Acer launched a PC Tuesday that attempts to bring PC-class performance to Atom-processor-based PCs. The Acer AspireRevo, about the size of a hardcover book, combines Nvidia graphics with the Intel Atom processor. The Acer AspireRevo is the first Atom-based PC from a major PC supplier to use Nvidia's Ion chipset that packs GeForce 9400M graphics, the same graphics used in the Apple 13-inch MacBook and MacBook Air. By design, Atom is a more power frugal and, concomitantly, slower processor than Intel's mainstream Core 2 chip architecture. [Read more...]
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