The Official Arrandale Timeline Thread

I started to look for 13" cases today.

 

Don't worry, later today we will all be happy.

 

Are you an Acer rep by any chance?

 

I believe he is just a man of faith =) so am I for sure =)

 

Looks like Malaysia also got theirs
Acer Aspire 4820TG-432G50 MYR2999 - ~$900!

http://ncs.com.my/index.php?productID=1991

 

Jay do you know something that we dont know...???

Man don't play such mind games with us.....

 

Not quite yet. It says "New Model - Coming Soon".

Bronsky

No need to look for a case yet ... it says free case.

 

At least, one step closer

 

I guess I should stop being so selfish in information.

Hi I'm from Singapore and I already got my 4820tg. And it is everything you expect it to be and more. The battery life is also as good as it claims using the powersmart mode that swaps to the integrated gpu. The only flaw i observed is that the speakers sound weird though it's Dolby home theatre bla bla bla.

 

pls pls pls more infos! which config do u got? core i7, i5, i3? and which graphiccard? tell us everything

 

specs are I7-620m, HD 5650, 640gb hdd and 4gb ram. The laptop stays pretty cool and even the hot air coming out of my fren's vaio z cannot compare with the coolness that the 4820tg exhales. Overall it is well built so far and the palmrest is nice. The touchpad scroll at the side is Abit big though so might accidentally activate the scrolling sometimes

 

AWESOME! that maybe makes me want to bump up to the core i7 if the price is right otherwise its core i5 for me

 

OMG you lucky fellow

Whats about noise (idle and stress) ? Does it stay silent in during office work / surfing?

Do you play Games? A small Benchmark would be so awesome! 3DMark06 at standart config please

 

You literally can't hear the fan lol. But I haven't really put it to max load though I do stuff like install, transfer, unrar, download and test chaos rising at one time sadly I tried maxing out everything and do the performance test but only 10fps on average. But take into consideration that I was doing alot of multitasking so it's not accurate I tried pcsx2 emulation too and it's smooth as butter. Gonna try supreme commander 2, bad company 2 and more later today. sorry 3dmark damn waste time lol

 

Congratulations!

I guess all of the posters of this thread envy You.

You said You've just stopped being selfish, this may lead the thread to start "acting selfish": bencmarks, review, built quality, keyboard, pics, videos, etc?

Pretty please!

Congrats again!

 

What about screen quality?

The notebook is released, there should be some reviews soon...

 

Thanks for the info!

I'll surely be around to hear Your experiences of this goodie gadget.

Looking forward for further updates! Have nice time with Your Timeline X!

 

The keyboard is standard acer ones which I don't really like coz I prefer chiclet keyboards. The screen is frankly average only compared to a Sony vaio z. However I feel it's almost as portable as the vaio z as it's quite thin and on top of that the specs blow the vaio out of the water. My friend is having buyers remorse as he spent 1.2k sgd more for the vaio hahahaha. But I got it from a collection so no official prices. It's not even out in the sg market.

I doubt i got time to take pics and vids and benchmarks but I'll snap a few pics of the box and exterior for you guys

 

upload some pictures that would be nice

 

Yay BC2 !!!!
3DMark06.... I just want to have a little comparison with the Asus N82JV and 3DMark06 is not a waste of time it takes 10 minutes for 1 run.

Anyway, thanks for sharing your information about 4820TG.

 

Btw, anyone knows what is "HD 5650 Up to 2715 MB HyperMemory"?

here are the pics!

the box!
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae191/genocidia/acer/IMG_0235.jpg?t=1269697912

specs
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae191/genocidia/acer/IMG_0240.jpg?t=1269697819

thickness compared to a razer mamba dock. weird comparison item i know
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae191/genocidia/acer/IMG_0238.jpg?t=1269697844

heres how it looks
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae191/genocidia/acer/IMG_0237.jpg?t=1269697891

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae191/genocidia/acer/IMG_0236.jpg?t=1269697941

comparing laptop screen to lousy samsung lcd
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae191/genocidia/acer/IMG_0242.jpg?t=1269697630

sorry bout lousy pics from my iphone. have a nice day!

