Acer AM1202-U1850A

Any computer aimed the low end of the PC market will make sacrifices to meet its price. The Acer AM1202-U1850A ($320 list) is no exception, although it outperforms (in nearly all areas) the nettops on the market in the same price range. The M1202-U1850A, available at Staples, is a full-blown desktop, meaning it has a desktop-class hard drive, CPU, and optical drive and an expandable mini-tower chassis. It's a good, cheap e-mail and Web PC for the kids, and could serve as a good third or fourth PC in the house, replacing, perhaps, that old Pentium 4 desktop that is gathering dust in the den.

SPEC DATA:

Price as Tested: $320.00 List
Type: General Purpose, Value
Processor Family: AMD Athlon
RAM: 2 GB
Storage Capacity: 320 GB
RAID: No
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 2100
Primary Optical Drive: Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW

SOURCE:www.pcmag.com