Mouse Computer’s new nettop rocks Intel’s latest dual-core, 1.8GHz Intel Atom D525 processor, NVIDIA ION graphics, and an 80GB SSD.  Those are some great specs for a nettop, which Mouse Computer hopes you’ll value highly since they’re charging around $600 (49,980 yen) for their Lm-mini30X.  There’s also 4GB of RAM, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, HDMI output, and a 64-bit copy of Windows 7 Home Premium to ease the pain.

If that pulls on the purse strings too heavily,  there’s a slightly lower-spec Lm-mini30S, which drops you to 2GB of RAM, 320GB from a spinning drive, and lowly 32-bit Windows. It comes in at 37,800 yen, or about $450 — which is still quite  a bit we think.  If you’re deciding between the two, might as well go the whole hog and go for the one with the dual core Atom and SSD.

They’re availabl

Peter at Netbook News has just published a detailed review of the Giada N20 nettop.  This new Giada bears a close resemblance to the Lenovo Ideacentre nettops, and isn’t much larger than a DVD drive.  Underneth that compact shell is 2GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, 802.1b/g/n WiFi, VGA and HDMI output, 2 USB ports, and eSATA/USB combo port, and an IR receiver for a remote control. The Giada N20 has a 1.83GHz Intel Atom D525 processor and NVIDIA ION 2 graphics.

Unlike the Lenovo Ideacentre nettops, there are no USB ports on the front.  Performance-wise, it looks like the computer can handle most HD video,butPeter says 1080p HD Flash video is a little problematic in full screen mode.

No word yet on availability or pricing.

The Boxee Box – called a ‘box’ but it’s actually a nettop computer under the skin.  Just like the Google TV.  Both of these guys use nearly identical processors, the Intel CE4110 in Boxee and the CE4150 in Google TV, each clocked at 1.2GHz. In the case of the Boxee Box, much of the interior space is used for the heat sink and fan to cool that processor. Ifixit did a teardown and also found inside include 1GB of RAM, 1GB of flash memory,  and a digital-to-analog audio converter to allow for 1080p video out of HDMI while still using legacy audio hardware.

Habey is distinctively making a push into the nettop scene.  We hadn’t heard much from them before 2010, but in the last few months we’ve seen a Habey HTPC nettop, as well as the tiny Habey BIS-6622 and BIS-6620 nettops. Today, there’s another new model, the Habey WIT-1800.  It’s a power efficient fan-less design based on Intel’s ATOM N450 and D410 processors plus a ICH8M South Bridge instead of the standard NM10 Express chipset.

One of the most interesting features are the  four built-in mini-PCIe slots and two on board rear accessible SIM sockets that enables the system to support up to two 3G mini-PCIe modules for dual 3G wireless communication as well as WiFi, SSD  (in addition to the normal HDD/SSD 2.5″ SATA interface option) and other mini-PCIe devices.

There are many other connections as well as 3g,  including one serial port, two USB 2.0 ports, one Intel 82574 Gigabit Ethernet port, one SATA port, one CF socket and two SMA sockets for 3G antennas. The compact fanless enclosure is based on HABEY’s highly efficient ICEFIN™ proprietary thermal design.  While the single VGA port will support either up to 2048×1536 (with the Atom D410 CPU) or up to 1400×1050 (N450) resolutions.

Pricing and availability have yet to be announced.