The Acer AspireRevo was a line of

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computers from Acer Inc., first released at the end of April 2009.Acer Aspire Revo - Ion available in Germany
2009-04-27, fudzilla.com, retrieved at 9 May 2009 It is one of the first desktop computers to pair the

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chipset with

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CPU. When the AspireRevo first launched, model R1600, its basic specs were an Intel Atom 230 processor (1.6 GHz), 1 GB of RAM and the NVIDIA ION graphics motherboard with

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. Since then, the models of this PC have been upgraded with the launch of

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. The R3600 model now features a single core Intel Atom 230 (64-bit, hyperthreading), 1 GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard-drive,

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Wi-Fi and Windows 7 Home Premium edition at $329.00 US. The higher-end model R3610 features a dual core Intel Atom 330, 2 GB of RAM, a 500 GB hard-drive,

Wi-Fi and Windows 7 Home Premium at $399.00 US. Both models feature the NVIDIA ION, as well as the RAM boost, DirectX 10 support of Windows 7, graphics and overall performance increases. Although not officially supported for reasons unknown,

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also runs well if installed. The combination of low power, relatively low price and support for hardware accelerated video make it suitable for many uses, including as a

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(HTPC) or Media Center — for example, running Kodi (formerly Xbox Media Center). The Acer Veriton models N260G, N270G, N281G and N282G are using the same small form factor case and partly identical hardware as the AspireRevo.

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{{Acer Inc. Nettop AspireRevo

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