The Acer Aspire AS3050-1594 is a 14.1″ widescreen notebook computer for $548.99 at NewEgg.com.  NewEgg offers free 3 day shipping, so there are no hidden expenses - you’ll pay the listed price, and you’ll receive a great full-featured laptop.

 

As mentioned, this Acer notebook has a widescreen XGA display with 1280 x 800 resolution, all supported by an
ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 chipset.  You’ll appreciate the bright display when you’re doing school or officework, and even moreso when you’re watching a DVD using the laptop’s DVD/CD-RW combo drive.  This PC ships with Windows XP Media Center Edition, so it’s specifically designed to supported multimedia entertainment like viewing videos and burning CDs.

You won’t have to worry about sluggish performance with the Acer Aspire’s AMD Mobile Sempron 3400+CPU, which runs at 1.8GHz, with 512MB of RAM.  You can upgrade to a full 2GB for best performance.   The hard drive is 40GB, and if you ever run out of storage space, you can easily add on an external hard drive using one of the notebook’s three USB ports.

Other nice features in this inexpensive notebook PC are a 5-in-1 media card reader, an integrated sound card, and your choice of Modem, LAN and wireless LAN (802.11b/g).  You control the computer using a touchpad with four-way integrated scroll button.   If you want to add-on, there’s one available Type II PC card slot.

The Acer Aspire AS3050-1594 comes with both an AC adaptor and a 6-cell lithium ion battery, good for 2.6 hours of use, so it’s ready for use at home or on the road.   Get yours today at NewEgg.

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