We think what Acer has done is create the computer equivalent of a '70's muscle car shoving a premium powerplant in a subpar chassis: it's great at the (gaming) drag strip, but its shortcomings could make it a tough sell as a daily driver.
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Conclusion: We're mixed
With its 15-inch display, 4.4-pound weight, and built-in optical drive, you'd be hard-pressed to call the Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 an ultrabook. What you can call it, though, is a high-performance laptop targeted at mobile gamers. However, while it performs well enough to run most modern games, its display is relatively low resolution, and has limited viewing angles. Ultimately, that makes the M3 a frustrating compromise; it's a laptop you want to like, but there's no getting around that display, especially since you'll spend every moment you're using the M3 staring at it.
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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.
Read the full review →EnlargeWhile 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.
Read the full review →The Acer Aspire Timeline U M3 is a slim and portable machine that packs in Nvidia's latest graphics card, providing some serious gaming performance. It doesn't have a great screen, but it's definitely one to consider for gaming on the go.
Read the full review →If you are in the market for an ultrabook with a large screen, excellent video editing and gaming performance, and a premium fit and finish then the Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 deserves serious consideration
Read the full review →Acer's 15-inch M3 Ultrabook delivers excellent gaming performance for its price in an attractive, minimalist package. It's just a pity that using the clickpad is extremely frustrating and the screen is barely passable.
Read the full review →What it has told us is what we can expect from this generation of mobile GPUs. Thinner, lighter and less power hungry, they can now very clearly rival the desktop. Lets just wait until someone wraps it all up in a package that looks a bit nicer.
Read the full review →This particular ... configuration of the Acer Aspire Timeline U M3 makes it one of the cheapest ‘Ultrabooks’ available, or ..., one of the lightest and slimmest affordable 15in laptops on the market. If this appeals to you it’s well worth considering thanks to decent looks, good build, ... and...
Read the full review →For general productivity, internet usage and light gaming on a large screen, this machine is definitely great value for its physical attributes, raw performance rivaling previous generation higher specced machines and of course its reasonable price.
Read the full review →Impressive as the graphics performance of this laptop is, we urge readers to wait. We will see a slew of new Kepler powered laptops over the coming months and we’re confident that most will be better than this one.
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