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Acer Aspire Revo R3600 Desktop PC (Intel Atom N230 1.6 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)
See it at Amazon.co.uk for £219.99Average Customer Rating
(3.5 out of 5)
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + Share14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
Very compact and silent PC
(4 out of 5) by DANIELWILKINSON on Aug 14, 2009 (UK)I got this for my mum and have installed Windows 7 on it as is much better than the Vista OS supplied. All drivers are found but you will have to download the latest ION drivers from NVidia.
Overall this unit is very small, sleek and silent. But underpowered. The 1.6Ghz Atom processor really strains under everyday computing conditions, its 'ok' for Word 2007 and Internet Explorer 8, just dont expect too much performance (gaming) and you wont be upset.
I'm thinking about getting one of these to use as a media player as it has a HDMI port, perfect for plugging into my hdtv for divx and BBC iPlayer duties.
Overall this unit is very small, sleek and silent. But underpowered. The 1.6Ghz Atom processor really strains under everyday computing conditions, its 'ok' for Word 2007 and Internet Explorer 8, just dont expect too much performance (gaming) and you wont be upset.
I'm thinking about getting one of these to use as a media player as it has a HDMI port, perfect for plugging into my hdtv for divx and BBC iPlayer duties.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Crippled by McFee
(5 out of 5) by D. Payne on Sep 3, 2009 (England)Dump the pre-loaded McFee and it will be transformed. I nearly returned it because it was so slow, but after uninstalling McFee and some of the other junkware that comes preinstalled it is great. It runs Vista just fine and no complaints about responsiveness. What a fantastic little unit - good looking, unobtrusive and a fine addition to my five-machine home network. I replaced a Popcorn Hour with it because I was tired of the hassle of having to be a geek to get anything to work. Now I have another full Vista (upgraded to windows 7) machine on the network that I can remote desktop manage like all the other (expensive!) high performance machines. Love it, buy one.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Cracking machine for cheap HD playback
(5 out of 5) by Mr. A. R. Pope on Aug 17, 2009 (Farnborough, Hampshire, UK)I bought one of these to sit in the bedroom as a media playback machine. Running Ubuntu and Boxee it plays 720p and 1080p video perfectly. I watch BBC iPlayer on it full screen, full speed with no issue.
Only omission is bluetooth, but bluetooth dongles are super cheap, so that's not a major issue.
Only omission is bluetooth, but bluetooth dongles are super cheap, so that's not a major issue.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Small, quiet but underpowered
(4 out of 5) by Amandeep S Madra on Aug 31, 2009Describing itself as a net-top computer it does that task perfectly well. It's perfect for running windows explorer to surf the web.
It is however underpowered for any other use and painfully slow - even the boot up sequence takes over two minutes.
It's size and design mark it out from the rest of the pack and mounted on the back of a monitor this net-top computer is invisible on your desk.
It is however underpowered for any other use and painfully slow - even the boot up sequence takes over two minutes.
It's size and design mark it out from the rest of the pack and mounted on the back of a monitor this net-top computer is invisible on your desk.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
HD playback and games
(5 out of 5) by Peter Aaen on Jul 30, 2009Great little unit. Used in the lounge to watch HD movies and I've manages to load call of duty 4 and runs smoothly. However, needs to be at 640p but nevertheless still great value for money. Also, great that its out of sight as its mounted behind my LCD.