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IT Reviews have published a review of the Acer Aspire 5745PG notebook. 'The Aspire 5745PG is a 15.6-inch notebook that wisely decides to make the maximum mileage out of Windows 7's built-in multi-touch technology by linking it to Acer's proprietary TouchPortal system, thus ensuring that this could be a highly attractive proposition for the business person on the go who wants the most out of a comparatively low-cost machine. Before examining the touch performance in detail, it's worth doing a tour of the external features first. Outwardly the Aspire 5745PG is pleasingly slim (379 x 250 x 28.5mm), relatively lightweight at 2.75kg and decidedly chic with its glossy black 'pinstripe suit' lid and gunmetal grey work surface.'

Laptop Magazine have published a review of the Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T (68U118) ultraportable. 'Weighing in at a featherweight 3 pounds (the same as its predecessor), this newly refreshed 1830T is also just over an inch thick. That's beefier than the 11-inch MacBook Air (.11 to .68 inches), but it's a breeze to slip this machine into a bag and tote around town. The 1830T shares other design accoutrements with its forerunner. You'll find a similar fingerprint-resistant black cover featuring a texturized surface, making for a better grip by damp hands between tense meetings and lectures. Flipping open the 1830T reveals its glossy black bezel, which is unfortunately prone to prints, and its matte black keyboard set in brushed gun-metal gray aluminum. Though it boasts a sizeable six-cell battery, the power source doesn't protrude behind the laptop and won't prove to be a hindrance or snag stray cords.'

A review of the Acer Aspire 5940G 15.6in notebook has been posted over at Reg Hardware. 'Being a 15.6in model, the 5940G has a surprisingly large footprint of 382mm x 274mm for this screen size. With a scant 11mm width difference over the likes of Apple's 17in MacBook Pro, one might have expected Acer to ditch the 1366 x 768, 16:9 panel for at least a 1440 x 900 16:10 screen - this is a £1000 laptop, after all. This is not to say Acer has fitted a bad LCD at all. The colours are vibrant and the glossy finish helps pictures to really stand out. Whilst all this is fairly good for a screen with a pixel density of 100ppi, I found the glossy finish to be too reflective, even with the brightness maxed out. I can touch type just fine, I don't need to see a reflection of my hands in the monitor.'

MobileTechReview have published their review of the Acer Ferrari One notebook. 'The Acer Ferrari One runs on the AMD Athlon X2 dual-core L310 CPU at 1.2GHz with support for AMD Hyper Transport 3.0 technology and AMD M780G chipset. Like with the Neo CPU, the Acer also has integrated ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics with up to 2GB HyperMemory which translates to 256+128 MB of dedicated system memory and up to 1.66GB shared system memory. The Acer Ferrari One 200 comes with 4GB of DDR2 memory that beats out most netbooks' 1GB or 2GB memory configurations, and a 250GB hard drive vs. the usual netbook 160 gig drive. The 11.6" widescreen display also has a native 1366 x 768 resolution for 720p content and an excellent audio package. And many CineBench numbers show that the AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPUs can run circles around the Intel Atom Z530 CPU and the Neo MV-40. The Ferrari One typically sells for $599.

A review of the Acer TimelineX 1830T-3721 ultraportable has been posted over at PC World. 'Outwardly, the TimelineX 1830T is physically identical to Acer's Aspire 721, a netbook that is nearly $300 cheaper, based on the AMD Athlon II Neo, and having the same 11.6-inch, 1366-by-768-resolution color display. But obviously, the 721 can't touch the 1830T and its Core i5-430UM's performance. With Intel's CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, and a 500GB, 5400-rpm hard drive on board, our test laptop scored a 76 on PCWorld Labs WordBench tests. Sadly, while the integrated Intel HD Graphics GPU did well with video, gaming frame rates--frames per second--were in the teens, which is better than you get with a netbook, but still not playable.'

Notebook Check have published a review of the Acer Aspire 5551G notebook. 'Visually, Acer came up with quite a bit with the Aspire 5551G. The silver-gray palm rests are made of brushed aluminum and give a high-end impression. Black trimming on the keyboard and palm rests also add to the well balanced accents. But what we liked the most was the silver display lid which is furnished with a chic texture and makes the notebook stand alone amongst the mostly drab competition. Overall, the surfaces are pretty resistant to smudges. The only exception was the high-gloss display frame, which proved to be extremely sensitive.

Pocket-lint have published their review of the Acer Aspire 5942G-524G64Bn notebook. 'The Acer Aspire 5942G is a 15.6-inch notebook that you'd put in the "desktop replacement" category. Although some 15-inch notebooks are portable enough to carry around, the Aspire 5942G weighs in at 3kg and measures 382 x 274 x 39.5mm (at the largest point), a hefty notebook by any measure. These dimensions restrict the 5942G to the desk less than the battery life, which we found would give us around 2 hours when watching a Blu-ray; a power saving mode can be toggled with its own button, but it only gives you an extra hour or so of battery life.'

Computeractive have published their review of the Acer Aspire Timeline AS1810TZ-4955 notebook PC. 'The 1810TZ has an 11.6in screen that produced a bright, sharp picture that made reading websites and editing documents much easier than on most netbooks. It has a 250GB hard disk and 3GB of memory - netbooks tend to only have 1GB of memory. The processor is also much better. It's a dual-core low-voltage model that helps when running multiple applications at once. It comes with Windows 7 Home Premium, rather than the Windows 7 Starter edition sometimes found on similar computers.'

A review of the Acer Aspire One 532h notebook has been posted over at Pocket-lint. 'The 532 measures 258 x 180 x 22mm at the fattest point, excluding the protruding battery underneath. As on previous models from Acer, the battery fits into the space between the screen hinges, and the bump on the bottom lifts the rear of the netbook nicely, setting the keyboard at an angle when sitting on a desk. The netbook runs fairly quietly, but does get noticeably hot on the left-hand edge where the limited ventilation is. The keyboard fills the entire width of the device something we are always pleased to see. The keyboard is free from any critical levels of flex, which is often a problem with smaller notebooks.'.

CNET Asia have published a review of the Acer Aspire 4540G (AMD Turion II X2 M520 Processor 2.3GHz, 4GB RAM) notebook. 'The Aspire 4540G may have gone with plastic for its chassis, but it's one solid notebook that and feels like it can stand up to some abuse. One of the first things we noticed is that despite an LED-backlit screen, which is supposed to offer a slimmer profile than traditional CCFL-based displays, the unit is unusually thick. Turns out the extra "love handles" are to protect the panel. We tried exerting considerable force on the back of the screen and found no noticeable ripples on the display.'