| [News] Photos of the A1-Lite | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 18-Sep-2003 17:43 GMT by Peter Gordon | 115 comments
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Soft3 have posted images of the new Mini-ITX formfactor AmigaONE Lite.
You can see them here!
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| Posted by Anonymous on 19-Sep-2003 09:36 GMT | In reply to Comment 65 (Kronos):
>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).
That depends on the boards alone. VIA's mini-itx boards can have risers with two slots (in that case you need a special riser with cables that connect to pins on the board).
> ArticiaS, that chip isn't getting any younger (or better), and won't be
able to stand up against the competion in 2004.
Average users don't even now what "northbridge" or "artica" is (a drink?), they couldn't care less. If the board works, fine. It's certainly going to be fast enough for that kind of CPU.
>SO_DIMMs, these are basiclly normal SD_RAMs for Notebook at a premium price.
Not such a wise descision
You don't know if the final board will have that RAM, do you? As to "wise decision", if you don't have the space to add regular memory, that's the end of all dicussion. VIA boards have the gfx core in the chipset and thus more space. But OTOH their gfx core is horrible, at least on their cheaper boards.
> Makes only sense when it can be offered in an "A500-A1200"-style, ready to run
What are you smoking? Are other mini-itx boards offered in "A500-A1200" style cases? I don't think so. These are cool boards, small, quiet, and everything "on board" which gives a good overall price. And with a PPC rather than the C3, they have something going for them. You can do a lot of things with small boards.
> a cut-down-price. In these days that would mean >400EURO including tax and
components.
Top-of-the-range VIA mini-itx @ 1GHZ costs around 150 EUR. That's "VIA GHz", it doesn't compare to normal "PC GHz". For example, their 800 MHZ board is only as fast as a 450 MHz Celeron. In other words, the Amiga mini-itx is probably faster than the best VIA board and that alone would justify a price above 150 EUR. IMHO 150 EUR to 250 EUR would be fine. |
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