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Inexpensive Back-to-School Laptops and Desktops from AMD

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Posted on 7/25/2010 21:17 EST

AMD has been strutting its stuff, just in time for back-to-school shopping. Digitaltrends.com reviews several cheap AMD-powered laptops and desktops, sold by the likes of HP, Acer, and Sony, and gives a thumbs up for performance and price.

"AMD had a press event earlier this week in San Francisco, where it showed off its new consumer laptop and desktop PCs from vendors like HP, Dell, Acer and Sony. Traditionally, at an AMD event, you see a bunch of inexpensive desktop computers, maybe one nice Acer Ferrari laptop, and a bunch of relatively ugly products. This clearly wasn't a traditional event. Acer showed off three desktop computers, two all-in-ones, and around 14 laptops, none of which were dogs, with prices ranging from $350 for a higher-performance, netbook-sized laptop, to a $1,299 gaming notebook. Interestingly enough, both were from Acer..."
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