The Acer Nettop computer system with an Atom 330 (Dual Core) processor, 160G HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and 2G of RAM.
This was the first HTPC configured for a client.
This was the first HTPC configured for a client.
The Acer set-up was as painful as ever - all the "trialware", toolbars and subsequent constant barking to register was the same as it was for the Aspire One Netbook - Apart from it taking an age to complete.
The plan is to swap out the HDD for 500G and do a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit. This should then result in 490G of usable disc space (the Acer install on the 160G drive only gives you 131G before you add any programs of your own!) [Actually a 640G hard drive was installed]
The access to the hard drive and memory is not as straight-forward as its Netbook brothers but there is a You Tube video that shows you how to open the case (a pity about the comments on it though - it really does highlight the marginal value of "social media" - allow comments and you get input from those that have nothing to add about the subject and use the opportunity to post about the iPad and ask questions about Netbooks)If you need instructions on how to upgrade this computer and/or how to perform a clean install of Windows 7 please drop me a line.
The Revo is now being used to access the BBC iPlayer and other Office uses.
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acer revo vt-x bios - 7 Aug 2010 - The Intel Atom 330 does not feature VT-x - so there is no point in looking for a BIOS option to turn it on!
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I now see that there is a 500G HDD version with 4G of RAM available.
This could be an alternative to having to dismantle the Revo - not a task for the faint of heart!
The clean install sounds like a good move as all the Acer crap really does need to be removed.
Also, I saw a whole bunch of small Acer desktops at a local TigerDirect. They were just about the same size as the Revo (maybe slightly bigger as they had a DVD drive built-in). The salesman said that they weren't for sale (too basic for peoples needs - were the words that he used!) It seems to me that they would be "just the ticket" for most users - especially those that don't care about making a fashion statement!
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