[News] Photos of the A1-Lite | ANN.lu |
Posted on 18-Sep-2003 17:43 GMT by Peter Gordon | 115 comments View flat View list |
Soft3 have posted images of the new Mini-ITX formfactor AmigaONE Lite.
You can see them here!
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Posted by Kronos on 19-Sep-2003 05:09 GMT | Good :
Formfactor
"Clean" design (compared to the rather messy old A1s
Lots of on-board componets
Bad:
Only one PCI-slot (and no this can't be cured with a riser, as you would
still need some extra signals for the 2nd/3rd slot. Just like the small
riser-slot on the Peg).
ArticiaS, that chip isn't getting any younger (or better), and won't be
able to stand up against the competion in 2004.
VIA686B, the probraly worst SB ever made by VIA. Hardto understand why they
didn't use this redisgn to introduce something less problematic.
SO_DIMMs, these are basiclly normal SD_RAMs for Notebook at a premium price.
Not such a wise descision when you remebere that both kinds areallready at
the end of their life-time,and will get hard to get pretty soon.
Verdict:
Makes only sense when it can be offered in an "A500-A1200"-style, ready to run
at a cut-down-price. In these days that would mean >400EURO including tax and
components.
Bout USB2/FW:
This would require extra chips (which I don't see) as none of that is in the
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