Bringing office speed to the home
Taiwanese computer giant Acer has released its version of the next-generation of home personal computing, a desktop system that ably straddles the extreme performance requirements of a remote office worker and a consumer weaned on interactive multimedia games and constant Web surfing.
The Veriton 3700G is powered by a three-gigahertz Pentium 4 processor with Intel's Hyper-Threading technology for handling larger workloads and an 800-megahertz front-mounted Universal Serial Bus that generates output at blistering speeds.
It also features 512 megabytes of double-data rate system memory to support multitasking and 120 gigabytes of hard disk space for saving data and multimedia files.
With that processing platform, Veriton 3700G PC users are expected better to enjoy their digital music, photos, videos and games at home.
The platform will also boost office productivity, such as by allowing you to hook up multiple monitors to track several projects at once.
Acer does not claim exclusivity on this hardware architecture.
Vendors Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM are also pushing new products with similar processing platforms at competitive prices.
To give it an edge over this competition, Acer is promoting the Veriton 3700G's security management features - the second version of its One-Button Recovery system.
This allows users to restore the factory default setup or a predefined corporate image during the boot-up process or at any point when the PC is running.
Another application, Desktop Manager, ensures the centralised operation and performance of the PC. It serves as a viewer that displays essential information such as memory size, storage devices and Bios (basic input/output system) version and date.
Monitoring the Bios is important because it contains all the software code required to control the PC's keyboard, display, disk drives, serial communications and miscellaneous functions.
Acer Veriton 3700G desktop PC
Specifications
Price: $7,990
Pros: One-button recovery and other security management features
Cons: Not exactly the local PC market's price and performance leader
