[mythtv-users] Shuttle next-gen SFF PC exposed

Bryan Halter bhalter at armyofpenguins.com
Wed Feb 22 17:55:11 UTC 2006



Ross Campbell wrote:
> Nice formfactor for a myth frontend, fanless power supply too.
>
> -Ross
>
>
> Courtesy of The Register:
>
> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/22/shuttle_xpc_x100_xposed/
>
> "Shuttle has taken the wraps off its upcoming next-generation small
> form-factor PC which crams an Intel 65nm dual-core processor, memory,
> hard drive, optical storage and other goodies into a case that's just
> 5.4cm high and has a footprint the size of an A4 page.
>
> The XPC X100 is pitched at a new era of home entertainment computers
> based on Windows XP Media Center Edition. A typical spec, said
> Shuttle, is a 1.83GHz Core Duo T2400 processor; 512MB of dual-channel
> DDR 2 SDRAM; ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics on an MXM module so
> it's upgradeable; 250GB Serial ATA II hard drive; HD Audio; Gigabit
> Ethernet; 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi; four-in-one memory card reader; one
> front- and three rear-mounted USB 2.0 ports; DVI, TV-out and S/P DIF
> ports; and a six-pin Firewire connector.
>
> The box contains a 120W fanless power supply unit.
>
> Shuttle stressed the spec is a preliminary one. The X100 is expected
> to be a keystone of the company's presence at the CeBIT show next
> month."
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I have a couple of their original SFF boxen one of which I currently use
for a diskless frontend.  It is a nice formfactor but I think the key to
all of this is not smaller, but camoflaged.  Dvine and Silvestone have
figured this out, from personal experience pricing a new frontend the
WAF is mugh higher for something that looks like it belongs instead of
something that looks cool.


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