It's build quality is decent for consumer models but it is NOT business quality, will pale in comparison to the 410s.

To be fair, the 4810 costs less than half what the 410s and it's very odd to compare them =P. You should probably state budget if you want a useful recommendation.

 

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Acer-TravelMate-8471-Timeline-Notebook.22532.0.html

this is a comprehensive review of the Timeline 8471 which offers no noise, low weight, robust build quality, web cam, card reader & very decent looks

it scored very high on the review and in my opinion it is a very decent laptop & quite suitable for the tasks you mentioned

 

aznguyphan, thanks for the input. I agree with you that it's odd to compare those two but given what I am looking for (i.e. the CPU performance being not an issue for me etc.) I still thought these two were comparable - and of course the price difference is something that i find very attractive. I.e.the money is here to go again with 410s but i am just wondering: is it really necessary and would an Acer actually not meet all the requirements as listed? In this sense I am comparing the two machines. Hope this makes more sense.

MahmoudDewy, thank you a lot for that review!

 

The Acer will meet all the above criteria and if you care to save the money, it would be a good choice. The build quality is pretty good but as mentioned before, it's still below the Lenovo (then again most other notebooks are below the Acer). You won't notice any difference in performance since you won't be stressing the components of either system. Panel quality is really a lottery as there are some good and some bad screens from Lenovo. I'd say Acer has above average screens for the most part and they should be rather consistent in quality. Speakers for both are terrible, use headphones or even a cheap set of speakers will do. Acer does offer SSDs, I believe from Intel, with some of their models.