Acer is going to add to their lienup with three new Acer Travelmate Timeline business notebooks. They are Acer Travelmate Timeline 8371, 8471 and 8571. This Acer Travelmate Timeline Series has 13.3-inch, 14.1-inch, and 15.6-inch display, respectively. They are based on energy efficient processors, Intel CULV and put in a strong magnesium alloy shell. Also the feature on these notebooks is a biometric sensor which allows protect against unauthorized access to the notebook.

Another an interesting feature is the Acer Thermal Comfort, which provides a comfortable job, creating a sort of layer of cool air between the user’s hands and the surface of the shell.
Acer Travelmate Timeline 8371 has already been on sale in Europe, its cost is 619 EUR. The other two laptops (Acer Travelmate Timeline 8471 and Acer Travelmate Timeline 8571) will come in September 2009 and the cost is start from 699 EUR.

Specifications Acer Travelmate Timeline 8371/8471/8571:
* 13.3-inch / 14.1-inch / 15.6-inch display with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels
* Windows 7 or Windows Vista Operating System
* Processor Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400/SU9600 or Intel Core 2 Solo SU3500
* Chipset Intel GS45
* Up to 8 GB of RAM DDR3
* Graphics ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 or Intel GMA 4500M HD
* Storage 160/250/320/500 GB HDD or 80 GB SSD
* Drive is DVD Super Multi Double Layer 8X
* HD Audio
* Wireless Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, UMTS/HSPA and GSM / GPRS / EDGE
* Web camera
* Fingerprint sensor
* Card reader with support for SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD
* Connectors are 4x USB 2.0, VGA, microphone, headphone, RJ-45
* 6-cell lithium-ion battery
* Size is 323.6×228×26/29.4 mm (8371); 341.9×235×25.9/29.6 mm (8471); 377.5×254.5×26.4/30.9 mm (8571)
* Weight is 1.65 kg/ 1.93 kg / 2.19 kg

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Interesting piece in the New York Times today about Acer — the company is about to ride the tidal wave of netbooks and other el-cheapo computers straight to the number two spot on the PC sales chart. That’s a big deal — no non-US company has ever made it so high — and it’s interesting that the strategies Acer took to get there are the same things Dell’s been trying to do lately: it’s heavy on low-cost, stylish laptops and netbooks, it keeps inventory extremely lean, and it relies on an extensive set of retail partnerships in Europe. What’s more, the Aspire One has been the best-selling netbook for a while now, and we’d say Acer’s way out in front of the CULV thin-and-light race with the Timeline — in fact, we’d say the only open question here is whether the company can take all this computing success and translate it to something worthwhile in the smartphone space. Based on what we’ve seen so far, we’ve got our doubts, but we’ll see what those super-secret Android sets look like before we place our bets.

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