Barely two weeks after my post about the Aspire Revo being available in Malaysia comes news that it has dropped by RM 100 in price, and there’s now a free HDMI cable (used for connecting the Aspire Revo to an LCD/plasma TV/monitor) thrown in as well, with a reputed value of RM 99, so in effect, the price has dropped by almost RM 200. Surprising indeed – I didn’t know the Revo was selling so badly in Malaysia that they had to resort to drastic measures in an attempt to clear stocks!
In case you’re still in the dark about what I’m talking about, the Aspire Revo is a nettop – an all-in-one, sans the monitor, from Acer. It has an Atom processor, similar to the ones found in today’s netbooks. It also has an nVidia ION chipset which processes graphics much better than those lame integrated Intel solutions typically found on netbooks. So, it should be able to play back high definition (1280 x 720 pixels), as well as “true” high definition videos at 1920 x 1080 pixels just fine, compared to netbooks which will have a problem playing back 1080p HD video. It should also be able to support some games playing, though not those which are graphically very intensive.
I wonder if the Revo comes with a qualifying free upgrade to Windows 7 later this year. As far as I know, the Vista Premium product is a qualifying one for other vendors; pity the advertisement doesn’t say. If it qualifies for free, then I think this is a pretty good deal!
At this price, I’m very tempted to get one for myself actually. My old desktop passed on some time ago and it’s time I got a replacement, maybe to do my light video rendering work for my videos for this blog – I just wonder if this will cut it? No hope of getting a review unit I’m afraid – I’ve asked Acer Malaysia many times, but no matter how much I grovel and beg, it hasn’t made them budge from their stand that I am not worthy to review their products…sigh…
If you’re interested, the advertisement is in today’s Star newspaper, page N30.
