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Shuttle’s little K45 is great for your grandma, kitchen, or anything really

March 10, 2008 by admin 

Never underestimate the power of miniaturization. This sucker can rock a Core2 Duo E6700 and 2 gigs of decent RAM, with room for four USB slots, two SATA ports, and audio and ethernet onboard. They call it barebone, they call it mini, but that’s probably a more perilous system than some of our readers have. It […]

1_r_r.jpgNever underestimate the power of miniaturization. This sucker can rock a Core2 Duo E6700 and 2 gigs of decent RAM, with room for four USB slots, two SATA ports, and audio and ethernet onboard. They call it barebone, they call it mini, but that’s probably a more dangerous system than some of our readers have.

It should be mighty cheap, too — boxes begin at $99, or the price you pay for the black paint on your MacBook. If you get a Drobo (also boxy) you can sit them next to each other and they’ll look like siblings. I’d invest in a bigger PSU, though. The default 100W sounds a little weak.

Shuttle announces K45 mini-PC barebone, and systems shipping with Linux [Digitimes, via TechFresh]

Via [crunchgear]

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