Acer Aspire L100 with 19" Widescreen Monitor - Athlon 64 X2 3800+ - 19"

Advantages compact, stylish, powerful; superb media centre
Disadvantages not one of 'The names'

...Our PC at present is upstairs in the study as I work from home fairly frequently and need some peace and quiet away from the TV. The trouble is we don’t use it to the maximum and have been toying with the idea of upgrading and moving it downstairs. Unfortunately it is a big black bulky box that would look out of place. We have been looking at different options including laptops but in the end we decided on a compact media centre. During the decision making process we have considered many, discarding some due to cost, others due to appearance and some due to limited flexibility. In the end we decided on the Acer Aspire L100 with 19" Widescreen Monitor - Athlon 64 X2 3800+ - 19 This is classed as a compact (or mini) PC. Its dimensions (H x W x D) are 10.1 in x 4 in x 7.8 in (25 cm x 20 cm x 6 cm) and it weighs 8 lb (4 kg), as you... Read review