You might know Jetway as a PC hardware company – primarily making motherboards, but Jetway has also ventured into complete PCs, namely nettops, and their latest is caled the Mini Top.  The new little Jetway Mini Top sports an Intel Atom D525 dual core processor and 2nd generation Nivida Ion graphics.  There’s also has HDMI and S/PDIF output for 7.1 channel audio, 5 USB ports, an eSATA port, DVI jack, and 802.11b/g/n WiFi.

Newegg is selling it for just $270 but wait, it’s not the complete bargain you may be thinking, since there’s no memory, hard drive, or operating system.   There is remote control included though.

via Netbook News

UPDATE:  Asus UK tells the folks at Electric Pig that the EB1501P will be available there late in the third quarter of early in the fourth quarter of 2010. The Eee Box EB1501P is expected to sell for about £379 including VAT, which is about $600 US

ASUS is gearing up to replace its aging EeeBox EB1501 with the EB1501P. It will reportedly be based around Intel’s dual-core Atom D525 processor and feature NVIDIA’s Ion graphics processor, a 250GB hard drive, 2GB of DDR3 memory, 802.11n WiFi, an HDMI output, six USB sockets and Bluetooth.

That fits quite nicely with the EB1501U (shown above) that we spotted back at CeBIT, which has yet to launch in any capacity since. A proper introduction at IFA, perhaps? We’ll be watching, ASUS.

Stealth.com shows us their new nettop sized pc, called the LPC-100, which promises desktop beating performance in a package only slightly larger than an iPhone.   Oh, and it runs on 12 volts DC, making it ideal for your car PC project.  Beneath the tiny aluminum shell the base model includes a dual-core Celeron T3100 at 1.9Ghz, but you can upgrade to a Core 2 Duo T8400 (2.26Ghz) or T9100 (2.53Ghz). There are two DDR3 SODIMM slots supporting a maximum of 4GB memory and a SATA hookup for 160-500GB hard drives. Solid state drives are available as well.

Port wise, it has:

• 2PS/2 ports
• 2 serial ports
• 3 USB 2.0 ports
• VGA or DVI output
• Gigabit ethernet
• Microphone and headphone connections

Unfortunately, the LPC-100 is priced very un-nettop like.  The base model will set you back nearly $1300 US.   You can check out the press release here.

Some folks at ATiForum in Germany have found a leaked product roadmap, which shows two new chips with the code name “Zacate.” One is a single core chip that draws 18W of power, and the other will be a dual core chip with a 25W TDP. Both support DirectX 11  graphics and are due out late in the 4th quarter of 2010.

At this point it’s just a ‘leak’ so take the news with a grain of salt – especially the details which are subject to change this early on, but we’re certain AMD is working hard to challenge the Intel D410 and D510 nettop chips.

via Netbook News

Dual Core D510 & Nvidia Ion inside

Lenovo sent us the dual core version of their new Ideacentre Q150 nettop.  You can find our full unboxing pics after the break.  On first impression, this Q150 is about the same size and form factor as the Ideacentre Q100 we tested earlier – so it’s tiny!  The Q150 we got features the latest, powerful, Intel Atom D510 dual core 1.66ghz processor.  It also has a large 500gb hard drive, Nvidia Ion graphics (w/HDMI output) and 2gb of RAM.  So, despite it’s small size, we expect it to pack punch.

We’ll be testing this tiny little nettop over the next two weeks, so stay tuned to the blog to read our review.

There are two versions of the Lenovo Ideacentre Q150 available.  The one shown here is the dual core version, available for $349 at Amazon.  There is a also a budget conscious, single core option available for $220 (IdeaCentre Q150 Sing Core Atom D410).

Check out the full set of our unboxing pics after the break.

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