Archive for June, 2010
Seagate Freeagent external 3tb hard drive
Most nettops currently ship with either 160gb or 250GB of storage space and if, like many, your nettop is used as a media machine, that’s not enough. The simple and easy solution is an external hard drive. The Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk hard drive, is now available in 1TB, 2TB, and 3TB varieties.
The 3TB is the standout – we’re pretty sure it’s the first 3tb drive shoehorned into an external enclosure. You can pick one up today from Seagate for $250, but if you’re willing to settle for only 2tb (ahem) you can try Seagate’s 2 Terabyte external drive for just $139.95 here.
The hard drive connects to your computer over a USB 2.0 connection, although the Seagate press release mentions the ability to upgrade to Firewire or USB 3.0.
Engadget China reports on a new nettop over there called the Novo Glaze. It’s a pretty stylish looking nettop already, coming in a multitude of colors, but they’ve also added a big clear block on the end to make a design statement. I actually kind of like it, although of course, it serves no real purpose and doesn’t make this nettop any more compact.
Having said that, it’s not all form over function. Under the hood is a dual core Atom 330 processor, paired up with Nvidia’s Ion graphics chipset. There’s 2gb of RAM to round it off, and we assume a 160 or 250gb hard drive. Curiously, there’s no built in wifi, so an ugly dongle has to be used. While we’re on negatives, couldn’t they have used Intel’s new D510 dual core Atom? It’s probably a moot point anyway, since it’s unlikely we’ll see this nettop outside of China, but we can hope….
Check out some more shots after the break.
Just a few days ago, we learned that eMachines (an Acer subsidiary) introduced a new mini-desktop in New Zealand this weekcalled the eMachines ER1401. We couldn’t find any mention of this new nettop here in the States, and here’s why – there’s another new eMachines nettop, the ER1402, and it’s already available for $299.99 from Amazon
The biggest difference between this nettop and others is that is shuns the usual Intel Atom processor for a 1.7GHz AMD Athlon II Neo K125 CPU. It’s a single core CPU (the slowest in AMD’s new low power line of chips), but Acer says it should still offer better performance than most single core Atom processors. There’s also NVIDIA GeForce 9200 graphics, which enable HD video playback through the VGA or HDMI outputs and the usual 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet, 4 USB ports, a flash card reader, SPDIF port, 2GB of RAM, and a 160GB hard drive. The ER1402 runs Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
You can check out the full specs of the eMachines ER1401 after the break.
via Liliputing
Remember that nifty Lenovo multimedia remote and keyboard we reviewed, and loved, the other day? Well, today it’s on sale! Lenovo has the Multimedia Remote with Keyboard for $60 – $30 off code USPCJN36336 = $30 with free shipping.
Just over a week ago we heard that the fanless Shuttle XS35 ION 2 nettop that was going to arrive in Europe this September. Now, Shuttle has announced that the nettop will be available in the US later this week via Shuttle’s own website. We don’t see it there yet, but we’ll keep checking and let you know here when it’s available.
This new Shuttle nettop should be quite good. It utilizes Intel’s dual core D510 processor, with both cores running at 1.66ghz. There’s also Nvidia Ion 2 for graphics intensive processes like games and HD video. Check out the full specs after the break.