 

Thanks for the pics!

About HyperMemory...AFAIK the GPU can take use of the system's memory in addition to it's dedicated memory.

Regarding the thickness comparsion, I almost asked You whether You could compare it to Your iPhone's size, but then we wouldn't have anything to take a pictue with.

 

The Acer Aspire 4745G has 60% Gamut as stated in the specifications.

 

Heeey, lookin' good! The details are finally starting to drizzle in. I can't wait for this thing to hit the true north strong and free (Canada, lol)

 

how did you get one before everyone else??

 

the singtel broadband promotion. exclusive to those who re-contract.
its so exclusive that it is the only way to get it world-wide

 

I've been using this Case Logic sleeve for some time now, and wouldn't change it. Well, in fact I did change it, but for the blue version of the same sleeve The side pocket is big enough to fit the external ODD and/or the mouse... I sincerely recommend.

 

How much can it survive under load on 5650 and integrated? And what about Hd films? Very interested in battery life =)

 

I like the pocket. It looks nice.

Great to see a machine with the right specs in circulation. Very glad to hear about the lack of heat. Now I can go back to waiting quietly until somebody gets a 3820TG/I7-620M/HD5650 in stock.

Bronsky

Who is putting an SSD in theirs when they get it. Anybody have any picked out?

 

omg can ANYONE comment on the battery life on NORMAL (browsing/youtube/office doc/powerpoint use)

this would help many people decide!

 

nice =) could you please present us with a good "heating test and review" info? Like putting it in great stress both to the CPU and GPU and how it handles the heat? also in normal (onboard video) use and the temperature to use it standing over your legs in the bed?

 

Here you go:

 

If i understood correctly, 8hrs only at idle with min brightness and no Wi-fi? But what is actuall battery life in browsing\flash\hd video\gaming ?

 

Ehm NO
Can't you read? Have a look at the post over you, then you see 491min @ Mobile Mark 2007.

Mobile Mark simulates using with the following applications:
• Adobe AcrobatReader 7.0
• Adobe Illustrator CS2
• Adobe Photoshop CS2
• Apple Quicktime 7.1
• Intervideo WinDVD 8
• Macromedia Flash 8
• Microsoft Office 2003 Pro
• Microsoft Project 2003
• Winzip 10.0

So 8 hours runtime -> normal office/internet using!

 

But isn't there 3 different modes in mobile mark? office\reader\dvd?

 

if that is the case, it seems amazing! damn, i want this over the ul30JT

 

wow thats a great battery score then. was that with extended battery?

 

No I think with the 6 Cell 66Wh battery!
http://translate.google.it/translat...intel-core-i5-e-8-ore-di-autonomia_index.html

 

EPIC.

So MobileMark simulates the average load on a laptop when working on documents and surfing? or does it leave everything idling?

 

If these applications were idling where is the sense of this benchmark huh?
So I think it simulates the average load.

 

this laptop looks great! does anyone know how I can preorder to Canada? is it for Singapore only now?

 

Is it possilble to order 3820T from singapore? (LIVING CANADA)

 

is it possible someone orders from singapore, receives it and anunce on ebay so I can buy from brazil ??

 

also, someone said there's a docking station available to the prior timeline model, is it confirmed? is there a chance of a docking station for the 3820TG?

 

omgoodness, 8 hours on standard 6 cell. this laptop is beast. im officially sold.

 

Docking station is for the travelmate timeline series...

 

Well the screen was set at 60 cd/m².

A bit low. But still the battery life should easily be better than the Asus N82.

 

I was wondering about this too, in addition to putting some more RAM in there (looks like 4GB is the standard; I'd like to put 6GB in there). But I'm worried about voiding the warranty by doing these upgrades...

 

me too (from Brazil).

 

FWIW, the intel 160GB G2 is probably one of the best for performance vs price unless you need more storage. It's the one I plan on putting in my dm3t. There's higher capacity ssd's but the prices are crazy, plus the intel's reliability is proven. For me at least, that's worth the price.

Usually upgrading the ram or hard drive won't void your warranty. Depends on manufacturer of course.