Still much cheaper than the macbook, the 3820TG has switchable graphics with an ati 5650 gpu (much faster than the nvidia 320M). The article also claims that the macbook battery is "far superior" to the 3820 battery, yet the macbook battery is a 63.5wh part where the acer has a 66.6wh battery. Both manufacturers claim "up to 10 hours" and while they say that the apple shows "7-8 hours" in real use they fail to note that the TimelineX turns in about the same in real world tests (I have the 4820TG with the same battery and consistently get ~7hours browsing the web with wifi on and the screen at 40%). And, as they note, it's 1lb lighter, has twice the ram, the 370M is a faster CPU and the 500G drive is larger. It's also a very well built machine.
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Still much cheaper than the macbook, the 3820TG has switchable graphics with an ati 5650 gpu (much faster than the nvidia 320M). The article also claims that the macbook battery is "far superior" to the 3820 battery, yet the macbook battery is a 63.5wh part where the acer has a 66.6wh battery. Both manufacturers claim "up to 10 hours" and while they say that the apple shows "7-8 hours" in real use they fail to note that the TimelineX turns in about the same in real world tests (I have the 4820TG with the same battery and consistently get ~7hours browsing the web with wifi on and the screen at 40%). And, as they note, it's 1lb lighter, has twice the ram, the 370M is a faster CPU and the 500G drive is larger. It's also a very well built machine.