I really like netbooks and the idea of a nettop for the average computer user is sound. Most people can do everything they want in an office or online with a low-powered and energy efficient nettop. For business with lots of computers, the power savings these machines provide can mean big savings on electricity.

Acer has announced a new nettop system aimed at the business user called the Veriton N260G Nettop. The machine has a retractable stand for vertical freestanding or can be attached to the rear of an LCD. The machine runs Windows XP Pro and has Intel GMA 4500M graphics.

The brain of the little machine is an Intel Atom N280 paired with the Intel GN40 Express chipset. The system has 2GB of RAM and is upgradable to 4GB and storage is to a 160GB HDD. Other features include a memory card reader, six USB ports, and an HDMI out port. The machine also has integrated Wi-Fi and a PCI Express Mini 1.1 x1 slot.

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