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Announcements about garish, LED-covered "enthusiast" cases make it into my inbox on a weekly basis. Genuinely tasteful and visually appealing cases, on the other hand,...

Type: News story Tags: Cases Systems

This sleek, small-form-factor machine serves up Blu-ray playback, USB 3.0, Nvidia discrete graphics, and a dual-core Atom. Is it the ultimate home-theater nettop?

Type: Feature article Tags: Systems

Atom-based nettops easily get bogged down, but Zotac's latest Zbox pairs a capable CULV Celeron with an Ion chipset. Let's see what this budget...

Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Cases Systems

Zotac's Zbox HD-ID11 brings a dual-core Atom, Ion GPU, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and XBMC support to a barebones nettop. Is it the ultimate bargain HTPC?

Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Cases Systems

Now that Nvidia has officially pulled the curtain off its new Ion, we can tell you about more of the systems based on the...

Type: News story Tags: Systems

What if you could get a diminutive nettop with a dual-core Atom, Nvidia graphics, and a built-in Blu-ray player? Well, now you can. Sort of....

Type: News story Tags: Systems

Following in the footsteps of HP and Acer, Asus has announced a...

Type: News story Tags: Systems

Well, that didn't take long. Two days after its first appearance in Europe, Dell's Zino HD has made it across the Atlantic and

Type: News story Tags: Systems

Eat your hearts out, nettops. There's a new kid in town, and it's got a little more power under the hood than your typical Atom...

Type: News story Tags: Systems

On the heels of its record-breaking financial results, Apple has revamped its consumer Mac line with new, larger-screened iMacs, a polycarbonate unibody MacBook, and...

Type: News story Tags: Systems Mac

Is it just us, or is Nvidia's Ion growing in popularity? Just four days ago, we told you about Asus' latest EeeBox nettop, which...

Type: News story Tags: Systems

Small-form-factor nettops aren't really known for their aesthetic flair or power, but Asus' new EeeBox EB1501 has broken the mold somewhat with a sleek,...

Type: News story Tags: Systems

So, almost three years had passed since my last major system upgrade—downright shameful negligence for someone in this line of work, clearly. I won't...

Type: Blog post Tags: Systems

Lenovo might be a tad late to the game, but it's planning some compact nettops and an Atom-powered home server system. So points out...

Type: News story Tags: Systems

Slowly, but surely, Via's Nano processor is making its way into an increasing variety of systems. The latest is a tiny desktop from Shuttle, which...

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The Atom has found a natural niche in netbooks and low-cost desktop PCs, but that's not its only vocation. HP happens to think Intel's low-power...

Type: News story Tags: Systems Servers

Eat your heart out, Asus. Dell has jumped head-first into the affordable all-in-one PC market with the Studio One 19, a $699 desktop that packs...

Type: News story Tags: Systems

Are you ready? No, Nvidia isn't kicking off another awkward PR campaign. Rather, the first PC based on its Ion platform has finally...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Systems