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Acer TravelMate TM8471 - Time is money - Benchmark

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Article Index
Acer TravelMate TM8471 - Time is money
Specifications
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Construction & Design
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Benchmark
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Benchmark

The computer is compared with its ’little brother’ in the Timeline series: the Acer TM8371 which has the following specifications:

-    Intel® Core 2 Duo SU9400 – 1.4 GHz – 3 MB L2 cache - 800 MHz FSB
-    Intel® GS45 (Cantiga-GS) + ICH9M
-    2x 2048 MB Samsung DDR3 SDRAM – PC3-8500 - 1066 MHz
-    Intel® GMA 4500M Shared onboard
-    1x 500 GB 5400 RPM
-    13.3 inch AUO B133XW01 V3 LCD panel - 16:9 HD WXGA – 1366 x 768px
-    6 celled 2.8 Li-Ion battery

The Acer TM8371 costs about £700.00 and you can find a review of it here:

http://www.laptop-review.eu

Boot times and out of standby:

Boot and out of standby times are measured from when the power button is pressed and the Windows desktop appears.

The Acer TM8471 starts up in 42 seconds, which is very decent, while the Acer TM8371 takes 55 seconds. It takes about 6 seconds to get it out of standby.

Battery life:

Idle test settings: Fixed clocking frequency of 1197 MHz, brightness at 1/10, hard drive standby after 10 minutes and WiFi deactivated.
Classic test settings: Clocking frequency ranging from 1197 MHz to 1297 MHz, brightness at 10/10, hard drive standby after 10 minutes and WiFi activated.

As can be seen, both computers can stay awake for more than 8.5 hours, impressive to say the least. Acer did promise it and they certainly live up to it. At active use it does shrink to about 3.5 hours, but that is still quite good compared to other computers in this segment.

Processor and GPU:

wPrime calculates the square root of numbers up to 32 million and is capable of utilizing multiple cores to maximize performance. wPrime is measured in time, so the lower the better.
The differences to not appear to be very large, but there is a 15 second gap to the 8371, making it about 20% slower and that is significant. However, note that while it is 20% slower in this test, it is not 20% slower for everything else.

3DMark 06 puts the computer through a number of graphics benchmarks and gives the computer a rating in accordance with how these play out.
Not much of a difference in the 3DMark 06 test since both computers sport Intel’s GMA4500HD onboard graphics, which is not exactly made for graphics intensive tasks. The difference we do observe is almost certainly due to the other hardware affecting the score.

PCMark 05 tests the overall performance of the computer and utilizes all the components to give an overall rating.
In the PCMark 05 test, the two perform quite evenly. Once again the small discrepancy is due to minor differences in hardware.

Microsoft Office Load

Each program is loaded individually after a reboot as the Office programs load quicker if they have already been started up once during a session.
Starting up Word and Excel takes longer for the 8471 compared to the 8371, but the opposite occurs for Powerpoint. The most likely explanation is that the 8371 was running some programs in the background which affected the load time of Powerpoint. If the two were tested under identical conditions, the 8371 would probably be faster.

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Hey nice blog…I really liked the way you articulated it. Recently, I heard Acer is going to launch Acer 5738 PzG - a Multi-touch laptop in India. They have redefined the touch experience and all the controls are at the helm of your fingertips. With a 15.6" HD display with integrated multi-touch screen supporting finger touch and Cinematic 16:9 wide screen with 3rd Generation Dolby® audio it’s surely going to revolutionize the whole experience and all with affordable price of 45K INR. With it’s passion for simplifying user experience Acer has gained new heights in innovation.

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