Acer Aspire Revo SFF NVIDIA Ion PC

Name: Acer Aspire Revo SFF NVIDIA Ion PC - Page 2
Brand: Acer

by Marco Chiappetta — Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 09:01 AM EDT

The NVIDIA Ion-based Acer Aspire Revo has a streamlined appearance, with somewhat of a wedge shape. The exterior enclosure is comprised of two white plastic panels with dark blue textured inserts, that snap together to encase the system's internals.

If we take a tour around the Acer Aspire Revo, you can see the white frame and blue inserts. Along what we consider the top edge of the system, you can see the machine's sloped power button, two of its USB ports (one is under a rubber cover, just below the power button), and an array of ventilation holes that line up with the sole active cooler within the system.

Along the front face of the Acer Aspire Revo, the system's integrated flash card reader is visible, adjacent to color coded headphone and microphone jacks, and an eSATA port. On the opposite side of the unit, from left to right in the image above, you can see the Revo's power receptacle (the machine uses a small power brick, like most notebooks), VGA and HDMI outputs, RJ45 LAN jack, and four more USB 2.0 ports.

The underside of the Revo doesn't house any more ports, but there is another array of ventilation holes, and a slot for the system's stand. The stand consists of nothing more than an oval-shaped, piece of acrylic, with an anti-skid rubber pad. The stand simply snaps into the bottom of the system should you want to keep it standing upright. While it did its job just fine, and the Revo never tipped over during use, we did find the stand to fit rather loosely in its slot, which resulted in a somewhat wobbly system. The Revo is so lightweight though, we doubt this will be an issue. The rigidity of a VGA or HDMI cable is almost enough to keep the Revo upright, even without the stand.

Tags: SFF, Atom, Acer, HTPC, Revo

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com