Acer Aspire ZC-605 All In One PC with Windows 8 launched

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Acer yesterday announced the launch of an all-in-one entry level PC called the new "Aspire ZC-605" that actually has some specific ingenious quality.

Sold at 500 euros, this all-in-one is not a great entry level pc but it has a good design. It has a 19.5-inch screen, that is based on an IPS display with a comfortable definition of 1600 x 900 pixels. A physical button on the front panel turns it off without having to pause the entire computer or wait for its automatic sleep.

There are also front, a removable hatch at back, which gives very easy access to the combined microphone/headphone jack, a USB 3.0 port and SD memory card. Lastly, a 720p HD webcam is adjustable on the vertical axis, which allows users to frame properly without reorienting the entire computer.



Under the hood, there is a Ivy Bridge processor. It can be a Celeron 1007U (dual core at 1.5 GHz) or Pentium 2117U (dual core at 1.8 GHz). It is associated with HM70 chipset for laptop, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a hard disk desktop at 7200 r/min 500 GB or 1 TB and a DVD burner.

Finally Connectivity includes Bluetooth 4.0 (supports low energy), Wi-Fi N, Gigabit Ethernet, a USB 3.0 port in addition to the above, two USB 2.0 and additional inputs/outputs analog audio ports.

This "Acer Aspire ZC-605" will be released in May.

[Damiano]

The only degradation in this all in one is that the LCD screen is not touch compatible although it displays a definition of 1600 x 900 pixels, brightness of 200 cd/m2, contrast ratio of 600:1 and a response time of 5ms which is quite decent for its screen size. It also comes with a DVD SuperMulti burner drive, which is quite useful.