[geeks] The new IPC/LX, from Dell?

[Lionel Peterson]

On Nov 14, 2009, at 6:06 PM, Mike F <lists at ibrew.net> wrote:

> On Nov 14, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> Just came across this low-end, mini PC that reminds me of the beloved
>> IPC/LX format Sun workstation.
>>
>> It can support dual core Athlon CPUs, 8 Gig of RAM, discrete ATI
>> video, a 3 1/2" SATA drive and a DVD-R/W drive, starting at $229 (for
>> a very basic system, fully-loaded it heads towards $600-700 pretty
>> quickly).
>>
>> http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspiron-zino-hd?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>
> Blatant Mac Mini knockoff? :-D
>
> Not available in silver/white, so may be somewhat defensible.
>
> Agreed about the fully configured price, but the starting price is  
> close to impulse buy range.
>
> I wonder what it's like in terms of noise and power consumption...  
> might be a good HTPC candidate.

It has discrete graphics available ($80 upgrade), and all configs have  
HDMI output.

Agreed about base config at $229 being close to impulse buy range...

Imagine if Apple had a base config of iMac that was only $229 and  
could go to 8 gigs without tripling cost of system... Oh, and take a  
normal (not laptop) HD.

If it's a knock-off, then I say 'knock away!'

Lionel

(now, if the Dell box box could run OS X ;^)