Ion-based Acer Hornet nettop features Wii-like gaming

The little Acer Hornet nettop is hot and now there's some more information available on it. Firstly, let's talk about its most appealing feature that is the "Media Center" version which comes packaged with a Wii-like remote that can be used for gaming as well as media control and it supports 1080p video playback over HDMI. The specs are quite good, the basic model comes with an Atom N230 with 1GB of RAM and an 80GB drive preloaded with Vista Home Basic. If you'd like to step up to the higher end models, they will feature 2GB of RAM, a 160GB drive, and a "Boxshell" quickboot OS in addition to Vista Home Premium. Add a diamond-shaped chassis and an ultra quiet sub-26dB operation to all the features, and you have a killer little device. The price will be somewhere between $149-$299.