Acer introduces the desktop PC to the modular concept seen in Google's Project Ara at IFA 2015 with the Revo Build M1-601, a NUC-style Windows 10 PC users can upgrade through stackable blocks.
The Revo Build build is compact, occuping a desk area of just 125mm square. It is powered by low-power Intel Pentium or Celeron processors and 8GB RAM, with blocks initially adding a 500GB HDD, 1TB HDD, wireless charging dock, speaker unit, GPU, projector and microphone. More blocks should follow "gradually" post-launch.
Each block connects to the one below via magnetic coupling and pogo pins, making it easy for customers to upgrade the PC, if with a limited selection of components.
Also on show at the Acer IFA 2015 stand are more conventional PCs-- including the Aspore U5-710 RealSense 3D camera-equipped All-in-One desktop, the Aspire V Nitro laptop series (in 15- and 17-inch sizes), the Aspire R 13 convertible and Predator gaming notebooks.
The Revo Build M1-601 should hit EMEA markets together with the above mentioned Acer PCs from October 2015.