What you should know..
Acer deserves some credit for the look of the Aspire 7600U. The system mostly has a clean and tidy appearance, with a familiar edge-to-edge display framed in glossy black plastic. The chromed plastic trim is clean enough, and the ports on the back sit neatly under a straight-lined overhang. Even the power cable received some attention, connecting directly into the chromed kickstand.
What it offers..
The computing components and a dominant high-end all-in-one from Dell hurt Acer's high-end, visually compelling Aspire 7600U.
The benefits:
When you compare the Acer with the Dell. With respect to the other PCs in our charts, the Acer is the third most expensive all-in-one, behind the XPS One 27 and the $1,999 27-inch 2011 iMac, but only a middle-of-the-pack performer.
The advantage:
Acer's new attention to look-and-feel shows in the Aspire 7600's clean appearance and responsive touch input.
The unfavorable:
The Aspire misses on price vs. performance, and Dell's 2,560x1,440-pixel resolution XPS One 27 makes 1,920x1,080-pixel screens like this one feel pedestrian.
Comparing with other brand
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Acer deserves some credit for the look of the Aspire 7600U. The system mostly has a clean and tidy appearance, with a familiar edge-to-edge display framed in glossy black plastic. The chromed plastic trim is clean enough, and the ports on the back sit neatly under a straight-lined overhang. Even the power cable received some attention, connecting directly into the chromed kickstand.
What it offers..
The computing components and a dominant high-end all-in-one from Dell hurt Acer's high-end, visually compelling Aspire 7600U.
The benefits:
When you compare the Acer with the Dell. With respect to the other PCs in our charts, the Acer is the third most expensive all-in-one, behind the XPS One 27 and the $1,999 27-inch 2011 iMac, but only a middle-of-the-pack performer.
The advantage:
Acer's new attention to look-and-feel shows in the Aspire 7600's clean appearance and responsive touch input.
The unfavorable:
The Aspire misses on price vs. performance, and Dell's 2,560x1,440-pixel resolution XPS One 27 makes 1,920x1,080-pixel screens like this one feel pedestrian.
Comparing with other brand
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Acer Aspire 7600U
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Dell XPS One 27
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Apple iMac 27-inch (spring 2011)
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Price (at time of review)
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$1,899
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$2,299
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$1,999
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Display size/resolution
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27-inch, 1,920x1,080
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27-inch, 2,560x1,440
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27-inch, 2,560x1,440
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CPU
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2.5GHz Intel Core i5 3210M
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3.1GHz Intel Core i7 3770S
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3.1GHz Intel Core i5 2400
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Memory
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8GB 1,333MHZ DDR3 SDRAM
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8GB 1,600MHZ DDR3 SDRAM
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4GB 1,333MHZ DDR3 SDRAM
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Graphics
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768MB Nvidia Geforce GT 640M
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2GB Nvidia GeForce GT 640M
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1GB AMD Radeon HD 6970M
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Hard drives
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1TB, 5,400rpm
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2TB, 7,200rpm
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1TB, 7,200rpm
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Operating system
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Windows 8 (64-bit)
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Windows 8 Pro (64-bit)
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Apple OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.7
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