Zotac’s new ZBox Nano-XS is smaller than your average case fan, measuring only 4.17" x 4.17" x 1.46" (106mm x 106mm x 37mm) but is powerful enough you can stream video and even get some light game playing in on it. The name is a bit misleading as it is powered by a dual core AMD E-450 with a HD 6320 giving it impressive graphics for its size and the 64GB Kingston mSATA SSD making the general performance of the system quite snappy. Funky Kit does want you to be aware that this tiny PC ships without an OS so make sure that you are familiar with making a bootable USB drive with which to install your OS but apart from that they highly recommend the Nano-XS to anyone who needs a tiny PC.
"The performance of the ZBox impressed me. It can’t touch my high end desktop of course, but given the size and the price it is quite impressive. You can do some low end gaming, watch any videos you might want to regardless of their resolution and it snaps windows around and loads programs quite quickly, thanks to the SSD."
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Llano?
Really?
I think Fusion
Llano?
Really?
I think Fusion or Brazos would be more appropriate, cause you had me in for a joyous shock there.
or Zecate, even
or Zecate, even
ya you are right …
ya you are right … should’ve double checked
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‘The sad fact is that if you
‘The sad fact is that if you want to stick a Windows installation into your Zbox shopping trolley then you’re pushing the price perilously close to the £400 mark.’
The same price i just payed for my SFF lenovo i5 quad core
I read “Llano” and though
I read “Llano” and though fusion A series… That would be impressive in such a form factor.
Wishful thinking on my part,
Wishful thinking on my part, suddenly it is not as cool as I thought it was
The perfect XBMC box.
The perfect XBMC box. OpenElec is free.