Browsing Category: "New Nettops"
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.
Cloned in China reports that a Chinese company has built a nettop called the Pandora mini Mac and if the name didn’t tip you off, the design should. Yup, it looks like the previous generation Mac Mini.
Under the cover, you get a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330 dual core CPU, NVIDIA ION graphics (first generation), 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, a DVD-RW drive, HDMI, and VGA output.
Pretty interesting, but unfortunately we don’t expect to see it outside of China.
via Cloned in China
Onkyo is launching a new nettop in Japan. It’s a little different from the regular nettop in that it comes with TV tuners, and AM/FM radios. Unfortunately, there are no plans to bring this to the US anytime soon. Nevertheless, under the hood the Onkyo DP312 nettop has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, NVIDIA ION graphics, 2GB of RAM, and a 320G hard drive. It runs Windows 7 Home Premium and has 802.1b/g/n WiFi, HDMI output, a wireless keyboard and mouse and a remote control and sells for the equivalent of about $700.
You can find more information about both computers at the Onkyo web site (PDF link).
via SlashGear
Giada showed off a new nettop at CeBIT 2010 this week called the Giada Cube N7DT. It comes with a dual core Intel Atom D510 Pine Trail processor and next-generation ION graphics. Best of all, perhaps, is that the Giada Cube-N7DT has a built in TV tuner and DVD drive, making it a a promising little media center nettop since the Nvidia Ion Graphics and dual core Pine Trai processor should give the nettop enough horsepower to decode Blu-Ray discs although for now you’ll need a USB Blu-Ray drive if you want to go that route.
The nettop supports up to 2GB of DDRE3 memory, and takes a 2.5″ hard drive. It has HDMI, DVI, and SPDIF outputs, as well as support for 802.11b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth.
No word on whether we’ll see this Giada nettop in the states anytime soon.
via Netbook News.de
