We see PC guts stuffed into vessels not normally associated with technology all the time, but they’re always the product of a bored hacker, tinkering away in his free time. This PC-in-a-vase, however, was designed by ECS, a little-known but assuredly real company.
At CeBit yesterday, the guys at Altech were showing off the Shuttle X50 touchscreen net-top. And although I couldn’t get a price on it, the 1366 x 768 touchscreen computer looked fantastic, as you can see from the video below.
MSI has gotten more official with its Wind Top AE1900—the nettop that only needs a 45W trickle of power—finally giving us a price: $US529. Which is cheaper than some “netbooks” nowadays.
Acer’s Revo, a tiny desktop that’ll be “well under” $US500, is the first computer with Nvidia’s Ion netbook platform. Why care? Because it’s got a crappy Intel Atom processor and plays HD Blu-ray movies flawlessly.
To be honest, netbooks scare me, but nettops scare me even more. Why do I need a neutered PC that isn’t portable? Well, at least the platform doesn’t need much power—even with a monitor.
The Shuttle X50 is a touchscreen nettop that isn’t afraid to be manhandled around the house
MSI keeps racing with Asus. They have now released a new nettop called the Wind Box, but instead of taking the Wii-lookalike standalone approach of the Asus Eee Box, MSI has designed their slim, tiny black computer to attach to the back of any VESA-mountable monitor, effectively converting it into an all-in-one computer. Smart, and with nice enough features:
