Despite being set for an official unveiling at IFA this week, Honk Kong site unwire.hk has had a chance to take an early look at Acer's latest nettop. The Revo RL100 packs some interesting internals into an impressively small package, as well as a few unique features.
Doing the hard work is AMD's 1.3GHz Athlon II Neo K325, the dual-core processor that forms a part of the Nile low-voltage mobile platform - as seen in Dell's M101z. The box also features 2GB DDR3, a 160GB mechanical hard-drive, wireless networking and a built-in 8x DVD burner.
Somewhat surprisingly, Acer opted to include NVIDIA's Ion platform for graphics, as opposed to the Radeon 4200-series chips that usually accompany these processors. However, performance should be comparable while keeping power-usage and heat-levels nice and low.
The RL100's party-piece, though, is a pop-out touchpad that can - at the push of a button - double-up as a keyboard. The device should make it easy to navigate through Acer's own media-interface when the computer is hooked up to a TV, and the ability to tap-out text should mean that light web-browsing is a breeze.
However, it's the Revo's amazing looks that let the nettop really stand-out. Evoking memories of a slimmer and more-stylish PS2 Slim, the nettop certainly wouldn't look out of place sat next to a big LCD-TV in any living room.
We have no idea if the Revo RL100 will ever make it to British shores, but according to the source it should be available soon in Hong Kong for somewhere around HKD$4000 (around £335).
