[Comp] Best Buy - Acer Aspire TimelineU M5 14" Ultrabook i5-3317u / 256GB SSD / 6GB $599

[82]

only thing missing is the touchscreen.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/...d7aff00dffen02

[consumerPI]

Cry. That's the one thing I need. $799 with one.

only thing missing is the touchscreen.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/...d7aff00dffen02

[chroma_cg]

pretty good deal IMHO considering that you get a really good battery life (8hrs), 256ssd (hard to come by at this price point) and upgradable ram for an ultrabook

i dont care about touchscreen, but its a pity that this one does not have a nvidia card and likely has a bilingual keyboard

[Mazman08]

What am I missing? The laptop on the ad says touchscreen in the specs.

[ykshum]

pretty good deal IMHO considering that you get a really good battery life (8hrs), 256ssd (hard to come by at this price point) and upgradable ram for an ultrabook

i dont care about touchscreen, but its a pity that this one does not have a nvidia card and likely has a bilingual keyboard

I don't understand how it gets 8hrs on a 3 cell battery though.. I see smaller laptops running 6 cells and only advertising 4hrs battery life.

And i hope it has touchscreen.. can someone confirm for sure? although the Specs page says No for touch..

[jeffms35]

Taken from the specs:

What am I missing? The laptop on the ad says touchscreen in the specs.

Touchscreen Display No

pretty good deal IMHO considering that you get a really good battery life (8hrs), 256ssd (hard to come by at this price point) and upgradable ram for an ultrabook

i dont care about touchscreen, but its a pity that this one does not have a nvidia card and likely has a bilingual keyboard

Keyboard Language Bilingual


Nonethless it's a pretty good deal, considering getting rid of my 3820TG now

[chroma_cg]

I don't understand how it gets 8hrs on a 3 cell battery though.. I see smaller laptops running 6 cells and only advertising 4hrs battery life.

And i hope it has touchscreen.. can someone confirm for sure? although the Specs page says No for touch..

judging the battery capacity by the # of cells is sooooooooooo out (what's this, netbook era?). always go by the Wh and understand how much power the laptop can potentially drain

but given acer's excellent track record for stated battery life, if they say u can go 8 hrs, it's likely true. i am typing this on a acer laptop (not the M5 but its previous timelineX laptops) which they claim can do 8 hrs; i can milk 9+ hrs (browsing with wifi and bluetooth on) with the proper tweaks

[gariopara]

http://www.acer.ca/ac/en/CA/content/...t/NX.M3WAA.002

according to Acer Canada -- It's a Touch Screen

[82]

Spec from Acer, yes seems like it may actually has 10 points touch control. That would make it a real hot deal!

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/...d7aff00dffen02

[mchuong]

Reviews on the laptop on BB's website also mention the touchscreen. Pretty sweet deal for a touchscreen laptop at $600

[rbl_posse]

Only thing missing is the GT 640M LE found in the M5-481TG

[82]

reviews (similar model with HDD instead of SSD) complain about touchpad and screen. Both mention about backlit keyboard but can't confirm from Acer Canada's spec.

http://www.cnet.com/laptops/acer-asp...-35472868.html

http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...81pt-6488.aspx

[wilsonlam97]

Dang this deal is hot hot hot!

[Fantaz]

I don't need a new laptop...

[Scycotic]

Pretty good deal, Ultrabooks with regular HDD and similar specs are around $550...so you'd be paying $50 for a 256 SSD. That's good...but yeah, I don't need another laptop either...and really, Ultrabooks may fit a certain market but I don't mind carrying an extra ~1.5lb if I can get that much more power...