Alo

What "Alo" Most Likely Means

If you searched for "alo" while looking for a computer, the term you are almost certainly after is AIO — short for All-in-One. An AIO computer packs the motherboard, processor, memory, storage and display into a single enclosure, so there is no separate tower to place on or under a desk. Only a power cable and, optionally, a network cable are needed. (Note: "Alo" is also the name of an unrelated American athletic apparel brand, Alo Yoga, which has nothing to do with computing hardware — so if you landed here expecting clothing, you are in the wrong category.)

How an All-in-One Computer Is Built

An AIO integrates a display panel, a panel driver board, a mainboard, a power supply and cooling into one chassis. Because everything sits behind the screen, the engineering challenge is thermal: heat has nowhere to escape unless the design removes moving parts. Fanless AIO designs use the rear chassis as a passive heatsink, conducting heat away from the processor through aluminium or copper blocks. That removes the single most common point of failure in a desktop — the cooling fan — along with the dust and bearing wear that eventually stop it. Typical AIO configurations for commercial and industrial use include processors from Intel's N-series (N95, N100, N150) and Celeron J-series for light duty, up to Core i3 and i5 models such as the 1215U, 1315U and 1335U for heavier multitasking. Memory generally ranges from 4 GB to 32 GB, and storage from a 128 GB to 1 TB SSD.

Typical Specifications