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

[Mike F]

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.

- Mike