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Acer AspireRevo AR1600-U910H Black/White Desktop PC (Windows XP Home) | 
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| Brand: Acer
Category: Personal Computer
Buy New: $399.88
New (1) Refurbished (1) from $194.80
Rating:  93 reviews
Sales Rank: 479
Color: Black/White
Media: Personal Computers
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3
Processors: 1
System Bus Speed: 533
System Memory: 1
Memory Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 160
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Modem: None
Free Memory Slots: 2
USB Ports: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.8
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 1.2 x 7.1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: PT.SCL05.004
Model: AR1600-U910H
UPC: 099802262044
EAN: 0099802262044
ASIN: B002O3W44Q
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1.6GHz Intel Atom 230 Processor | | • | 1024 MB DDR2 Memory, Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader | | • | 160 GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, No Optical Drive included | | • | Integrated NVIDIA ION LE Graphics, 6 USB 2.0 Ports, VGA & HDMI ports, | | • | Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3, USB Keyboard & Mouse |
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Product Description
Acer AspireRevo 1600-U910H Nettop Intel Atom 230 1.60 GHz - 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM - 160 GB - Gigabit Ethernet - Windows XP Home
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 93
 Second W7MC HTPC plus soooo much more October 29, 2009
B. Adair (New Mexico)
52 out of 55 found this review helpful
This is my third Nvidia Ion setup and I am rather suprised. My other two setups are Atom 330s (which does run a bit faster) not Atom 230s so I was a little apprehensive. I purchased this unit as a second HTPC to hook to a 1080i/720p 36" LCD in our loft. My main HTPC has all of the music, recorded tv, and movies on it's hard drives. I purchased this unit to stream video to over my Home Group (Windows 7 lingo for your secure home network). To start I registered the unit and upgraded it to Windows 7 Home x64 with one of my upgrades from a family pack. This can be easily done by copying the setup disk to an external hard drive and making the drive active. Then just change the bootup options in the BIOS (DEL key) to "Boot from USB" and the rest is a snap. Don't forget to switch it back after your it's first restart. There are detailed instructions on the web if you need help. I upgraded the memory to 2gb for $18 which again was very easy. I really had to search to determine the memory setup out of the box for this unit. It comes with 1gb (all on one SODIMM card) of PC2 DDR2 800 memory. So the upgrade was just an additional 1gb SODIMM card. It took 5 minutes. I also changed the BIOS setting to use 512k of the memory for the GPU instead of 256k. While in the BIOS I set my computer to automatically bootup at 7:00 am. This is one of the big advantages of using an Ion setup, it uses so little power (less than 30 watts) so that you can leave it on all day. Of course, it drops into sleep mode (SP3) when not in use and I turn it off myself at night. I also added a 1gb flash drive and set it up to be used as a FAT32 Ready Boost drive for caching. Just helps it to run a little faster. So my total setup to a Windows 7 Media Center was about $80 and well worth it. It works great on my TV and streams all my content easily over my Gigabit wired home network. With the coming release of Flash 10.1 this system will have no problem with web based HD also. I didn't try 32 bit Windows 7 so I can't say much about it. And this system has to have the extra 1gb to run 64 bit. It is realllllllly slow without it. I did also order a media center remote control for $25 which works great. Get an external DVD drive (or Blu-ray drive), an external data source, and a wireless keyboard/mouse combo (I was perfectly fine with the wired version it comes with since my kids will trash it anyway)and you have a very good computer for very little money. These systems have no problem with web surfing or MS Office 2007 so they make great kid/dorm computers. Also, I have no problems with the HDMI output to a Visio LCD. Enjoy!
So far, so good November 1, 2009
Fieldhouse (Dundee, Oregon USA)
29 out of 31 found this review helpful
I purchased the Aspire Revo R1600 for the sole purpose of replacing my original Xbox running XBMC. It appears to be very capable and has met all of the expectations I had. Hardware accelerated graphics on XBMC Live via VDPAU is working great. Content that used to choke the original Xbox and even the AppleTV running XBMC works flawlessly on the R1600. I did swap out the single stick of memory for a matched pair of SODIMMs but I actually installed slower DDR2-667 memory instead of the DDR2-800 that originally came with it because that's what I had lying around. PassMark performance tests showed a single module of the DDR2-667 to be almost exactly the same speed as the stock DDR2-800 and the two DDR2-667's definitely blew the single -800 away.
PassMark scores are actually lower on Windows 7 than they were on the default XP build but Windows 7 is much snappier than XP. I am using the 512 MB video memory setting in BIOS to boost the video performance but you wouldn't want to do that if you only had 1GB RAM installed.
The only complaint I have is that the box is so new Acer doesn't have any documentation online and the VESA monitor mount is nowhere to be found. I'd buy one if someone had them for sale but Acer doesn't even list them on their website so I don't even have a part number.
The R3600 / R3610 comes with a wireless keyboard and mouse but the mouse and keyboard included with the R1600 are very small and unobtrusive. I currently have the box configured to boot off a 4gb usb thumb drive straight into XBMC Live and only have a IR receiver attached - keyboard and mouse stored in a drawer just in case. The article on lifehacker sums things up pretty well - you almost don't need to dig through the xbmc or avsforums threads to get things up and running.
