New Ion-based desktop from Acer looks kinda cool

[Ben Tex]

Check it out.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/home-theater/?p=622

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/acer-launches-first-nvidia-ion-based-nettop-aspirerevo/

I'm still not sure about the Atom, but it looks like an interesting design. It also has HDMI out of the box. I don't see anything on the price though. ZDNet is guessing around the $500 mark. I would rather have one of the new Mac minis at that price, but it still looks like an interesting product. I bet it does well if the reviews are good.

[hackersmovie]

More importantly it is using the nvidia ion GPU which means easily output 1080p!!!!

I wouldn't scoff at the Atom CPU. My Wind has the 1.6Ghz Atom CPU and it runs quite nicely at 1.983Ghz! (I've overclocked it by 24%) It handles regular video playback quite nicely and I almost always have about 8 apps running at any one time with no hiccups.
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[CaliforniaMini]

If it comes with the ability to load OSX onto it, I would definitely consider this over another Mini in the living room.
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[Smithcraft]

Acer has had some interesting designs in the past with their Altos servers(I should have snagged that one from the bin!). Hopefully this will turn out pretty nice.

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Make sure it has pins!

[Aargh-a-Knot]

Well it does look nice, but this thing falls short in a few places...

1- Why they went with the single-core Atom 230 instead of the dual core Atom 330, I have no idea.

2- VGA out? What's the point of having a box that can push 1080p, but then be limited to analog output? I guess just to save a few $. Hopefully, they will have options.

This is only the first to be slated for release, so I expect we'll see some better offerings that use the Ion platform by the end of the year. Once you get up into the $500+ range, however, it's hard to compete with the Mac Mini as far as performance goes on a small box like this.

It is sexy though.

[g5g5]

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