Acer Aspire M3-581TG

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Reviews for the Acer Aspire M3-581TG

80% Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 Ultrabook
Source: Good Gear Guide Archive.org version
It's a laptop that should appeal to those of you who want a good, all-round laptop that's slim, yet well stocked. 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 left palm rest.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/01/2012
Rating: Total score: 80%

80% Acer Aspire Timeline U M3 review
Source: Techradar Archive.org version
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.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/02/2012
Rating: Total score: 80%

80% Acer Timeline M3 review
Source: Tech Advisor Archive.org version
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 settings, but nothing will save your eyes from a display that's not up to snuff.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 04/13/2012
Rating: Total score: 80%

80% Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3-581TG
Source: PC World Archive.org version
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 settings, but nothing will save your eyes from a display that's not up to snuff.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 04/11/2012
Rating: Total score: 80%

Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 review
Source: Engadget Archive.org version
With the Ultra M3, Acer has delivered some serious computing power in an incredibly thin package. In our opinion, it's simply too big to be evaluated as a true Ultrabook, though it is thinner and lighter than typical 15-inch laptops. Its high-end internals allow for some noteworthy performance, but its plastic construction and shoddy screen scream low-end, making it a bit of a paradox.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/04/2012

70% Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 Review
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
While it's already been proven that you can cram very good graphics and battery life into a thin 15-inch system, the Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 takes it to the next level. Nvidia's next-generation GeForce GT640M GPU can hang with the best of them, letting you play the latest games anywhere. The audio is also quite satisfying. We only wish the M3 had a display that could better show off all that the GPU is capable of doing and that the ports were more easily accessible.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/16/2012
Rating: Total score: 70%

Foreign Reviews

82% Test Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3-581TG Ultrabook
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/22/2012
Rating: Total score: 82% performance: 91% display: 67% mobility: 90% workmanship: 87% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 78%

Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3-581TG, potenciado con NVIDIA Kepler
Source: CHW ES→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/22/2012

Acer Aspire M3-581TG: ультрабук с внешней графикой NVIDIA Kepler
Source: 3DNews.ru RU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Performance; 10 hours battery life; Decent speakers.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/18/2012

Acer Aspire TimelineU M3 - výkon v tenkém provedení
Source: Notebook.cz CZ→EN Archive.org version
Positive: High performance in a thin body; Good sound; Long battery life; Silent cooling. Negative: Rear headphone output; Awkwardly placed switch; Resolution of the display.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/19/2012

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M: Middle class graphics card of the 600M series based on the 28nm GK107 chip (Kepler architecture).

Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.  

2637M: Power saving ULV processor clocked at 1.7-2.8 GHz due to Turbo Boost. Offers an integrated HD 3000 clocked at slow 350 / 1200 MHz and a DDR3-1333 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.60":

15-16 inch is a standard display size for laptops and offers the biggest variety of products.

2.03 kg:

Usually, old laptops with 14-16 inch display-diagonal weigh as much.

Acer: The company was founded under the name of Multitech in Taiwan in 1976 and renamed to Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors and televisions. Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell also belong to the Group and sell their own laptops.

While Acer still had the third largest global market share in the notebook segment in 2008, it ranked 6th in 2016 with a market share of 6% after they had continuously lost market shares.

There are dozens of Acer laptop reviews per month, the ratings are average (as of 2016). Gateway, which has an own laptop line-up, has also belonged to the Acer Group since 2007.

79.14%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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