[News] Two new µ-A1's models on the way | ANN.lu |
Posted on 28-Aug-2004 15:44 GMT by Still Articia? | 170 comments View flat View list |
Two MiniITX A1's models are on the way, both G3. The first one is very similar to the "beta" versions that was sold earlier. The price for this one will be $600USD/500EUR, excluding VAT. The other version will also offer some more features such as Firewire, Gigabit Ethernet and an additional (custom?) PCI connector, and will cost $700USD/600EUR.
More info at: http://www.eyetech.co.uk/addbar.php?Address=/NEWS/TWONE001.HTM
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Posted by Anonymous on 29-Aug-2004 20:04 GMT | In reply to Comment 92 (priest): > Also it seems that the price for the customer is also slightly better than before... (Lower price but more features)
More features is a double-edged sword because they come in the package of an inflexible mini-itx board and are soldered to the PCB and thus you must take what you get, inferior as they may be. Unfortunately, I don't see much quality among the components of these boards. I would be happier if it had an AGP slot (rather than the terrible 7000 gfx core) for a card with DVI, and USB 2.0 and DDR-RAM and a 1.x GHz CPU and SATA. 1 GBit ethernet on-board and Firewire are the only good points. Unfortunately, the fast Ethernet chip connects to the PCI bus, so it's somewhat wasted. If you take quality into account, the price is a shocker. My impression is that these boards are not well-designed at all: extra features like Firewire are the icing on the cake but the cake must be good and it is not. They must get the fundamental issues right first: USB 2.0, DDR-RAM, SATA. Problem is MAI, will they ever get it right? |
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