Acer tends to pull out the eMachines brand name when it’s got a cheap product to sell. And the eMachines eM350 is no exception. While the cheapest Acer Aspire One netbook with an Intel Atom N450 processor has a list price of about $300, the eMachines eM350 goes for $280. Sure, $20 might not seem like a big difference, but…

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Acer subsidiary eMachines introduced a new mini-desktop in New Zealand this week called the ER1401. I couldn’t find any mention of it in the US, and for good reason: Here the nettop is called the eMachines ER1402 — and it’s already available for $299.99 from Amazon. I got a chance to check out an ER1402 demo unit at an event…

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At first glance, the eMachines ER1401 looks like a version of the Acer Aspire Revo nettop with rounder edges. But look under the hood, and you’ll find that the ER1401 has a rather unique set of components. Acer owns the eMachines brand, and while most of Acer’s nettops have Intel Atom processors and either integrated Intel graphics or an NVIDIA…

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The eMachines EM250 first made a huge splash when Walmart offered the netbook for $228 the day after Christmas. That deal is done and gone, but the EM250 is still one of the cheapest mini-laptops around, with a price tag of about $280. A number of Liliputing readers have left feedback about the laptop, and most of it’s been pretty…

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Acer’s eMachines EZ 1600 is an all-in-one desktop PC with the same 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor found in most netbooks. It also packs an 18.5 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, 802.11b/g WiFi, and a DVD-RW drive. It’s not exactly a a powerhouse, but it sells for as little as $379.99. If you’re looking for a cheap desktop computer…

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I think we need a new name for all-in-one PCs. Because there’s a whole new crop of these iMac-esque computer-in-a-monitor style desktops that are based on the same idea as netbooks. No, they’re not necessarily smaller than traditional all-in-ones. But they’re cheaper, use less power, and generally don’t provide the same kind of performance you would expect from a more…

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Last night Acer unveiled about 20 new devices at a press event in New Jersey. I already told you about the upcoming AspireRevo nettop which bundles an Intel Atom CPU with an NVIDIA GPU for better graphics performance. Now that the dust has settled, some more information about Acer’s new products is coming out. There’s not a lot of information…

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