Acer Announced its first Nvidia Ion Based Nettop

Seems like Acer is on fire this month. They have yet announced another launch of its new and first Nvidia Ion based nettop known as the Aspire Revo.For those of you who dont know what exactly a Nettop is, here’s a brief definition of it. It is a type of mini desktop or small form factor computer designed for performing basic computation tasks such as surfing the Internet, accessing web-based applications and rich internet applications, document processing and audio/video playback etc. It’s more like a portable computer that you can carry around with you on your trip.

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The Atom seems to have outgrown its earlier ‘minor’ status and has now become a major computing support for the netbook platform, which was interestingly non-existent just over a year ago. The new Aspire Revo is a feasible opton for anyone who is on the look out for a reasonably powerful machine which really doesn’t cost much.

Powered by Atom 1.6GHz chip, the Aspire Revo can’t be underestimated when it comes to the capability of the Ion chipset that this Acer supports. Instead of the plain Jane 945G series chipset and GMA 950 graphics that usual nettops and netbooks have, the addition of Nvidia’s Ion GPU lends the Revo never-before-seen capabilities experienced on an Atom-powered device.

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It is also capable of supporting 7.1 channel audio,. 1080p video and Vista with all the Aero jazz. In addition to that Revo can support up to 4GB of RAM and comes with a 250GB hard drive. It also supports SSDs as well. Furthermore, it features a memory card readers, 6 usb ports and is priced at only $300 mark.