Acer TravelMate Timeline 8371 Laptop

Acer TravelMate Timeline 8371 Laptop has a list of specifications that make it look like an all purpose laptop. It is attractive too, yet sturdy in build. With a good battery life, this machine is made for the people who are on their toes.

This notebook incorporates the Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4GHz processor. It has a 4GB RAM which can be upgraded to a maximum of 8GB. A 320GB hard drive is present. The chipset employed is the Intel GS45 Express. The operating system that comes pre-installed is the Microsoft Windows Vista Business edition. Mainly designed for suiting business needs, this notebook is not really good at gaming. The graphics card used is the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, which cannot really support powerful and high speed games.

Acer TravelMate Timeline 8371 sports a 13.3” screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It supports WiFi for connecting to the internet at WiFi hotspots. You can also use wired Ethernet connection to surf the web. While Bluetooth allows exchanging information without wires to other devices, there are 3 USB ports that do the same with wires. It as well houses a D-Sub video output, a headphone jack, a microphone jack and an Acer EasyPort IV connector. This last port can be used for connecting to a docking station or a port replicator.

The Acer TravelMate Timeline 8371 Laptop sports a black case. It weighs 1.7kg and measures 324mm x 25mm x 228mm. Acer claims an 8 hour battery life for this device. It has been priced at about £700.