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Asus' long awaited all-in-one touchscreen PC, the Eee Top, is now out in the wild... at least in Taiwan. The 15.6-inch display "nettop" runs Windows XP and holds an Intel Atom N270 processor with 1GB of memory and a 160GB hard disk drive within its chassis. It also comes with a 1.3MP webcam, two integrated 4W speakers and a nifty little dimmable LED keyboard light.
There're one or two contenders in the netbook-for-desktop nettop game, but with MSI's new Wind Neton machines it could get a bit interesting. Atom-based, of course, the PCs will come in 22-inch, 18.5 and 15.6-inch screen versions, dubbed M22, M19 and M16, and the all-in-one iMac alikes look like they'll have optional touchscreens. Releases are due in January for the M19, Feb for the M16 and March for the M22 at $US500, $US400 and $US800 respectively. Oh, the M22 has a Blu-ray drive option—Like I said, this could get interesting. [EngadgetChina and Crunchgear]
Dell has come out with an update to its XPS One computer system, making it generally bigger and more powerful than the previous iteration. The XPS One 24 now comes with a 24-inch 1080p display, JBL speakers and subwoofer, an Intel Core 2 quad core processor, and an NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics card. A Vista Home Premium version starts at $US1,699 and a Vista Ultimate begins pricing at $US2,299. If you buy the (PRODUCT)RED version, you'll be donating either $US50 or $US80 (depending on configuration) to the fight against AIDS. Of course, you could also fight AIDS by donating directly to charities rather than engaging in feel-good consumerism, but then you'd actually be Red... you know, in that (shudder) distribution of wealth sense.
Posted by Nick Broughall at 2:00 PM on October 29, 2008
We saw the Dell OptiPlex announcement come through the overnight feed from the US, but now Dell Australia have given us an update on the local situation. there are four varieties available, with the cheapest (The OptiPlex FX160) starting at $1,266. They claim to cut power consumption up to 43 per cent, which should be enough to entice any business user. For a more detailed analysis of the local announcement, check out the release below:
If these new Dell OptiPlex systems remind you of Mac Pros, that's because both designs use front metal plating full of holes to make for better cooling. With this extra air circulation and some power efficient hardware from Intel, Dell's updated line of OptiFlex desktops boasts energy savings up to 43% over previous models.
Really Nvidia, what the hell? After steadfastly arguing that its defective graphics cards were limited to notebooks only—they've even sent me a lovely email or two reiterating that claim—HP has just confirmed that 38 different desktop models are plagued with faulty Nvidia graphics cards.
WIth their Blu-ray-playing AX3200 desktop PC and accompanying 24-inch, 1080p monitor, Acer just released two affordable, HD-friendly products at a combined price that sits just over $US1000. With the compact dimensions of around 10"x4"x14", the AX3200 desktop has 2.1 GHZ AMD Phenom X3 8450 processor, HDMI-out, Dolby Home Theatre 5.1 sound and nine USB ports. A 640 GB HDD, multi-card reader and 4 GB RAM round out the internal specs for the Windows Vista machine.
Asus has admitted to its Japanese customers that some of the Eee Box B202 mini PCs they shipped included a recycled.exe virus loaded on the D: partition. When the drive is opened, the virus (identified by Symantec as the W32/Usbalex worm) attempts to infect the C: drive and any removable drives attached to the system. So far, Asus has not confirmed that the problem is limited to PCs released in Japan, and they have offered no explanation about how the virus may have appeared on the drive. However, Reg Hardware believes they can confirm that other areas may be affected. Either way, it is probably a good idea to run a check if you picked one up. [Reg Hardware]
Looks like Samsung keeps pushing for green computing. These computers are Korea-only for now, but the MV100 Tower and MZ100 Slim Tower, running on the Intel G43 chipset, consume only sixty watts in "power saving mode" and one watt in stand-by mode. I only have one question for you: Do you really care about how much energy your computer really consumes or you are now just thinking that the Samsung ninjas really need to eat a few pizzas? [Akihabara]
I just got off the phone with Rahul Sood, founder of VoodooPC, who confirmed that the rumours of Voodoo's demise were not just premature but "nonsense," but said "HP is asking us to integrate into the larger execution engine." Rahul is comfortable speaking both plainly and in business-ese—what we take this to mean is that Voodoo will merge manufacturing with HP's core in Asia, unify other non-design aspects of the business, and shut down a good chunk of the operation in Calgary, Alberta. "Typically we don't comment on layoffs specifically," says Rahul, who adds that he himself will not be leaving Canada.
