| Acer Aspire Revo R3600 Desktop PC (Intel Atom N230 1.6 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, Vista Home Premium) | 
| Brand: Acer
Category: CE
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 15,276
Platform: Windows Vista Home Premium
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.6
Dimensions (in): 15.3 x 9.1 x 5.2
MPN: 92.G1EYZ.UFP
Model: 92.G1EYZ.UFP
EAN: 4718235915896
ASIN: B0028QSIY4
Release Date: May 7, 2009
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 Cracking machine for cheap HD playback August 17, 2009
Mr. A. R. Pope (Farnborough, Hampshire, UK)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
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.
Ideal media centre PC - especially the price December 10, 2009
N. Rose
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I am really pleased with this computer. It's a doddle to set up, sits out of sight behind by TV and is so quiet.
To get the best out of it, remove all the unnecessary software which comes with it (especially McAfee). Install the latest drivers from the NVIDIA website, then install Media Player Classic Home Cinema (free) to watch video files in HD. To get the best out of iPlayer (including watching it in streaming HD), install the new Adobe Flash 10.1 - the built-in graphic accelerator removes the jitters you get with previous versions of Flash.
Once you have changed it is great November 16, 2009
nethead (england)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A great computer when you get rid of Macefee security (replaced by AVG) and add Windows 7 that gives you the speed of a standard desk top. It is very quiet and power-consumption friendly, it looks good too. It is the sort of hardware that makes friends envious as they stub their toe on a 3stone desk stop they can not lift on to the table. I like the HDMI link straight into your TV and all diverse input points but you will need an external DVD drive if you want to make the most of it. I bought an LG DVD reader and 20 times writer for £41. A bargin.
Crippled by McFee September 3, 2009
D. Payne (England)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
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.
Well done February 16, 2010
Jack CH (Antrim, Northern Ireland)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great machine that works well within its remit ie HD and movie playback and Vista capable at an affordable price.
As a second computer setup +/- media center to go with my LCD tv, it does very well. The Experience Nvidia clip was probably the first HD content it has shown and my daughter squealed when the collie came on in HD. It is silent and small and will fit into a shoebox several times over. I researched the market for a small media pc and this ticked all the boxes. Style and unobstrusiveness combined is a bonus.
It also should do well as a first pc, especially if word processing and internet acccess is a priority. I bought this for my Dad just for this purpose and he is going to be finally transported to the 21st century after plugging away for years on his ancient computer.
If you have a VGA monitor/ LCD, you are ready to go. You may have to adjust resolutions if using LCD. The mouse supplied with the bundle is generic, the keyboard is similar to the sony button type.
Setting up the pc is fairly easy, although you should press the corner of the power button till there is a clunk rather than the top. That gave me a big scare and brought visions about returns. I had no trouble with vista and its aeroglass feature worked without any problems. And of course it recognised my internet signal when hooking up. I haven't activated its software yet, preferring to download some comparable freeware which works well.
Its sitting under my tv until Dad shows up, then it will be sorely missed!
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