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    Travelmate Timeline vs Aspire Timeline? Any real difference?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by lakersgo, Mar 29, 2010.

  1. lakersgo

    lakersgo Notebook Evangelist

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    One is marketed as business-grade, another is consumer-grade. Both look very similar and I am not sure if the materials used are any different. So tell me, as I am preparing to buy my next laptop.
     
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    Travelmates, as you said, are business-grade machines, so they have non-glossy displays, magnesium alloy chassis (I'm 90% sure), actual buttons instead of touch sensitive ones (for volume, wifi, and backup), a fingerprint reader, but lacks Dolby Sound Room. It also trades the HDMI port for a docking port connector. More importantly though, buying a Travelmate is the only way to get a dual core processor in the 14 and 15.6 inch sizes, as least in the US
     
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    Anyone else?
     
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