Acer TravelMate C300XMI - Pentium M 710 1.4 GHz - 14.1

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With mobile power users permanently on the move, true portability means bringing advance features into the hands of business professionals. Featuring Intel's revolutionary Centrino...
more...mobile technology, a large rotating screen, full-sized keyboard and all the benefits of tablet technology, the C300 series is ideal for self-employed and professional users from small, medium and large corporations looking for a fully flexible notebook coupled with the efficiency and convenience of electronic ink and character recognition for daily work.





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Author's product rating:   Acer TravelMate C300XMI - Pentium M 710 1.4 GHz - 14.1

Speed Slow 
Look & Feel Satisfactory 
Comfort & Portability Very poor 
Robustness & Durability Very poor 
Value For Money Very poor 

Advantages: Combination device
Disadvantages: Very Poor quality

Recommend to potential buyers: no 

Full review
I have been using the TravelMate C301 (which is in the C300 series) for

about a year now. I cannot but say that I could not have bought a notebook

computer worse than this.

The keyboard is so poor that after every few keystrokes, some key starts

repeating although its not physically stuck. You look at the screen and

realize that 50 'y's have appeared suddenly, and you have to delete them.

Gets very frustrating when you are doing important work. I can only work

well when i connect an external USB keyboard with it.

The screen is poor, If you see it at any angle other than a perfect setting

(which is difficult to get) you will see color variations.

The accuracy of the Pen when using it as a tablet is poor, inspite of

caliberating it several times.

In less than a year, inspite of mostly using the laptop on power, the

battery life has rapidly deteriorated. It never provided the promised 5

hours of battery life, and now its down to less than an hour.

Everything about the laptop reflect very poorly on the Acer brand. No

support, cheap plastic. The color of the area of the palmrest faded within 2

months of usage.

The device generates so much heat that its impossible to confortably use it

on your lap. You can feel the head affecting your muscles in the thigh,

eventually making you put the laptop somewhere else.

The weight of the notebook is also too much. I was aware of this problem

when I bought it, but didnt realize that it would actually hinder usability.

What happens is, because of the weight, you can never really use it as a

tablet PC by holding it in your hands. I tried reading some ebooks while

sleeping, and could not bear the weight of the device for long.

I bought the laptop, as at the time (about 1 year ago) only Acer had a full

convertible notebook / tablet PC combo. Toshiba was an option but it had

lower specs. I am sure I would have been much happier with the lower specs

in comparison the the frustrating experience of using this Acer product.

Although I paid about $2000 for this piece, by no means a cheap device.

I have also realized that I am not the only person having these problems.

Almost all other users have the same issues.

I have decided never to buy an Acer product again ever.
 

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Memory / capacity Satisfactory 
Ease of use Awkward 
Range of Extra Features Good 
Instruction manual Totally unhelpful 
Manufacturer Support Totally unhelpful 

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