May 31, 2005 3:45 PM PDT
Will Intel open Pandora's box with Mac Mini twin?
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The chipmaker unveiled the prototype with AOpen on Tuesday at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.
The squarish metallic box, originally code-named Pandora, will be released under AOpen's XC Cube product line and is
Intel often contracts with smaller PC manufacturers to establish prototypes and reference designs. Sometimes the designs succeed--often they don't get much farther than trade shows.
The AOpen prototype is one of several designs on display at Computex this week, said Intel spokeswoman Barbara Grimes. Intel is working with multiple computer and device manufacturers on similar designs and expects the products to come to market later this year, she said.
Taiwan-based AOpen, an affiliate of PC maker Acer Group, mostly serves as a contract manufacturer for other companies. It is expected to sell Pandora systems starting around September, according to PC enthusiast site Silent PC Review.
The new design lets Intel take another run at the entertainment PC, heralded at the
According to Silent PC Review, AOpen's Pandora device has a slot load CD drive and power button in the front, along with three USB ports, a keyboard hookup and a serial port in the back for hooking into displays. The computer also has internal wireless networking connectors and uses a single blower fan to keep it cool.
AOpen is best known for its bare-bones tower systems, but it also makes smaller desktops, including a cube-shaped product family called XC Cube.
The computer maker also announced a partnership with Intel on the ATX Pentium M i915Ga-HFS. The hybrid motherboard is based on a socket 479 Pentium M (Dothan) CPU, Intel's 915G desktop chipset and ICH6 I/O controller. The motherboard is a likely candidate for the Pandora product line, AOpen said.
AOpen also said it is making PC motherboards based on Intel's latest Pentium D processors with 945G and 945P chipsets. The two motherboards are AOpen's first to support dual-core CPUs. Both motherboards can be installed with Pentium 4 processors with a front side bus running at 1066/800/533MHz.
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fact this a Mac mini clone.
I can understand why there wasn't a picture with the earlier article
(before it was announced), but the fact that it talks about the looks
in this article and doesn't provide a picture or link to anything with
a picture makes it worthless.
Look at this fabulous computer... [ ]
While there are some pics of this box online, copyright considerations prevented us from posting one today. We hope to have one up by tomorrow.
fact this a Mac mini clone.
I can understand why there wasn't a picture with the earlier article
(before it was announced), but the fact that it talks about the looks
in this article and doesn't provide a picture or link to anything with
a picture makes it worthless.
Look at this fabulous computer... [ ]
While there are some pics of this box online, copyright considerations prevented us from posting one today. We hope to have one up by tomorrow.
So much for the MacIntel rumors.
not of interest; its design is all wrong for OSX. The Itanium might
be a subject for discussion, it's RISC and 64 bit, and might be
useful. But maybe it's not about processors at all. Time will tell
So much for the MacIntel rumors.
not of interest; its design is all wrong for OSX. The Itanium might
be a subject for discussion, it's RISC and 64 bit, and might be
useful. But maybe it's not about processors at all. Time will tell
Looks like Mini-Mac?
If I am correct media computers been on market for years and different formats and boxes,this is just another lame apple looking pc.
How about some real news for change.
to one, but it is one quite powerful little computer. The use of the
word 'lame' indicates that you really don't know Macs at all. You
should at least take the time to understand the other side of the PC
world before you try to blow it off.
Looks like Mini-Mac?
If I am correct media computers been on market for years and different formats and boxes,this is just another lame apple looking pc.
How about some real news for change.
to one, but it is one quite powerful little computer. The use of the
word 'lame' indicates that you really don't know Macs at all. You
should at least take the time to understand the other side of the PC
world before you try to blow it off.
http://www.littlepc.com/
http://www.stealthcomputer.com/littlepc.htm
aren't competition for either a Mac Mini or a new PC Mini.
Price is always the problem with designs having a very limited
customer base. Hopefully, the PC Mini will appreal to many more
PC users.
- There are already better Mini PC's out there
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by
June 2, 2005 8:44 AM PDT
- There are already better more powerful Mini PC's out there, just take a look at these two sites for example:
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- But...Did you check the prices????
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by Earl Benser
June 2, 2005 9:40 AM PDT
- A good one will cost you over $1600. They may be small, but they
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by bluefrogpresident
June 18, 2005 6:59 AM PDT
- Do you have any more references to companies or websites that already make Mini PCs?
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See all 44 Comments >>http://www.littlepc.com/
http://www.stealthcomputer.com/littlepc.htm
aren't competition for either a Mac Mini or a new PC Mini.
Price is always the problem with designs having a very limited
customer base. Hopefully, the PC Mini will appreal to many more
PC users.