[Year 12 SofDev] Acer’s Little Modular PC Snaps Together Like Legos

[Aitken, David]

From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Thursday, 3 September 2015 11:30 AM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List <sofdev at edulists.com.au>
Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] Acer’s Little Modular PC Snaps Together Like Legos

What a jolly neat idea.

"​BUILDING YOUR OWN PC rig used to involve a lot of rigamarole... Now, it’s as easy as stacking a bunch of coasters on top of one another.

Acer just announced a little modular desktop computer, the Revo Build Mini PC, that starts out as a little 5x5x2-inch box running on a lower-end Intel Celeron or Pentium processor with integrated graphics.

Also in the base brick are 8GB RAM, 32 gigs of solid-state storage, and plenty of I/O on the back and around the side of the unit: 3 USB ports, HDMI-out, DisplayPort, Ethernet, and an SD card slot.

"But that’s literally just square one. From there, you stack pre-made blocks to cover your extra storage, power, graphics, and A/V needs"

​Read more
http://www.wired.com/2015/09/acers-little-modular-pc-snaps-together-like-legos/​


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