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Wii-like PC

November 29, 2006

shuttle_xpc_x100.jpgPC maker Shuttle has just released a rather Wii-looking ultra small PC, named XPC X100. The shape and size is a lot like the Nintendo Wii, and it even features the same type of CD/DVD drive. The PC is powered either by an Intel Celeron M or the more powerful Core Duo CPU, up to 2 GB RAM and a standard hard drive. The graphics are powered by a Radeon X1400, so all in all the X100 is far more powerful than the Wii, but it will set you back anywhere from $800 to $1000.

More info on the official site.

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20 Responses to “Wii-like PC”

  1. JC Says:
    November 29th, 2006 at 6:51 pm

    Doesn’t play Zelda Twilight Princess and doesn’t have the Wii-mote, so I’ll stick with buying the Wii :)

  2. Jim2k Says:
    November 29th, 2006 at 9:16 pm

    Damn, a 1000 bucks… Nothing costing that much must not be asociated with the Wii in any way. $1000… gimme a break. You can get a MacBook for that money, which is about 3-4 times as powerful.

  3. Quartecks Says:
    November 30th, 2006 at 1:10 am

    Someone’s ripping off the Mac mini!

  4. Zac Says:
    November 30th, 2006 at 3:29 am

    Heating problems?

  5. Quartecks Says:
    November 30th, 2006 at 4:15 am

    That thing looks kind of ugly, the scheme doesn’t work as well as with the Wii.

  6. ollie_webbuk Says:
    November 30th, 2006 at 8:37 pm

    @Quartecks, not really rip off of the Mac mini, because Shuttle have been making small PC’s for years. Grow up.

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  9. tom Says:
    November 30th, 2006 at 9:55 pm

    Erm, well, really, it just a desktop turned on it’s side

    there are plently of other similar looking compact PCs

    Wii was not the first you know.

  10. Dug Says:
    December 1st, 2006 at 12:18 am

    1K for that?!?

  11. charz0r Says:
    December 1st, 2006 at 10:07 am

    Hmmm, I can definitely see how this can be a competitor to Mac Mini. Same prices - similarities in hardware specs…

  12. Dave Says:
    December 1st, 2006 at 5:27 pm

    This has been out for at least a month and a half now. It was not modelled after the Wii, although it is a similar size and design.

  13. shinderpakk jandu Says:
    December 1st, 2006 at 7:56 pm

    My experience with Shuttle motherboards and products has been relatively good.
    There seems to be quality hump. There is a failure rate but if you get the product over the first month they seem to be quite reliable products http://www.aceemploymentservices.net

  14. booger Says:
    December 1st, 2006 at 10:11 pm

    It resembles a wii because it is a BOX? A rectangular BOX stood on its side? This is poor reporting.

  15. Zac Says:
    December 2nd, 2006 at 8:54 am

    Yeah the size/shape. Also that it uses the same disk-feeding method.

  16. zippitie Says:
    February 19th, 2007 at 1:41 pm

    man you are fucking retarded jim2k, a macbook is an overpriced POS with a pretty cover, and a celeron cpu? that sucks too, not only does the wii suck, but that pc sucks, and so do macbooks, man you guys are damn fuckin nooobs lol, you can easily build a more powerful machine than any of those for 1000

    fuckin noobs

  17. Quartecks Says:
    February 19th, 2007 at 1:47 pm

    Whose the noob? First of all, this article was all but dead, second of all do your research: http://www.apple.com/macbook/macbook.html

    The software alone is free.

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