Acer's AX3200 is the little Blu-ray PC that could, has a 1080p LCD friend

Acer believes you're seeking a PC with a Blu-ray drive and formidable storage space so you can watch hours and hours of high definition video. That's why it's introducing the AX3200 desktop (suggested retail: $679.99) and the P244W 24-inch 1080p LCD display ($399) -- to fill that consumer electronics-shaped hole that you didn't even know existed within you. The compact desktop sports an AMD Phenom X3 8450 triple-core processor, 4GB of RAM, a 640GB hard drive, and NVIDIA's GeForce 8200 integrated graphics chip. The graphics solution won't rev up the frames in modern computer games -- especially not at the P244W's 1920 x 1080 resolution -- but it'll do fine for watching movies, and there are tons of great Blu-ray releases out there by now, right? Right?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2008 6:03PM]

why doesn't this article match the specs on bestbuy.com for the AX3200? are there two ax3200s? bestbuy.com

[worldbfree4me Posted Oct 13th 2008 9:22PM]

The AX3200 at Best buy does not include a Blu Player and cost $479. The AX3200 with Blu cost $679 or $200 more. If you really want a AX3200 and want to save some coin, go ahead and the purchase it from BB and by yourself a separate Blu ROM for about $130.

[worldbfree4me Posted Oct 13th 2008 9:44PM]

Oh Yeah, I forgot to mention that the X3 8400 has been discontinued by AMD. As a matter of fact all X3's ending in 00 are no longer in the X3 family, only 50's (8450, 8350). Beware of purchasing a PC, especially one that is equipped with proprietary hardware from Big box retailers.Cheers