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Acer's AMD Based Budget Laptop

Monday October 5, 2009
Acer Aspire 5536 Budget Laptop PC
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AMD originally positioned itself as a budget competitor to Intel's dominant position in the PC market. Acer, looking to drive down prices of the already tight market, has elected to use an AMD processor in their latest low cost laptop system. Can a system with an AMD processor and a price tag typically under $500 really compete against similarly configured Intel laptops? Find out in my review of the Acer Aspire 5536 budget laptop.

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