Desktop PCs are powerful and inexpensive, but most are also huge, and not everybody has the room for a huge plastic monolith under their desk.

One solution is to buy a laptop, but these are usually far more expensive, less powerful and less comfortable to work on for long periods of time. For the best of both worlds you need a small desktop computer - and here's one at a low price.

Today we've found and Acer Aspire X1300 Small Form Factor (that's jargon-speak for "small") desktop PC for just £250. It has a dual core processor, 2GB of memory and a 320GB hard disk, and can be upgraded to Windows 7. And, of course, there's a decent discount: £50 off the list price. Click the jump for details.