Acer preps $400 Haswell-based Android All-in-One PC

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/31/2013 01:49 PM | source: | 10 comment(s)

Acer is soon releasing a an Intel Haswell Core i5 3GHz based All-in-One PC that runs Google's Android operating system. The system may look similar to the Smart Display DA220HQL pictured below, which uses an ARM chip. If the rumor is right, this will be the first Intel powered All-in-One PC that runs Android.

The lack of a license fee to Microsoft means the unit would cost around $400, and thanks to Android's lower hardware needs, would come with a mere 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM at a minimum. If true -- and that's a huge "if" -- it makes some sense considering Acer's desire to avoid Microsoft's Windows RT OS at all costs, but we're not sure how an Android-based tablet with pricier Intel underpinnings would go down with the public.

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#4608643 Posted on: 05/31/2013 03:01 PM

An Android AIO? Interesting. At least they used an OS not re-imagined but designed for touch

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#4608747 Posted on: 05/31/2013 05:57 PM

All that Haswell power and not one single app that needs it? Seems like a waste to me

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#4608789 Posted on: 05/31/2013 06:49 PM

All that Haswell power and not one single app that needs it? Seems like a waste to me

And building apps for non-existing hardware isn't a waste? What?

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#4608878 Posted on: 05/31/2013 09:13 PM

All that Haswell power and not one single app that needs it? Seems like a waste to me

If you want to complain about overpowered computers you are probably on the wrong forum.

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#4608885 Posted on: 05/31/2013 09:23 PM

i wonder why they didn't put a more desktop oriented OS on it, like ubuntu, so you'll at least have some useful programs like the libreoffice suite and gimp etc

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#4608886 Posted on: 05/31/2013 09:24 PM

Android supports x86?

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#4608896 Posted on: 05/31/2013 09:36 PM

If you want to complain about overpowered computers you are probably on the wrong forum.

Im not complaining about over powered computers at all. High end PC gaming is what its all about.

So games on android.... angry birds... plants vs zombies... you get the picture

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#4609034 Posted on: 06/01/2013 01:07 AM

http://www.slashgear.com/psa-acers-android-all-in-one-wont-roll-with-haswell-31284488/

It's a Texas Instruments CPU and not Haswell.

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#4609052 Posted on: 06/01/2013 01:37 AM

Android supports x86?

Android is Linux based, so yes, it supports x86. There are also Android smart phones already on the market running Intel Atom SoC's

http://www.slashgear.com/psa-acers-android-all-in-one-wont-roll-with-haswell-31284488/

It's a Texas Instruments CPU and not Haswell.

Thanks for ruining this for me btw....

After having my Nexus 4 for the last 6 days, I've found a whole new appreciation for Android and a 22" touch screen Android tablet would be pretty sweet. I just refuse to have something like this with a Texas Instruments processor....

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#4609262 Posted on: 06/01/2013 12:45 PM

Gotta say that JetPack Joyride is a really neat game.
And there are shooters like EPOCH, which use the Unreal engine.

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