This week the Acer company revealed its new Timeline series of notebooks, with prices starting at about $700. The new Timeline series claims up to 8 hours of battery life with a conventional hard drive, and 10 hours with a solid-state drive. The heaviest model in the lineup is just more than five pounds; the lightest is 3.5 pounds.The Timelines promise to turn the heat down with their “Laminar Wall Jet” technology, which is supposed to redirect cooling air along the bottom side of the notebook.
There are a few screen sizes, from 13 inches to 15 inches. The company gave Acer an edge in aggressively cutting prices and also jumping into the smartphone market. To run a business with lower costs is good when the market is growing.