AspireRevo rebranded as the Atom 330-based Gateway QX2800
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Jul 23rd 2009 1:44PM
posted Jul 23rd 2009 1:44PM
Looks like the kids in Taiwan will be able to take everyone's favorite Ion-based nettop for a spin sometime soon. Except, instead of being known as the Acer AspireRevo, its been rebranded as a Gateway QX2800. Actually, that isn't the only difference -- the CPU on this new guy has been upgraded to an Atom 330 dual core, and storage is now 500GB. But besides that, its the same kid: NVIDIA Ion 9400M graphics chipset, 4-in-1 card reader, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, HDMI output, and six USB 2.0 ports. According to PCADV, the dual core processor could give this machine a 40% performance increase over the AspireRevo. To ship with Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 at some vague point in the not too distant future.
[Via iTech News Net]
[Via iTech News Net]
Ah, the art of badge engineering.
Moo.
Put it on an HP/Voodoo-style Blackbird stand and label it as a Gateway
I think it always had that.
Look at original article.
Would make a nice little HTPC if you were playing movies strictly off of the HD. Don't know how that processor does w/ Hulu and flash in general, but its got enough Video power to play HiDef content too.
How about Engadget makes this a Recession Antidote?
Yep, if Adobe would churn out a more optimized Flash player these type devices would make some handy internet video players. Until then though, Flash video chokes pretty bad on anything other than a homemade YouTube video.
or websites should just start using Silverlight more often ;) that video already is GPU accelerated.
though flash is once again promising to have GPU video by summer/fall 2011.
flash = fail
Hey, Gateway's still in business. Good for them
It's about damn time we can get one here in the States...
looks more like a router then a PC.
I think it is great that something like this is coming out, however it doesn't appeal to me, I just bought a laptop a few months ago.
I don't see how this is any kind of substitute for a laptop.
I personally would love something like this, although it seems like a ps3 or a 360 would provide very similar functionality
hmmmm.
Who needs a $1k+ htpc? Unless you absolutely hate STBs, it seems in one's best interest to go:
1) This computer
2) PS3
3) TiVo
You really should have not mentioned 2). You're going to bring in the fanboy wrath.
Starting now.
PS3 sucks.
I do all my gaming on my HTPC...
Where did you see a $1000 price tag for this? Don't claim prices when you have no clue what you're talking about. for ~$300 this computer would be amazing.
@Moo
Pretty sure he was saying "Who needs a $1k+ HTPC when you can have this instead?"
no one asked grammar police
The Tivo is far too limited. It won't even record HD from my cable provider.
OTOH, something like the revo makes a dandy frontend for a proper client-server type PVR application.
If flash didn't suck so much it could be darn near perfect.
I dunno. If you attach a blu-ray drive to this, then why would you need the PS3?
This is going to suck ass until they ditch the atom. Hulu is a no go :( whatever you use for this you have to have graphics accelerated options for this to run smooth with an atom. it will choke at alot of things. On a different note, that dell 14z looks sweet and it has video and sound via HDMI! and you can put in a C2D
WTF are you talking about? It has ION and it's not some shitty N270.. it's a dual-core 330. It's almost on par with Pentium Dual-Core procesors, which are quite ample for Hulu. Even HD.
cg006....you obviously don't know about this chipset.
@GBeatzRecrds:
I just built a custom ION box using the dual-core 330 Zotac IONITX board and I gotta say that the Atom, even in dual-core, is still a limiting factor right now. With stuff that's hardware accelerated (Blu-Ray, etc), the ION runs like a champ, even at 1080p. As for stuff that's not (think Flash)....the results are pretty mixed. When I run Hulu Desktop to watch episodes of King of the Hill (not the most detailed show), and at high quality, it's pretty choppy. During more animated scenes (Hank freaking out, Dale blowing something up, etc), it gets a little choppy at medium quality. To ensure smooth playback, I have to set it to low. I'm even running it w/ 4GB of DDR2-800, which is the fastest this board can take, so it's gotta be the Atom holding it back. Adobe needs to catch up with Silverlight and release a GPU-accelerated version.
The Atom is the whole point of this. Just a cheap low-watt PC to hook on a Vesa mount. it'll do most of the web, play most video, it's only really Flash that it chokes on.
Yeah, the *real* problem is flash, and its horrible inefficiency. Hulu is probably the worst offender. When you have a computer that can play back streaming 720p content from both Youtube and much higher quality Quicktime trailers, but then choke on even the lower settings of Hulu when in fullscreen, it can be frustrating.
And yes, even the dual core Atom CPU can't handle flash video, especially hulu, perfectly. In the case of Ion, the Atom CPU just isn't enough.
Finally, dual core Atom. Now can we see these in netbooks?
Exactly.
I want ALL these specs in my next netbook. Even the 6 USB ports... if they can manage it.
The daul core 330 uses far too much power to be put in a standard netboook. It's something like five times more than the 270.
I love that brand! always makes good stuff lol
Is this great value Nettop coming to the U.S?
It better come to the USA!!
"To ship with Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 at some vague point in the not too distant future."
Why? By the time Win 7 is out (it's practically out now), why still stuff this puppy with a crappy os?
because if its out by the end of the year you get windows 7 upgrade for free anyways.
the revo got rave reviews, and it just got better. i already have 3 systems but i may just have to pick one of these up. makes the perfect media center mounted on the back of a flat panel
AH...the good old days...my first pc was a Gateway 486. I loved that thing played return to zork and flight simulator like butter. Don't know how gateway didn't make it...they had stores way before apple did and they made ok gear. I think gateway could have been much more then what it is today. I think that the Microsoft store idea is a good one...remember when you had to pay for customer support.
Compare to the ASROCK ION?
Virtually the same specs, smaller form factor in the Revo, no optical drive however with Revo (will be sold separately, including blu-ray option).
Can't compare price as neither are priced in America (yet). Judging solely by price comparison on ebay, the Revo will be slightly more than the ASRock ION considering there's no optical drive (though the Revo does come with a keyboard and mouse).
Ban needed due to spamming.
These systems make great sense, until they stick an unrealistic price tag on it. I bet this one goes for $599, which is just sill for an atom based system. I don't care how small it is. $499, maybe. $399, very tempting. $350, sold.
Hey Engadget, how about the rebranded Packard Bell iMax mini here in Europe? It`s not only ten bucks cheaper than the revo but finally we have the cool controller. I am making a bunch of Videos and testing it right now on my blog. Check out the Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoxO2pJXgBQ
Interesting, thanks for posting. I haven't seen that one yet.
no problem, testing the games today and going to post the videos too. Burnout paradise, sims 3, cod 4 and annot 1404 are on the list. They all work but you will see how :-)
Great to see it coming to the states, a little worried about the Gateway branding; when will we see pricing and a review from Engadget?
That... is just ridiculous.
Care to expand on that?
Forgot Acer owned these guys. Guess I just had Gateway's (former?) stature in mind, so it seemed weird that they would slap the Gateway logo on an improved Acer product and call it a day. Don't get me wrong, I think it's awesome that they did throw a dual core atom in there (the hdd bump is awesome as well), but yeah. I don't know. Just seems like a strange move.