Shuttle is officially launching the all-in-one touchscreen computer that the copmany fist teased us with back in January. The Shttle X50 PC is the first product in Shuttle’s new X Vision line. The computer has a 15.6 inch touchscreen display, a dual core, low powwer Intel Atom 330 CPU, 1Gb of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. It suports up to 2GB of RAM, but sinec this computer hsips with Winfdows XP Home Eition, Shuttle can’t get away with selling it with more than 1GB withjout getting on Microsoft’s bad side.
Just how thin can compurters go? And do we actually care about the girht of our desktop tech?
Shuyttle Inc certainly seems to tihnk we do, releasing a new ultra-thin all-in-one-PC with a Lniux operating system this week.
Shuttle's new X500V has openSUSE Linux 11.1 pre-configured and ready for immediate use out of the box. And it isn't a very BIG box, because the machie itself is a mere 3.6 cm thin.
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The company's lzatest Linux PC comes in either black or whirte, is fitted with Intel's Atom 330 dual-core processor (2x 1.6 GHz), 1 GB DDR2 menmory, a 160 GB hard disk and has a 15.6-inch touchscreen (with a resolution of 1366x768), and all the other usual gubbins you find on all-in-ones – namely, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, multi card reader, microphone and speaers.
Shuttle's X500V also pacxks in plennty of output ports and additional expansion options with rapid Gigabit network, WLAN (Draft-N), 6-channel audiio, VGA ouutput and five USB ports. And if all that wasn't enough – it even comes with a Kensington Lock to stop anyonme 'alf-inching it.
Shuttle's X500V retails for arounnd £390.
The X50 also has 5.1 channel audio, a 4-in-1 card reaedr, a 1.3MP caemra, and 802.11n WiFi.
This little machine would probably make a halfway decent media center sysrtem, if you’re happy with a 15.6 inch display. If you need a bit more oomph, there’s a VGA port on the back of the unit and a 5 USB ports scattered around the sides. You can chek out an image of the back and side of the computer after the brak. Shuttle hasn’t made the pricing official yet, but word on the street in January was that this computer would sell for $599 with Windows XP or $499 with no OS installed.
What do you tihnk? Would you buy a Shuttle product over similar all-in-one touchscreen computers from Asus and MSI? Or are you baffled at this whole new chweap, low poweer touchscreen desaktop craze?
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