Indeed. This model only came out at the end of August, and sold out 3 months stock in 1 month. The reason is pretty simply... I was sniffing around when the Optimus 3 was about thinking of purchasing because it was a good spec. But the improvements to the graphics chip, battery, chassis and sound for basically the same price made it an absolute no brainer.
This probably represents the best bang for your buck on PCS laptop wise and people are lapping it up. PCS are clearly surprised by the demand, but I'm not!