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The Acer Aspire Revo is available via Amazon for £316.23, £263.98 and £149.99 respectively.

The Acer Aspire Revo just keeps getting better and better. We previously posted that there will be 4 versions priced at £179.99, £249.99, £299.99 and £329.99 all released on May the 18th but now Acer have confirmed that the release date will be May the 5th and pricing will start at £149.99 for the model running Linux with only 1GB of RAM and 8GB of solid-state storage.

The Windows Vista, 2GB ram, 160GB version will be £249.99.

A third SKU comes bundled with Acer's wireless, Wiimote-esque controller and will cost £299.99.

The controller will also be sold separately and priced at £49.99 functioning as both a wireless mouse as well as twisting into a gun-like controller for use in games.

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The Acer Aspire Revo is available via Amazon for £316.23, £263.98 and £149.99 respectively.

Engadget have been lucky enough to get their paws on the Acer Aspire Revo and have been kind enough to post some un-boxing pictures.

It is worth noting that this is likely a engineering sample and therefore quite buggy but their initial impressions have been positive with them saying that it is obviously the fastest Atom-powered device they have played with.

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The Acer Aspire Revo is available via Amazon for £316.23, £263.98 and £149.99 respectively.

I have to say I am quite excited about the launch of the Acer Aspire Revo. It could possibly be the ultimate HTPC.

Play are now listing the Revo for pre-order with a release date of the 18th of May. Pricing seems quite decent with the 4 versions being priced at £179.99, £249.99, £299.99 and £329.99

Following on from our post about the Habbey BIS-6540HD we have another fanless silent PC that will keep HTPC fans happy.

The Stealth LPC-625F is a 7.9- x 7.9- x 2.4-inch machine that contains a a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo processor, up to 4GB of RAM, your choice of 2.5-inch HDD or SSD, integrated Intel graphics, gigabit Ethernet, HDMI, eight USB 2.0, RS-232 and DVI.

It is not exactly cheap but not too bad at $1,595 (£1100ish)

Habey is putting a smile on HTPC fans with the release of 2 new mini HTPCs the BIS-6540HD and the BIS-6550HD.

The BIS-6540HD is capable of running an impressive 1080p signal with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor thanks to a special HD Hardware decoder.

The unit is completely fanless and supports SSD for 100% silent computing. It also features 2GB of DDR2 RAM, eight USB ports, a built-in CF socket DVI and VGA outputs, ethernet, and options for wireless and HD TV tuner.

Unfortunately there is no word on pricing or availability yet but it will happily play Planet Earth on Blu-ray.

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