Of the product images here you'd suspect first time that the Revo halt again is a box that can be placed under a desk etc. Far! Revo is really a mini-PC, it's just 15 cm high and 10 cm wide and deep. It is therefore this part can make loose on the desk and want to, because it is very chic and could have come from almost apple - with the rounded corners and the white glossy casing.
But appearance is not everything ... But first things first. When unpacking, I noticed that all glossy plastic was taped over with film. Even with the power supply you value it ,, that everything shiny arrives nicely with the customer. When searching for the hard drive I've opened the casing of the Revo (which does not go easily, but feasible) and realized there that even one more time glued plastic on the computer block. Glad I checked because of the heat dissipation, it would be fatal if the internal slots etc. covered. For the rest of the computer block looks a bit like a double slot toaster. Everything is permanently installed, a board can not be seen, only the two easily removable metal tray as a cover for the drive bays (pictures below enclosed). Structurally it has some thought here - great!
But an ingenious design is not everything, to the computer but funktionireren in the first place!
Here came only times the second shock (after the plastic sheet miracles): Keyboard and mouse on radio base are with this, but where is this dil ... USB dongle, you need the computer side? These things are so tiny now, so I've looked through all packaging components and bags again: NOTHING! Rather by accident I found out that the USB dongle in the mouse is tucked next to the battery compartment. I had completely overlooked when inserting the battery and held the dongle for a portion of the mouse ...
This is indeed a good start, I thought, but the start was absolutely no problem. To this end, I have to say that I often belong to the group of people that will be easy, etc. but then, despite the assertion of others, a process or problems with me a special case occurs or something else. Here, however, everything went smoothly, even the completion of the backup (done on a USB stick).
Something ugly is that the desktop full of advertising-thingy is. Be it shopping, weather, stock, or anything else - the serious computer users will not want to have and delete it.
Easily installing their own browsers, office suites and programs ran for media playback. The launching programs etc. runs the Revo EXTREMELY quickly as if you install an MS-DOS! The reason for this is likely to be not only the i5 processor but also the 8 GB SSD, which are installed on the 1TB disk. Lt. Control is installed following panel:
; Qid = 1427648942 & sr = 8-1 & keywords = sshd + 1TB
Lt. Product description would actually the version must come with 3 TB, but Acer Revo summarizes the different models of Amazon on an article together, to which it then gives options. Clear that here then the test of RAID options must fail, since only one hard drive is present.
In addition to high operating speed is noticeable that the Revo is very very quiet. When the hard drive (which you can not see when removing the cover but) or want to hear the fan must be approached directly to the housing. In this respect, the Revo is really living room compatible.
Not yet tested, I have a 4K screen, the lt. Instructions should be operated by the Revo. I would have thought that one might need a dedicated graphics card for 4K. Also not I tested the app with which you can control the Revo with the smartphone is.
Overall, you get to the Revo, a super chic device that works to also super fast and super-quiet.
