Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3-581TG

Compared to the Samsung Notebook Series 9 and the Dell XPS 14 also reviewed in August 2012, the Acer Aspire Timeline M3 is far from attractive. But it’s worth looking beyond the plain exterior for several reasons. From the optical drive –...

With sleek lines, a 15.6in display and a massive battery life, this well-made ultra-portable lets you work all day...

15.6in glossy 1366 x 768 display; Core i5-i7, 4GB RAM, 500GB hybrid HDD; Nvidia GeForce GT 640M 1GB graphics; Slim (less than 21mm) and light (around 2.1kg); USB 3.0, DVD writer Remember the – or, to give it its full name, the Acer Aspire...

WHEN LOOKING FOR a tagline that will easily sell a boatload of Acer Timeline M3 notebooks, it doesn’t take much more than: “an ultrabook that will play Battlefield 3 on Ultra setting.” And it’s true, too. The Timeline M3 will...

The Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 is a very good notebook overall, offering exceptional performance and battery life. It's also well built and stylish. However, we wish it had some ports on the sides and that there was a little more room for the...

Nvidia has been calling the Acer Timeline U M3 the first true Ultrabook. And the big, green graphics giant has good reason to be backing this svelte-looking machine - at its heart beats the very latest in mobile graphics power, the GeForce GT 640M. This...

Though imperfect (the glossy screen is of mediocre quality and the ports aren't necessarily located in the best place), the Acer M3 has a lot of strengths. It has great battery life, it's powerful, it's less than 2 cm thick, it has good...

The Acer Timeline M3 offers excellent overall performance and an elegant-looking package, but with less than optimal input devices and an eye-gouging LCD panel that left us cold. You can adjust to an odd keyboard feel, and you can tweak trackpad...