Solved! Decision between two laptops Macbook pro or Acer Timeline X

danellebreo

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Hey guys currently I own a Macbook Pro 13. It's the 2009 edition so I have the 9400m nvidia gpu chip and the duo core processor with 4 gigs of ddr 3. The battery life is great it gets to about 5 - 6 hours without a single charge. I have modded the inside a little bit so I took out the optical drive and have two hard drives so i can separate the two drives amongst windows and mac. I've been playing a few games on it, but its not having the juice to play the games at the settings i could hope. My friend currently bought an Acer Timeline x AS4820TG and it plays all his games flawlessly, and also has great battery life. It does what I want and need, but I'm unsure what to do. I was curious whether you guys think i should sell my macbook pro 13, to pay for an acer timeline x. I originally paid 1200 for a brand new macbook, and I know of someone whose willing to take it off my hands at a reasonable price where I can buy a new acer timeline x. What do you guys think between the two laptops. I have attached a link to the bottom of this post of both laptops.

Acer core i5 with 5650 gpu

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-TimelineX-AS4820TG-7805-14-Inch-Aluminum/dp/B003ZUXX10

Macbook pro 13 (Same specs but with 2 gigs of extra ram and removal of an optical drive)

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MB990LL-13-3-Inch-Laptop/dp/B001P05NKG
 
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Well,if you are going to play games,then go with the Acer one.It has a more powerful CPU and VGA,so it will give you much better performance in games.

raza715

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Acer Timeline is much better in my opinion, Macbook has only much older Core 2 Duo, on the other hand Acer timeline has much better i5 atleast 25-30% more powerful than in mac book pro, also the Acer timeline one has much much better GPU (nvidia 9400M vs ATI 5650, 5650 will wipe the floor with it). Seems a very easy decision mate just go with Acer.
 

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Ik what you guys mean, but there's something about the macbook that people like. I was looking at a response why people like the macbook so much.

Do you guys possibly know of any laptop bettter then the acer? In terms of battery, graphics, and price?