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Saintsong Releases A New Mini PC

Posted by Hemos on from the pretty-new-hardware dept.

A reader writes "Saintsong, our favorite manufacturer of tiny PC's (see here and here) is at it again. They've released the TX2 version of the Cappuccino PC everyone drooled over not to long ago. It's designed by Gingko corp., the same folks who designed the iMac. The new unit includes 2 Firewire ports and an additional 2 USB ports over it's predecessor, the Cappuccino GX1. Unfortunately it appears that Saintsong is only distributing it in kit form, so you'll have to supply your own socket 370 processor, RAM, hdd, etc. No prices are listed, but it's still a slick looking toy."

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  1. Silly Video Card by ink · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Intel 82815, Video Memory 4MB (shared Memory).
    Supports up to 1280 by 1024-pixel at 24bits per pixel 15 pin mini D-sub VGA connector
    One S video port
    One AV video port

    They need to put in a GeForce mobility chip. If you're already going to pay a pretty penny for style, you may as well fork over the extra $80 for a somewhat decent video card.

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    1. Re:Silly Video Card by tf23 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Exactly - and only dimm slot. Which would be OK if it took a 512 - but it doesn't:

      "One 144-pin DIMM slot for PC100/133Mhz SDRAM. Upgradeable to 256MB. "

      Upgrade the video, let me put a 512 dimm in it that's work, drop the entire price a bit and I'd consider buying the kit to build one.

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  2. Re:Its tiny by ackthpt · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ugh, it's got an external powersupply. Not a blob, more of a brick, dunno how some folks feel, but I could stand a little larger case and not having to deal with these things.

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  3. re: kits only by gnudutch · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Righteous!