Acer has just announced U.S. upgrading of three new series of laptops based on Intel CULV and provided with Windows 7, TimeLine TravelMate 8371, 8471 and 8571.

Acer TravelMate 8371 TimeLine is announced in a configuration equipped with an Intel chipset GS45, an Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 at 1.4GHz, 4GB of DDR3 1066MHz (8GB maximum of 2 slots) and 320GB SATA hard drive. The integrated graphics chip Intel GMA X4500MHD manages a 13.3-inch LCD screen with LED backlight WXGA HD resolution of 1366 × 768 and a Crystal Eye webcam with microphone. The equipment is completed by a digital fingerprint reader, 5in1 card reader ports and Wi-Fi a / b / g / n, Bluetooth, HDMI, audio jack, 3 USB 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet.

The weight of 1.65Kg with 6-cell battery and 5600 mAh, which guarantees autonomy announced up to 8 hours with Windows 7 Professional 32bit, TravelMate 8371 TimeLine measure 322 x 228 x 24.9-25.3 mm. Will be delivered in the box also the CD of Windows XP Professional. The model TravelMate 8471 TimeLine is distinguished by the presence of a 14.1-inch LCD screen with LED backlight WXGA resolution of 1366 × 768 HD, DVD burner, dimensions of 341.9 x 235 x 25.9-29.6 mm and weighs 1.93 kg with battery 6-cell and 5600 mAh. E 'was also announced a version with an Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 1.3GHz, 3GB DDR3 1066MHz and 250GB SATA hard drive.

Finally, the TravelMate 857 a TimeLine TimeLine TravelMate 8371 differs from the adoption of a screen 15.6-inch LED backlight WXGA resolution of 1366 × 768 HD, DVD burner, a numeric keypad, dimensions of 377.5 x 254.5 x 26.4-30.2 mm and a weight of 2.19 kg with 6 cell battery and 5600 mAh. Again, it was announced a second version with Core 2 Duo processor SU7300, 3GB 1066MHz DDR3 memory and 250GB hard drive.

All three notebooks sporting a simple design and professional, in an elegant matte black. Opening the notebook, we find a flat keyboard keys. Multi-touch touchpad and slightly hollow in the palm rest is accompanied by two selection buttons separated by the fingerprint reader. It 'can disable it by pressing a dedicated button located on the top right of the console touch. Acer TravelMate 8371 TimeLine will be available in U.S. retail price of $ 919 against $ 999-equipped version of the timeline 8471 and 8571 and $ 899 for the second version.

This new TravelMate TimeLine not thus brings nothing new compared to previous models, with whom they share the main theme (8 × 71). We stress in particular the presence of an HDMI output instead of VGA and Windows 7 instead of Windows Vista. Although they were proposed 4GB of RAM in some models, we regret that Acer has not seen fit to install an edition 64bit capable fully exploit the RAM instead of 32bit. Probably in the coming weeks we will see updated versions of Timeline with TravelMate HDMI and Windows 7.