Now there are Nettops
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First it was the Netbook, the super small, bare bones and very affordable notebook computer that has been all of the past year’s rage for on-the-go geeks.
Now there is the Nettop, the minimalist equivalent for desktop computers.
They’re also green.
Compared to ordinary desktop computers, nettops are not only smaller, lighter and cheaper, they also consume much less power. For example, CompuLab’s fit-PC2 consumes no more than 8 watts of power, whereas a typical desktop would easily consume more than 100 watts of power. Consequently, nettops are often fanless with an external power supply. Some do not have an optical disk drive and use a solid state disk, making them completely silent. The trade off is that the hardware specifications and processing power are usually reduced and hence make nettops less appropriate for running complex or resource intensive applications.
Here’s one of the latest…
EMTEC dips toes into nettop market with Ion-based G Box.
This article was posted by Tech Reporter Mike Wendland. It has been archieved under Gadgets.
