Sticky fingers? New Acer has 23" multi-touch screen

Shane McGlaun
03 November 2009, 9:00 AM


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Acer's new Z5610 all-in-one offers performance in a compact package with a generous serving of multi-touch on the side.


It's easy to feel like the only thing the major computer firms make today are bog standard netbooks and nettops. However, there are still some interesting new desktop computers being introduced from different manufacturers. Acer has unveiled a new all-in-one PC called the Acer Aspire Z5610.

The all-in-one PC is designed for performance and good looks, and has an accordingly high price tag in Australia of $1761 - $1910 (pricing range obtained today from StaticICE). It looks like we are getting a sour deal in Australia, though -- it sells in the US for just $US899.99 ($AUD1000).

The machine has a 23-inch HD resolution display and graphics via ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 GPU with 512MB of RAM. The machine runs Windows 7 Home Premium and that snazzy screen is full multi-touch capable. The OS version used on the Z5610 has the Windows Touch Pack built-in. Storage is to a 320GB HDD and Acer uses 4GB of RAM.



Other features include six USB ports, 5.1 surround sound support, eSATA, integrated HD webcam, keyboard light, adjustable screen, a wireless keyboard and mouse, and integrated speakers. The 23-inch screen is multi-touch capable as I already mentioned and has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 and has 300 cd/m2 brightness, 5ms response time, and a 1000:1 contrast ratio. The CPU used is an Intel Pentium Dual core E5300 at 2.6GHz.

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krazikiwi (New user):

seventeen hundred bucks for a pentium D????
You gotta be joking!

03 November 2009, 9:53 PM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

The Big Baboo (New user):

Quoting krazikiwi:
Seventeen hundred bucks for a pentium D????
You gotta be joking!
You get what you pay for "krazikiwi" but even I reckon a 512Mb Graphic Card is really skimping on quality.
Mind you when I first got into "pewters" back in 1999,I paid $4000.00 for what was a pretty basic model with Win98SE,256Mb Ram and a few other bits and pieces which I was never that happy with.
Just a few weeks ago,I completely built a new system for about $1200.00




04 November 2009, 8:45 AM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

krazikiwi (New user):

Yeah, but Pentium D's were around in '05. thats nearly five years ago.
who would want to buy a brand new machine with five year old technology in it?

05 November 2009, 1:42 PM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

The Big Baboo (New user):

Quoting krazikiwi:
Yeah, but Pentium D's were around in '05. thats nearly five years ago.

Er yea :) You got me there "krazikiwi" With a 23" screen,you're not going to be able to carry it around like a portable are you.So I suppose the only thing it would be good for would be watching the odd DVD or maybe listening to your music collection with some really nice visual stuff in the background or you could buy it for the kids so they could play games on it :)





06 November 2009, 11:29 AM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

tim2hawkes (User):

this machine/ peice of crap can not track many touches at once, i am currently building a multitouch business and ours detects at least 100 touches at a time.
In melbourne? want to find out more? tim2hawkes at live.com.au is the address for infomation.
Regards Tim Hawkes

08 November 2009, 9:49 PM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Raindog (New user):

Quoting tim2hawkes:
and ours detects at least 100 touches at a time. In melbourne?

How many does it detect in capitals of other states?


08 November 2009, 9:57 PM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

tim2hawkes (User):

We are still starting out so we decided to stick to melbourne, but in the future if all goes well we will start distributing to other states.

08 November 2009, 10:11 PM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Raindog (New user):

I was just teasing Tim. But just a couple of comments, your on someone elses site so it'd be a good idea to ask if you want to use commercial contacts via thread posts.
The other comment is @live.com doesn't exactly inspire confidence, if you've got something to sell get a web site and a decent commercial domain happening.

Just my 2 bobs worth. Best of luck with it.

08 November 2009, 10:23 PM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

tim2hawkes (User):

thanks, we are aiming to do the site and change the email adresses. You see we build mt walls, tables and we are currently looking into touch foils. If any one has nay questions just shoot me an email.
Tim

08 November 2009, 10:46 PM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Tony23 (New user):

Quoting tim2hawkes:
ours detects at least 100 touches at a time.

Then again, there's unlikely to be a need for this machine to recognise 100 touches. Hell, it sounds like with the CPu it's got it would need to have the equivalent of a cpu-stroke. Like others have said on this thread, a CPU this poor is pretty poor. no one should have to put up with a pc that underpowered in this day and age - unfortunately, we all know people who go and buy this stuff only to have regulars on this site explain to them that they have been taken advantage of by a gimmick or thinking that "just because it's new it's not crud". Reminds me of those really poor desktops which were being flogged at cheap prices, with low RAM which was shared with the graphics card....and ran like a dog. I can recall my (ordinary) PC ran faster than a PC which was three years newer, simply because the architecture was so comprehensively compromised......you gotta feel sorry for the mug consumer some times! Good value can't be decided without considering capability.


09 November 2009, 12:55 AM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Tony23 (New user):

Quoting Tony23:
a CPU this poor is pretty poor


Not to mention my English, which is also pretty poor

09 November 2009, 12:56 AM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

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