Acer Veriton L4610G: Great Steps Forward, but a Few Steps Back

Corporations looking for small, swift desktop PCs would do properly to check out Acer's Veriton line. The Acer Veriton L4610G is really a slim, reasonably effective machine that can fit anywhere and do almost something that your enterprise may possibly need. Nevertheless, last year's Acer Veriton X498G looks like a greater deal.

Our review product, priced at $699 (as of June three, 2011), packs a two.5GHz Core i5-2400S processor, 4GB of RAM (upgradable to 8GB), and 320GB of hard-drive area. The technique also features a tray-loading DVD slot, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, and runs the 64-bit version of Windows seven Skilled.

The Veriton L4610G is housed within a matte black-and-gray plastic chassis. The chassis is small--much smaller compared to towers of most mainstream desktop PCs--measuring nine.84 inches tall by eight.07 inches extended by 2.44 inches thick. It is possible to orient the machine upright on the incorporated stand, or lay it on its aspect (the proper side in the machine has 4 rubber ft).

The Veriton L4610G's design and style just isn't nearly anything particular, although Acer naturally tried to mix it up somewhat: The front with the machine is split into 3 parts--one gray, 1 silver, and a single black. The Veriton L4610G has some angular touches, as well, such as a slim, octagonal stand. The front in the device holds a electricity button as well as a few convenience ports--headphone/microphone jacks and 4 USB 2.0 ports.

The remaining ports--four further USB ports, a VGA port, a DVI port, a gigabit ethernet port, an LPT printer port, as well as a COM1 serial port--occupy the back again of the machine, which also accommodates a Kensington lock port, input/ouput jacks, and one more microphone jack.

The Veriton L4610G ships that has a three-button optical mouse along with a keyboard. Each are basic, Acer-branded, USB-wired peripherals without having special touches. The keyboard has vast, flat keys and offers tiny suggestions, even though it does have edicated buttons for quantity controls (mute/up/down) as well as a snooze button.

In PCWorld Labs' WorldBench six benchmark tests, the Veriton L4610G acquired a score of 125--not terribly high for the mainstream desktop Pc, but satisfactory contemplating the unit's compact dimensions. By comparison, the consumer-oriented HP Pavilion Elite HPE -235f earned a WorldBench 6 score of 114. The Acer Veriton X498G, alternatively, collected a WorldBench six score of 129.

Its WorldBench 6 score notwithstanding, the Veriton L4610G turned inside a barely playable frame price of 39.four frames for each second on our Unreal Tournament 3 sport test at medium-quality options as well as a display resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels. Although we do not give gaming specs a lot fat in appraising company devices, the reduced frame fee signifies that this isn't a superb machine for graphics-intensive function.

The Veriton L4610G's included software program is fairly basic. The optional 64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional lets you use all 4GB of one's installed RAM. You also get Acer's utility suite, which includes a backup supervisor, an "eRecovery" manager, an updater, along with a 38-page consumer guidebook.

The Acer Veriton L4610G is little, inexpensive, and well-connected; but it really is somewhat slower than last year's Veriton X498G, has fewer USB ports, and offers significantly less storage. The L4610G trumps the X498G by offering a newer Sandy Bridge processor, but the distinction in clock speeds finally leads to marginally slower basic performance. That stated, finding a new Veriton X498G for sale isn't easy.

Like most other types in Acer's Veriton line, the L4610 ought to meet the requirements of most company customers just fine. If you're looking for a little more (and are willing to buy it), check out the remainder of our organization desktop PCs lineup.