As for the Acer Aspire XC, that's a small form-factor desktop with a more humble Core i3 2130 processor and up to 6GB of memory, paired with up to 1TB of storage. HDMI and up to eight USB 2.0 ...

Acer asking for a starting price of $649.99 for the ME Series while the XC kicks off at $399.99. Both drop on leading U.S. retailers Oct. 26 and each comes with a one-year warranty.