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We have collected and analysed 19 expert reviews and 11 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 80/100 and users rate it 87/100. The average review date is 01-08-2009. We have compared these reviews to 298668 reviews from other Desktop Computers. The alaScore™ for this product is 88/100 = Very good. Last update: 02-06-2025.
Expert review by : Alan Dexter (techradar.com)
Take one netbook CPU, sprinkle on a little Nvidia magic and then sit back and relax…
Nvidia Ion ; Better Atom performance ; Good 1080p video
Slow performance on Windows
Quite possibly the best media box released so far, if only the blasted consoles didn't exist…
Expert review by : Iain (tracyandmatt.co.uk)
As Matt said in his unboxing, the Acer Aspire Revo is an ultra small form factor PC. It's a combination of the Intel N230 CPU and the NVidia 9400M GPU, offering high video performance in this small package. You can see Matt's...
1080p video playback ; small form factor ; low power consumption
poor hard drive speed ; design quirks could be very annoying in daily use
Expert review by : Joe Minihane (electricpig.co.uk)
The Acer Aspire Revo might be a mere nettop. But this little bundle of PC joy crams in NVIDIA's Ion chipset and a HDMI port, meaning one thing only: gorgeous full HD pics beamed straight from your Aspire Revo to your slick HD TV. Throw in an Intel...
Video quality, low price, plenty of room
No optical drive, no DVI port
A cheap, stylish way to get hi–def pics on your HD TV
Expert review by : Paul Miller (engadget.com)
We've been thrilling to the ride of Acer's Ion-powered AspireRevo for a couple of weeks now, and despite its diminutive size and price tag, there's plenty to talk about. The model we tested included an Atom 230 processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 250GB...
Cheap ; Great graphics for the price ; Nice form factor
Disparity between gaming and basic tasks ; External disc drive doubles the footprint ; Bad Flash playback
Expert review by : Joel Santo Domingo (pcmag.com)
With the Acer AspireRevo, we take a look into the future of cheap computing.
Compact. Works with Blu-ray. DX10 3D support. Quiet. Energy-efficient.
Still slow compared with desktop PCs. Occasional glitches. CUDA apps don't help ATI or Intel GPU, so they aren't directly comparable.
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Expert review by : Aditya Nag (pcworld.in)
A decent tiny form factor desktop which comes with Nvidia ION graphics.
Tiny, slim ; Good performance ; Nice feature set ; Nvidia ION graphics
Under-powered processor
A decent tiny form factor desktop which comes with Nvidia ION graphics.
Expert review by : Paul Thurrott (winsupersite.com)
The Acer AspireRevo is a tiny, inexpensive desktop PC with netbook innards. But if it doesn't perform well enough to handle common desktop applications or home theater, what's the point?
I'll reserve any final judgment on this thing until I can get some more RAM going, but for now the Acer AspireRevo just doesn't cut it as a secondary computer or a home theater digital media streamer. Even if you could make it work in either scenario...
Expert review by : Roydon Cerejo (techtree.com)
Big performance in a small package
Expert review by : Vincent Chang (hardwarezone.com)
NVIDIA has done a great job selling its Ion platform to the media. But there had been doubts over whether vendors would support it. This uncertainty has been dispelled with the first Ion based system to hit the streets, the Acer AspireRevo.
Expert review by : Marco Chiappetta (computerpoweruser.com)
Nvidia's Ion platform, which couples Intel's low-power Atom processor to an Nvidia chipset with integrated DX10-class graphics, has been generating a ton of buzz since it was officially unveiled at this year's CES. Despite the excitement surrounding...
The Revo’s Atom 230 processor runs at 1.6GHz, with 2GB of DDR2-800 and, of course, the Ion. Generally, the Revo offers performance in line with most other Atom-powered netbooks/nettops. But in situations where the Ion GPU comes into play, the Revo...
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