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I MUST ADMIT I WAS QUITE impressed with Acer's new Timeline X. It looks good - classy, less than 1-inch thick; weighs only 2.2kg; and yet boasts of packing a whopping 8-hour battery life. I just had to take this machine for a spin. Unfortunately the review unit was only with me for a few days and being kind of busy, I could not do as thorough a test-drive as I wanted to.
Acer machines had for years bore the reputation of sporting heat problems and I was sceptical of Acer's claims that those problems had been addressed for a couple of years now. The Timeline X did feel warm after a while of usage but no significantly more than other brands. At least I did not fear the thing would burn up.
The Timeline X has a nice comfy keyboard layout although I would have preferred the...