Xi3 Intros Z3RO Pro x86-based Mini Computer

[ohmibuffet]

Overpriced, under-powered, not that compact, proprietary. Intel NUC beats it in every category.

 

[ohmibuffet]

Overpriced, under-powered, not that compact. Intel NUC beats it in every category.

 

[mamailo]

[citation][nom]fearless1333[/nom]Still trying to figure out how this is an improvement over netbooks. (It fills the same niche...)[/citation]
Nope.
It do not have a screen and is not portable; needs a power adapter.

As Carputer will be neat.

 

[Firion87]

"......it also marks the end of desktop computing as we’ve known it."

who says that AND believes in that? I'm really starting to hear that everywhere. The only problem I see are the case manufactureres and Cooling solution providers. I can't attach to that thing (Xi3) a proper tv card (not those flimsy usb sticks, not to mention something for my satellite dish) If they continue with this overpriced and underpowered (Cr)apple strategies, yes: The PC will die out. We need nice small smart cases with closed loop water cooling system to reduce noise and size. Nothing more. My i3 with a 7850 uses while browsing only 42W. What do you wish more????

 

[bustapr]

if it werent for the 16gb ssd Id say its the right price for an htpc. its nice to have low powerand its good that it apparently has enough juice to power 2 screens, but Id actually like to store movies on my htpc.

still I see the market for this kind of pc. some3 businesses like lowest power possible and dont store giant files on their pcs. its also small, which is good for office environments. but for my personal use, Id rather have a more powerhungry htpc with tons more space than this at the same price.

 

[ojas]

[citation][nom]blazorthon[/nom]GPU core count is an aspect of GPU performance. By itself, it's useless, but without it, all other such information is equally useless. Also, I don't think that any current Intel IGPs have even this many cores. It's almost definitely AMD, especially since everything that I've read about them involved AMD CPUs IIRC and the specs line up nicely with some AMD models as mentioned by others.Also, it's AMD's much higher power APUs that have much more cores than 80, not AMD's very low power consumption models.
I also completely disagree with you in your claims about it being misleading except to people who have no business thinking that they have any understanding of the technology. Anyone confusing this stuff would probably be confused regardless of having such information and the many people who can use it would be screwed over in a sense without this information.[/citation]
Yeah i saw what other people had posted about the CPU, cross-checked with AMD's site.

And i think...i didn't write that properly, i meant by itself, as a marketing tool, simply saying 80 cores can be a bit misleading. I mean, you don't hear that thrown up on its own when it comes to desktop parts.

But...i don't know if i can quite agree with what you're saying...because after all they're marketing it as a desktop replacement for everyone. It's supposed to be mid way b/w DIY and OEM, with the "good-enough for most" tag. So people unlike you and me may get misled by it.

It's like saying Nvidia/AMD's rebranding trend is ok, because well, you and me would know that the new GPUs are re-brands, while people not well versed with computer hardware won't, and they "have no business" understanding it and can get misled.

So many people buy 2GB cards thinking their better.

I'm not completely sure what you're trying to say with the last 2 lines so i may be misunderstanding you here...

 

[teh_chem]

This is a poor take on Xi3. They make computing platforms for industrial and/or scale-business applications--not with the general (home) consumer in mind.

Doesn't mean you couldn't use this in your home, but that's not the market that Xi3 is targeting.

What's odd is when looking at their site a couple years ago, they were more-than-upfront with the tech spec's of their systems (back then running first gen core i3 for the most part, sometimes the ultra low power consumption variants). Now you have to dig to find out that:

They still use old Athlon X2 3400e in their larger form-factor systems, and only allude to using "X86-based APU," but don't specify the specific type (perhaps because of the bad publicity AMD has gotten in the intel-amd wars as of late?). Not that it matters, for general applications, an APU is more than adequate. But odd to not even have a detailed list of tech spec's.