Acer Aspire Revo R3610 Review : Best Nettop Yet?

(e) A more traditional design : The hexagon shaped chassis will not be a hit with everyone and some of us will yearn for a more traditional form factor. Indeed, we'd like to see a Blu-ray player like device with or without a player. One that you can show rather than hide. 

(f) MicroSD reader : A contentious one. How about a microSD reader on top of the SD card reader? 

(g) Offer a 100 percent silent option with a smaller SSD (even a 20GB model) and a fanless CPU. Many of us will be using the computer as a polyvalent streamer/lightweight computer. 

(h) Design a more elegant power connection, one that includes the transformer and the plug and is less prone to snapping. Apple's Magsafe connector is an engineering feat but it is already protected by a US patent. 

(i) A significantly more upmarket, neater box design. Apple (again) has set the standards high when it comes to the packaging of the design. As always, first impressions do count and while the Revo's box was a notch higher than what we saw from others, it is still way behind qualitywise compared to the ones that housed the Macbook Air or the Mac Mini for example. 

(j) Finally, dare we suggest that Acer launches an all-in-one keyboard solution similar to Asus' EEE Keyboard PC with Wireless HDMI. Asus's proposal is superb, but still lacks some major features like a proper touchpad and a more ergonomic format. In other words, take the screen of a laptop and add wireless HDMI to it. 

(k) Remove all bloatware and just put . Dell was the first to come up with a no-bloatware range (the Vostro) and we suggest that Acer follows the same path.