
Acer has begun offering its mega-desktop replacement, the Aspire 9800, which features a 20.1-inch widescreen display. The company is aiming for students or small home office workers who are looking for a combination of productivity and entertainment. As such, it says the Aspire 9800–which it said in a statement starts at $2,799–has the chops for graphics design or to display high-definition movies, including a high-definition DVD-ROM drive, dual hard drives and a Nvidia graphics processor. The Aspire 9800’s 20.1-inch widescreen–which is 36 percent larger than a 17-inch widescreen, according to the company–offers a pixel resolution of 1,680 by 1,050, otherwise known as WSXGA+.