Acer’s sub-brand AOPEN has been at the forefront of affordability – you can take a look at the monitors we have seen made available officially in Malaysia and in fact, we reviewed one too. But the brand isn’t just stopping there. Their take on PCs for medical industry use catches my eye for various reasons: it’s very well designed to adapt to unpredictable hospital conditions and has the kind of specification which is a much bigger improvement than the older Pentium-based system. Here are the AOPEN Medical PCs.
AOPEN Medical PC
AOPEN Medical PC consists of not one but 3 elements which can also be bought separately. Starting with the system, there’s the Medical Computer MD5080 with the Medical Certification EN60601-1 Compliance – this is a benchmark that is used for medical electrical equipment which checks if the product passes the general requirements for basic safety and essential performance.
Not to forget, it’s widely accepted in most countries. Other than that, it runs on a 7th or 8th Gen Core-i Processor, which isn’t the latest but what it does look like is an attempt to keep the cost down low, followed by 32GB RAM, 2x HDMI and 1x DP with HEVC/H.265 10bit support.
Second is the monitor, which does look like some AIO but it isn’t. This 21” Medical Monitor is really equipped to deal with every single obstacle possible – comes with built-in presets which comply with DICOM Part 14 standards, an IP65 front panel making it water and dustproof, a 10-point multi-touch display with the ability to use when gloves are on, uses an AG glass making it more durable and easy to clean and it also passes the EN/UL 60601-1 compliance.
Finally, we also get to see the Washable Medical Grade Mouse and keyboard – now we have seen similar types from other brands. Personally, I have experience with the Waterproof keyboard from HKL’s Emergency ward which isn’t the nicest to type on to be honest but AOPEN uses the traditional membrane-based keyboard but has it reinforced completely.
It has the popular antibacterial coating on both mouse and keyboard, unfortunately, they weren’t able to tell us if it’s Ag+ based which is the better kind, you can wash this keyboard with common detergents and there’s an integrated clean mode for cleaning and finally, there’s the additional USB extension cable provided.
Truth be told, these AOPEN Medical PC does seem to keep the cost low and make hospitals afford them a lot easier, given that the funds do come out of taxpayers and the government. That said, as someone who is a medical professional – I can say that our Malaysian Hospitals are in for a long overdue to upgrade their system and this is pretty good and more well equipped to be in ERs, Surgery rooms and so on.
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