Is This Zotac's Smallest ZBOX Mini-PC To Date?

[exfileme]

This mini-PC can fit in your pocket.

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[LaughALot]

According to Fanless Tech: Available next month for $199 / 199 euros.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/headphones-plantronics-backbeatpro-anc-wireless,27546.html

 

[jkhoward]

That is awesome!

 

[velocityg4]

I wonder if it could playback 1080p blu ray quality MKV files without stuttering via Plex?

 

[southernshark]

On a device like that, I'd prefer they offered it for 50 less without an OS. I have been looking for a micro linux server, just to ssh into now and then.

 

[ianj14]

On a device like that, I'd prefer they offered it for 50 less without an OS. I have been looking for a micro linux server, just to ssh into now and then.

Great likes think a mind. I like the idea of low power servers that take up very little space.

 

[icemunk]

$199?? Yeesh. You can buy a tablet with the same processor/ram and storage for $157 right now. Actually the processor is a bit faster, it's the Z3740. This thing is nice and all, but should be selling for less than a tablet with better specs.

 

[velocityg4]

$199?? Yeesh. You can buy a tablet with the same processor/ram and storage for $157 right now. Actually the processor is a bit faster, it's the Z3740. This thing is nice and all, but should be selling for less than a tablet with better specs.

Besides the Windows license. You have to factor in scale of production which affects price a lot. They are not producing anywhere near as many of these as the tablets. So they don't get close to the same discounts.

 

[back_by_demand]

Boot straight into XBMC, stick to the back of a TV and stream all the content from network drive. Winner.

 

[Fr33Th1nk3r]

What would be a use for a mini pc like this?

 

[adamdbz]

While this is cool it is kind of expensive for what it is.

I have a Raspberry Pi for xbmc it is smaller and cheaper, while being a lot weaker.. but it plays 30 gigs of 1080p movies with no problem over cat 5e.

 

[fmaxwell]

$199?? Yeesh. You can buy a tablet with the same processor/ram and storage for $157 right now. Actually the processor is a bit faster, it's the Z3740. This thing is nice and all, but should be selling for less than a tablet with better specs.

Who the f*** cares about a tablet when looking for a shirt-pocket size PC? That's like me telling you that your laptop PC sucks because I can get a desktop PC with a faster CPU for $40 less. If you need a wristwatch, then it doesn't matter how cheap some wall clock is.

 

[fmaxwell]

$199?? Yeesh. You can buy a tablet with the same processor/ram and storage for $157 right now. Actually the processor is a bit faster, it's the Z3740. This thing is nice and all, but should be selling for less than a tablet with better specs.

Does the $157 tablet run a desktop version of Windows? Does it fit into your shirt pocket? Does it have an Ethernet port, Wireless N and Bluetooth 4.0, multiple USB ports and an SSD (not flash -- a real SSD with wear leveling)? No; so it does not have "better specs."

If you need a wristwatch, then you don't care how much a wall clock costs.