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When you look at a computer, laptop or a netbook what do you see? An assemblage circuit boards and other things that allows you to do a thousand and one things. And often most computers do but for how long?

Then comes Acer Aspire Timeline Series …

What makes Timeline Series stand out or set it apart when you first meet it?

1. Intel’s Ultra Low Voltage processors - . Intel® Core™ 2 Duo ultra low voltage
2. The Eight hour Battery Life
3. A smart key, Acer PowerSmart Key, that allows the laptop to conserve more energy - in sleep mode it allows the laptop to conserve 66 percent MORE of its energy
4. A laminar wall and jet engine design spreads out the heat and allows the laptop to be laptop: you can put it on your lap.

The Acer Aspire Timeline Models:

1. 3810T without optical drive
2. 4810T with optical drive
3. 5810T with optical drive

The Selling Point of this Series:

It would seem to me the selling point of the Acer Aspire Timeline would be power - it seems to be energy efficient (up to eight hours battery life) and a plus would be it does not heat up that you can use the laptop on your lap. But I prefer getting the ones with the optical drive.

Pictures and Specifications/Tale of the Tape:

PROCESSOR AND CHIPSET
- Intel® Centrino® 2 / Centrino® processor technology
- Intel® Core™2 Duo ultra low voltage processor SU9400 or Intel® Core™2 Solo ultra low voltage processor SU3500
- Mobile Intel® GS45 Express Chipset
- Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, or
- Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5150 Wi-Fi®/WiMAX™ dual-mode module,

OPERATING SYSTEM
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium

MEMORY
Dual-channel DDR3 SDRAM support, Up to 4 GB of DDR3 1066 MHz memory, upgradeable to 8 GB using two soDIMM modules (requires 64 bit Operating System)

HDD
hard disk drive up to 320GB

STORAGE
160/250/320/500 GB or larger hard disk drive or 80 GB SSD drive, 5-in-1 card reader, supporting Secure Digital™ (SD) Card, MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick™ (MS), Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card™ (xD)
Optical Media driver
- 8X DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive (except model 3810T)

DISPLAY
-15.6? HD 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™ LED-backlit TFT LCD, 16:9 aspect ratio, Super-slim design (model 5810T)
-14? HD 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™ LED-backlit TFT LCD, 16:9 aspect ratio, Super-slim design (model 4810T)
- 13.3? HD 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal™ LED-backlit TFT LCD, 16:9 aspect ratio, Super-slim design (model 3810T)

GRAPHICS
Mobile Intel® GS45 Express Chipset with integrated 3D graphics, featuring Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (Intel® GMA 4500MHD) with up to 1759 MB of Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0 (64 MB of dedicated video memory, Microsoft® DirectX® 10

AUDIO
Optimized 2nd Generation Dolby Sound Room® audio enhancement, featuring Dolby® Headphone, Dolby® Natural Bass and Dolby® Sound Space Expander, S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) support for digital speakers, MS-Sound compatible, built-in microphone

COMMUNICATION
- Acer Video Conference: Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam supporting
enhanced Acer PrimaLite™ technology
- WLAN: Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection, featuring MIMO technology, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with Nplify™ wireless technology or
- Wi-Fi®/WiMAX™* Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5150 Wi-Fi®/WiMAX™ dual-mode module, supporting Acer SignalUp™ with Nplify™ wireless technology * depending on network availability
- WWAN GTM382E module: UMTS/HSPA at 900 MHz/2100 MHz and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) upgradeable to 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.7 Mbps HSUPA (for 3G models)
- WPAN: Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) - on selected models -
- LAN: Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN ready

I/O PORTS:
5-in-1 card reader (SD™, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD), Three (Four on AS5810T) USB 2.0 ports, HDMI™ port with HDCP support, External display (VGA) port, Headphone/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support, Microphone-in jack

SECURITY:
BIOS user, supervisor, HDD passwords, Kensington lock slot

POWER:
ACPI 3.0 CPU power management standard: supports Standby and Hibernation power-saving modes, 62.16 W 5600 mAh 6-cell Li-ion battery pack: Acer PowerSmart 3-pin 65 W AC adapter, ENERGY STAR® 5.0

SPECIAL KEYS AND CONTROLS
103-/104-/107-key keyboard, with inverted “T” cursor layout (model 5810T) - 86-/87-/91-key keyboard,, with inverted “T” cursor layout (model 3810T & 4810T), Multi-gesture touchpad pointing device supporting:
- Circular-motion scrolling
- Pinch-action zoom
- Page flip
10 function keys, four cursor keys, two Windows® keys, hotkey controls, independent standard numeric keypad (only on AS5810T) , international language support Acer PowerSmart key, Easy-launch keys: Acer Backup, Communication®, touchpad lock, Media control keys (printed on keyboard): play/pause, stop, previous, next

DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
- 322 (W) x 228 (D) x 23.4/28.9 (H) mm - 1.6 kg ( 3.5 lbs.) with 6-cell battery pack (model 3810T)
- 338.4 (W) x 240 (D) x 24/28.9 (H) mm - 1.9 kg ( 4.2 lbs.) with 6-cell battery pack (model 4810T)
- 378 (W) x 259 (D) x 24.8/29.7 (H) mm - 2.4 kg ( 5.3 lbs.) with 6-cell battery pack (model 5810T)

SOFTWARE
Acer Crystal Eye, Acer GridVista™, Acer GameZone, Acer Game Console, Acer Backup Manager, Acer PowerSmart Manager, Acer eRecovery Management, Adobe® Reader®, Adobe Flash Player, Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, Cyberlink® Power DVD, CyberLink® PowerDirector® trial version, McAfee® Internet Security Suite, NTI Media Maker™, Microsoft® Works 9.0 with Office Home and Student 2007 SP1 Trial, Acer 3G Connection Manager (for 3G SKU only)

OPTIONAL ITEMS
1 GB / 2 GB DDR3 1066 MHz soDIMM module, 6-cell Li-ion battery pack, Acer PowerSmart 3-pin 65 W AC adapter, External USB floppy disk drive, External USB 56K modem

WARRANTY
1* Year Carry In (International travellers warranty - ITW)

CrossPost from Dalanghita.com

ROSE AND GRACE:Specialty: Filipino Food - Bulalo. Lot 3, Block 31, Barangay Don Jose, Sta. Rosa Estate, Sta. Rosa City, Laguna. Phone: Sta Rosa 0495411073
(?). Other branches: (i) Santo Tomas, Maharlika Highway, Phone: 0435411073 and (ii)SLEX, Total Station, North Bound.

If you travel to and fro Manila and points elsewhere you will surely have favorite stopover points. It is usually a restaurant or cafe by the road and if you travel that road often then it becomes a familiar stopover on your journeys.

And that was how it was when we used go to Bolinao a lot and to Batangas and to Laguna through Rizal Province. We used to stop at this carinderia in Dagupan that served what probably was one of the most delicious rice one can eat paired with menudo. In Montalban, we used to stop and buy fried chicken at this one store on the road. I think it is still there going strong. And in Batangas we used to stop at Tagaytay at this restaurant that served bulalo and bulalo steak.

But what is Bulalo?

The bulalo of Rose & Grace

A encompassing or wide-ranging definition of Bulalo is a traditional Tagalog Soup that is composed of bone-in beef shank or the bone of the beef shank - ie beef shank with or without the meat - often with or without vegetables. One can enjoy and eat the bulalo by: (I) sipping the broth; (ii) eating the meat and vegetables of the soup; and (iii) eating the bone marrow and sometimes the bone ligaments.

The home of this dish is Batangas. And the best bulalo can be found in Batangas and Tagaytay. And this might be due to the proximity of the restaurants to the source. The freshness of the meat is important in cooking bulalo.

Anyway …

Recently, I found myself going to and fro and back again from Manila to Batangas. During, one of those trips we were treated to the restaurant Rose and Grace. Just across Paseo de Santa Roxas is what seems to be a house with glass walls. It had ample parking space. The inside was well-lit due to the light and sunlight from outside. As you enter the restaurant what greets you are trophies and awards won. This led to the main dining hall and the food stall.

The food was displayed carinderia style with an array of Filipino from laing, tawilis, lechon kawali and of course bulalo - I believed served with or without vegetables and with soup bowl already filled with and also refilled with bulalo soup.

The bulalo of Rose & Grace up-close
The Bulalo was a welcome respite and nourishment from the travel. Its clear broth was nearly without a layer of fat floating on the surface. The bulalo was cooked and probably had the fat skimmed - one or two times before cooked and served - resulting in a tasty and fat-reduced bulalo. Maybe or this is what it seemed to me.

Chicharon

Lechon Kawali

SERVICE AND OTHER THINGS

The staff were courteous and the toilets were clean. Something important for all restaurants and more so for restaurants by the highway.

THE PROPRIETORS AND AN INTERESTING BEGINNING

Rose and Grace are the proprietors of the restaurant that was founded by their mother. The restaurant had been in existence for nearly forty years, with one of the first restaurants established in Pasay - the Pasay International Food Complex. Since then the sisters and the family have been continuously at work improving the dishes they serve and the over-all service of the restaurant.

Definitely, a foodie stop over if one is near by or along the way.