Update: Amazon has the 1080p model of this Chromebook marked down to $250 as well. Your battery life will drop from 13 hours to 11, but that's well worth the increase in resolution.
Chromebooks are getting serious. After just having shipped the first full-fledged Core i3-powered Chromebook, Acer's escalating again, with a new Chromebook 13 that comes with Nvidia's K1, which is to say a hell of a lot of graphical horsepower.
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Most hardcore enthusiasts will tell you it's better to build your own gaming system rather than getting one pre-built. If not for the enjoyment of putting all the components together yourself, then simply to ensure you're getting high quality parts at the best possible price.
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You may remember the tangerine terror that was the Acer Predator. Well, that was the 2008 model. The 2010 model has now been revealed, and while it drops the "tangerine", it certainly retains the "terror".
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We've spoken of the Acer Predator gaming PC previously. Mostly on account of its gorgeous, Patlabor-meets-Transformers aesthetics. Today, we write about it on a more serious note. Because some Predators are melting themselves to death.
Yes, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, "The insulation on…
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This is Acer's new dedicated gaming PC, the "Predator". I could tell you the specs (Intel Core 2 Extreme, Nvidia nForce 780i SLI, 8GB memory), but really, that's not why we're here. We're here for that case. That ridiculous, completely unnecessary, completely awesome case that looks more like a writhing Patlabor…
