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Acer's latest low-key business machine features a small profile, but hides a modestly powerful hardware package to keep multitaskers humming along productively.

Taiwan’s Acer may have built up a slightly flashy reputation with its line of Ferrari-branded laptops along with the recently released Aspire Gemstone series and Aspire Predator gaming PC, but its latest entry in the desktop realm is surprisingly tame, plain, and utilitarian. The Veriton S461 means business, quite literally.

While no one will mistake the machine for a Transformer or alien incubator on your desk, its unremarkable design is part of the appeal. The slim black and silver case would fit into just about any environment, it’s small enough to tuck in the corner of a desk, and Acer claims its low-noise design will keep it from making a racket in an otherwise quiet office.

The machine carries Intel’s latest Core 2 Duo processor inside, along with 2GB of DDR2 memeory, an 80GB SATA II drive, and Intel’s GMA 3100 media accelerator as well, for multi-tasking business users. And to stay in tip-top running shape, it can be configured to automatically run IT updates, virus scans and real-time data feeds run in the background.

The Veriton S461 is available now in North America through Acer resellers with a relatively reasonable price tag of $549, which includes a three-year warranty.