Acer has several 11.6 inch laptops that look pretty much identical on the outside: The Acer Aspire 1410, Aspire Timeline 1810TZ, and Aspire Timeline 1810T. But under the hood, there are some minor but important differences: The 1410 has a 5 hour battery, a dual core Intel Celeron SU2300 CPU, and costs $399.99 The 1810TZ has an 8 hour battery,…

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The Acer Aspire 1410 is a thin and light laptop that has a bunch of features you won’t find in an average netbook, including a high resolution 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Solo SU3500 processor, and GMA X4500 graphics which can handle HD video playback. But there’s one thing the Acer Aspire 1410…

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The Acer Aspire 1410 (also known as the Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T in some parts of the globe) is the first 11.6 inch laptop from Acer with an Intel CULV processor. As such, the laptop should have a bit more processing power (and use a bit more energy) than the company’s Aspire One-series netbooks. The Aspire 1410 has been on…

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The Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T is now shipping in Europe, and you can find a detailed, multi-part review at Acer1810 Review. The 11.6 inch laptop is available for pre-order in the US under a different name, the Acer Aspire 1410. It looks almost exactly like the Acer Aspire 751, an 11.6 inch laptop with an Intel Atom Z520 CPU. But…

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Update: Now you can read my detailed review of the Acer Aspire 1410. The Acer Aspire Timeline series of thin and light computers aren’t exactly netbooks. They have Intel CULV processors that use more energy and provide better performance than most Intel Atom based netbooks. But it’s never been the processor that defined the netbook, it’s the size and price….

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The Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T is due out in Europe within the next few weeks, where it will sell for around €499 ($716 US) and up. This laptop may look like your typical Acer netbook, but it sports an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, and instead of an Intel Atom or VIA Nano CPU, it packs a 1.4GHz…

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OK, I admit it. I cringed writing that headline. Because really, netbooks are notebooks. And I’ve been reluctant to call notebooks with 11.6 inch displays netbooks. But there’s no escaping the fact that Dell, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, and other computer companies are releasing 11 and 12 inch notebooks under the same line as their 9 and 10 inch netbooks. But…

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