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| Acer Aspire Revo R3610 Desktop PC (Intel Atom 330, 1.6 GHz, 2048MB RAM, 250GB HD, LAN WLAN, Windows 7 Home Premium, Integrated Graphics Plus Wireless Keyboard and Mouse |
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Acer Aspire Revo R3610 Desktop PC (Intel Atom 330, 1.6 GHz, 2048MB RAM, 250GB HD, LAN WLAN, Windows 7 Home Premium, Integrated Graphics Plus Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
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| Product Details |
ISBN/ASIN: B002TI42YG
Release Date: 2009-11-13
Average Rating: 
Media: Electronics
Audience Rating:
Product Group: CE
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| Product Description |
| Acer ASPIRE R3610 ATOM33016G 250GB 2GB NOOPT W7HP 92NVEYZUNN Desktops Desktops and Tower PC |
| Customer Reviews: Average Rating: 4.0/5 | | Very nice product (silent): Rating: 5/5 |
Great product silent pretty fast, comes with win 7 64 bit and a lot of extra software you don't need. Uninstalled almost all that and put Microsoft Security Essentials for anti virus protection(light weight). Another important note is you need to update all your windows drivers and install CoreAVC codecs to be able to play smoothly 720p and 1080p video. Some videos play nice with VLC 1.1(which has hardware acceleration built in), mostly I use Gome or Windows media player.
Keyboard has a cheap feel to it keys are made of plastic and are quite loud when you type.
| | Great little desktop: Rating: 4/5 |
| So long as you realise this is not meant for heavy duty applications and you want something to use for surfing, viewing media and basic office type work, this is a great buy and great value. Works well with wondows 7 too which is the first decent OS from microsoft in an age. | | Very good for its price and size: Rating: 4/5 |
I think this is a case of "you get is what you pay for". Don't expect the world from this mini PC because on some fronts it won't deliver. In other words, this is not a gaming PC..!!! I brought one to use as a media centre in my living room, to replace 2 freeview boxes and an ageing LiteOn PVR.
2 things to note: The dongle for the wireless keyboard and mouse is found in the battery compartment of the mouse. You need to dig it out and bung it in one of the many USB ports. Nowhere in the documentation does it say anything about the elusive dongle, so shame on you Acer.
2nd, this PC is NOT whisper quiet. Come on, it's a PC and needs cooling. So yes, there is audible fan noise. This does vary depending on how much work the little fellow is doing. But I would say it's not excessive.
3rd, As mentioned by other reviewers there is an awful lot of c##p pre-loaded on the machine. And you will spend a good 30 mins removing all the unwanted junk. Ho hum.
Lots of people have slagged off the quality of the mouse and keyboard, and fair enough, you wouldn't want to use them for word processing or another other heavy duty work. But for my purposes they are fine. And the keyboard is compact enough to tuck away when not needed. I know some people have mentioned connection problems with the keyboard and mouse, but I've not had any issues.... apart from not being able to find the dongle in the first place :)
Performance-wise, this little machine kicks. I've got mine plugged into my new 40" Sony HD TV via the hdmi port and brought a cheap (£40) AVerTV Volar Black HD TV tuner from PC World. I tried AVerTV's own PVR package, as well as GB-PVR (which I had read good things about), but in the end found that Windows 7's own Windows Media Centre to be the best option. Very easy to use, the interface is fantastic and the general usage experience is better.
So bottom line is:
I would totally recommend this as a media centre, with the addition of a TV tuner and maybe a large external hard drive.
Could well be used as a general business PC with a better keyboard and mouse.
But NOT as a gaming machine, unless you are into older games (EG. Half life, Quake, Unreal Tournament 2004 etc).
Hope this has been useful. | | Ace: Rating: 5/5 |
| Great PC for the price. Didn't realise it was going to be so small. You can fit it onto the back of your monitor. I love it. | | BRILLIANT!: Rating: 4/5 |
This system is great for any basic use, and is absolutely silent and tiny, as well as being reasonably powerful.
The only niggle I had was with standby. After it's been on for a while, if I try to put it to standby, I get a blue screen, but I can work around that.
Highly recommended to ANYONE! | |
