A new mini-desktop computer from EliteGroup Computer Systems (ECS) showed up at the FCC website this week. It looks like a low-power nettop computer, but it will be available with Intel Core i5 or Core i7 Sandy Bridge processors, making it a pretty decent replacement for a full-sized desktop PC. ECS is a Taiwanese computer manufacturer, and it’s likely that the…

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Giada is updating its line of mini-desktop PCs with a handful of new models with the latest Intel processors. The Gigada 135G, for instance, has an Intel Atom Cedar Trail processor, but packs a bit more graphics power than you’d typically get from an Atom-based system thanks to NVIDIA GF119 graphics. The 135G also has an mSATA solid state disk….

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Asus has introduced a new super-slim desktop computer called the Eee Box EB1031. It has a 2.13 GHz Intel Atom D2700 Cedar Trail processor with support for 1080p HD video playback, up to 4GB of RAM, and a 2.5″ hard drive bay with support for up to 500GB of storage. The EB1031 also as USB 3.0 support, HDMI output, a…

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Lenovo has introduced a new mini-desktop that the company calls the world’s smallest desktop computer. The Lenovo IdeaCentre Q180 is pretty small, measuring just 7.6″ x 6.1″ x 0.86″, but it’s certainly not the smallest desktop PC… not by a long shot. You don’t even have to look at minuscule computers like the Trim Slice, Raspberry Pi to find smaller PCs. The new…

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VIA is updating its ARTiGO mini-desktop computer line with the addition of the ARTiGO A1150. It’s a barebones PC kid that comes with a Pico-ITX motherboard, a tiny case, and a 1 GHz VIA Eden X2 64-bit dual core processor. The system also has a VIA VX900H media system processor. The low power chip can handle HD video playback in…

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It’s been almost a year since Compulab introduced the Fit-PC3, a desktop computer that’s small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but which features HD graphics capabilities. Now it’s finally available for purchase. The Fit-PC3 includes an AMD embedded processor with Radeon HD graphics. The little computer has space for 2 sticks of DDR3 memory, a hard…

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Chinese small form-factor PC maker Giada has introduced a new mini-PC with a new Intel Atom Cedar Trail N2800 processor and the latest GMA graphics. While Cedar Trail chips aren’t that much faster than earlier Atom processors in terms of overall performance, they do feature support for HD video playback. That allows the Giada F100 to handle 1080p HD video using just…

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A few months ago Zotac unveiled a tiny desktop computer powered by a VIA Nano X2 dual core processor. Now it’s on track to go on sale this month in Japan. The Zotac ZBOX Nano-VD01 features a 1.2 GHz VIA Nano X2 U4025 dual core processor with a VIA VX900H chipset and Chrome9 HD graphics with support for DirectX 9….

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Zotac has launched a new mini-desktop PC called the ZBOX nano AD10. The little box features an 1.6 GHz AMD E-350 dual core processor and Radeon HD 6310 graphics, which should give it more than enough power for handling HD video, Blu-ray disks, or Adobe Flash content. The AD10 also features two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, an…

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It feels like just a few days ago that AMD introduced the new E-450 Fusion processor with slightly faster CPU and graphics performance than last year’s E-350 chip… because it was just a few days ago. But PC maker MSI is already offering a new mini-desktop computer in France featuring the new chip. The latest MSI Wind Box DC100 is…

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The Trim Slice computer from CompuLab is a miniature desktop PC with a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, 4 USB ports, HDMI output, an SD card slot and a microSD card slot and an optional WiFi adapter. The computer users just 6W of power or less and sells for $280. But what you don’t get for that…

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Don’t feel like spending $900 on a tiny desktop computer with a low power Intel Atom processor? No problem, because when it comes to nettop computers, expensive is the exception rather than the rule. Case in point: Habey’s new EPC-6568S is a mini-desktop PC with a dual core Atom processor, NVIDIA ION graphics, and a $250 price tag. That price…

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