Acer launches cheap PC in India at a price of Rs 20,999

India is a growing market when it comes to internet usage and PC penetration. There is a lot of scope for PC manufacturers to setup a base here and sell computers in huge numbers. However, being a price conscious market, cheap personal computing products are big in demand. And to meet this, Acer has now announced a Personal Computer with a price tag of Rs 20,999.

Acer is one of the world’s top five branded PC vendors and their Acer Power 290 series PC for the SMB market comes powered by Intel’s Pentium 4 processor technology with 64-bit technology. The Acer Power 290 uses the Pentium 4 processor 2.66 GHz (1 MB L2 cache, 533 MHz FSB) 910 GL chipset.

It comes with system memory of 128 MB DDR RAM, which is further upgradeable to 2 GB. Hard disk capacity is 40 GB IDE Hard Drive @ 7200 RPM. Acer Power 290 has an integrated 10/100 Network Integrated Card (NIC), 52 X CD ROM, PS/2 Acer black 104 keys keyboard, black PS/2 optic al mouse, 15” CRT black monitor and on board sound and graphics

A statement from the company on this product said: “Using the Linux Operating system, the distinctive feature of the Acer Power 290, apart from having the latest Intel 64-bit technology for power-packed performance, is the lifetime anti virus from E Trust. It is available at Rs 20,999 with a one-year onsite warranty.”