Size-wise the R1600 is thinner and lighter than the AppleTV. The pictures are deceptive because the keyboard and mouse, while smaller than "normal" are also angled oddly in the picture. The keyboard is actually about four inches wider than the R1600.
The case comes apart easily after removing a single screw on one side - just fit your fingers in the groove between the light and dark colored plastic pieces and gently pull, working your way around each of the sides until the side comes off. An integrated IR port would have been nice but for $199 I'm not going to complain.
Great 2nd PC especially as Home Theater PC (HTPC) January 9, 2010
J. Bernauer (Tampa, FL)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Pros: HDMI, eSATA, SD reader, ION graphics, expandable up to 4GB of RAM!!! Quiet fan, Solid stand when installed properly (listen for the click)!!!
Win XP - yes, this is a PRO
Runs Netflix instant movies perfectly, Hulu is slightly choppy, but 100% better than the netbook this replaces. I suspect wireless was the major issue on the netbook and the ION graphics improves over the Intel GMA950 too. Runs Office perfectly, surfs the web perfectly. Plays flash games perfectly. Basically, this PC does 90% of the things computers are used for perfectly. HDMI audio plays fine on my Sharp LCD.
No need for a CD drive. Either use a USB thumb drive OR network to your Primary PC workhorse's drive.
Cons: Cover is difficult to remove, but not impossible. It just takes some patience.
Substantial bloatware (junk software & trial games). McAfee AV makes this thing crawl at a snails pace. That was the first to go and speed improved dramatically. Dumped the Carbonite and Winlocker junk too. Each of the trial version games has to be removed individually. After removing all that I put Advanced System Care and AVG on to clean it up and keep it clean.
Other Thoughts: This is not a PC for editing audio/video or gaming and anyone who complains about that is an idiot for buying this PC. (Many found on other sites) All of the negative reviews of this PC are from people who didn't research before buying... or tweaked them into oblivion. I'm a geek and I like to tweak things, but I don't see any reason to switch to Linux, Vista or even Win7 when XP is stable and familiar. For an HTPC this doesn't require any tweaking!
I will be adding some RAM when I get around to it, but I don't have any issues yet that require it.
This is a computer--XBOX is a gaming system. Apples and oranges... don't be swayed by reviews to the contrary. This is also a much better PC than the Lenovo Q100 (and others) for the same price... see Pros above.
The R3600 with Atom 330 is faster but also over $100 higher in price (like all PCs with the 330). Again, this is a great 2nd PC. If you need a faster processor than the 230, you need to use your Primary PC workhorse.
WOW November 26, 2009
Bryan P. Brentwood (Santa Rosa CA USA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I gotta tell you, this little pc is about the size of a linksys router.It just blows me away how small this is. Man, what a little power house! I hooked it up via hdmi to my 46 Panasonic for a little media pc. It loads faster than I expected. It has windows XP sp3, SD card reader, audio-mic ports in front, 4 USB ports in back. No optical drive. Were the heck would they put it!! There is a SATA port in the front to do a external, maybe a Blue Ray, or have a tandem hard drive. It is equipped with a 160GB with 1 GB RAM. As far as streaming video on sites like Hulu and Netflix, surprisingly the intel Atom processor doesn't skip a beat. For $199 this little pc gives a good bang for a buck.
Great Little Box for HTPC Use December 29, 2009
Gene Montgomery (Colorado)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought the Revo 1600 to run Ubuntu 9.10 and XBMC, and for that purpose it excels. It is connected to a Monoprice HDMI switch that is connected to an Onkyo TX-SR705 receiver, which is connected to a Sony KDS-60A3000 TV.
I booted into Windows only long enough to make sure the unit actually worked, but that was long enough to notice all the unnecessary programs it had pre-installed. Ubuntu loaded (from a USB flash drive) without a hitch.
Because my Revo is for HTPC purposes, I use the following with it:
1. IOGear USB 2.1 Bluetooth Micro Adapter GBU421
2. Logitech PlayStation 3 Cordless MediaBoard Pro (it's branded for PS3 use, but it works well with a PC)
3. Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote Control
In order to use the Harmony remote, I have a generic Media Center IR receiver connected to the Revo. It was necessary to install (and configure) lirc, which isn't installed by default with Ubuntu. The Logitech Harmony software includes support for Media Center remotes, so I had no problem getting the 880 to work with my setup.
I also added 2GB of memory to the unit (OCZ OCZ2M8002G PC2-6400 CL 5-5-5-15 DDR2 800MHz SODIMM 2GB Module). After installing the additional memory (thanks for the picture on how to open the case!), I changed the memory allocated to the GPU to 512MB.
After adding the nVidia VDPAU repository to Ubuntu, loading the 195 driver, and rebooting, I was in business. The nvidia-settings utility includes an overscan compensation feature, which helped with my TV.
In order to use the nVidia 195 driver with MythTV 0.22, it is necessary to get a later build of the MythTV frontend from Jean-Yves Avenard's site (the version in Ubuntu's repository will try to make you uninstall 195 and use 185).
Using some scripts found on various sites, I was able to launch both XBMC and MythTV with only remote key presses, which eliminated the need to use the keyboard for media purposes.
The Revo 1600 sits neatly hidden behind my TV and is very quiet. It works well for what I use it for (XBMC and web browsing), especially considering its price. Highly recommended.
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