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Shrinking the PC is a Zen Thing

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the see-it's-funny-laugh dept.

TheRaindog writes "Tech Report has one of the first reviews of Shuttle's new "Zen" small form factor system, which is almost 20% smaller than current XPCs. The Zen uses a passively-cooled external power supply and variable speed cooling fan to keep the system's noise levels and footprint to a minimum. With support for the latest Pentium 4 processors and ATI's Radeon 9100 IGP chipset, performance isn't too shabby, either."

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  1. Shuttle Innovates by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Shuttle once again raises the bar. They are one of the few companies out there doing something intresting with bland PC architecture. I still love my old SS50, now may be the time to pick up my next Shuttle.

  2. Well,... by gertsenl · · Score: 5, Funny
    The thing kinda looks an iPod, but I still get dirty looks walking around with it, singing American Pie. :(

    Keep working on those form factors, boys!

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    --Leo
  3. New?? by BJH · · Score: 5, Interesting


    This thing looks almost identical to the Soldam Polo series, the first of which came out around two years ago.

    So what's new about this?

  4. Re:Apple? by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 5, Insightful

    what is funnny is that this dude thinks looks are all that matter.

    OS X is the reason I use Apple computers.

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    I am the Alpha and the Omega-3
  5. What's the advantage here? by Amiga+Lover · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Really what's the advantage here? You're giving up functionality and extra cash to pay for one of these things, and only gaining the clutter of an external PSU, while running parts hotter and less reliably than in a correctly designed case, and there are hundreds of them out there.

    In essence it's making a PC worse, and paying more for the privilege, all for only one difference exteriorally which is the height of the box, as shuttles are every bit as wide as a normal PC and almost as long front to back. When all it's going to do is get books and other desk things stacked on top of it then there's not really any advantage?

  6. Obligatory Zen joke by savagedome · · Score: 5, Funny

    Q: How many Zen buddhists does it take to change a light bulb?
    A: Tree falling in the forest

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    1. Re:Obligatory Zen joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      a Taoist orders a hotdog from the Zen hotdog vendor.

      Taoist: "Make me one with everything"
      Zen Vendor: "That will be 2$."

      The Taoist hands him 5$.

      Taoist: "Hey, my change?"
      Zen Vendor: "Changes comes from within."

  7. Zen? by joethebastard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hate to come off sounding like a troll, but what does this thing have to do with Zen?

    If I started a line of "Jesus" computers, people would throw a hissy fit, but we slap other people's religions on everything from herbal tea to mp3 players. Granted, a good Buddhist shouldn't care about this, but I think it would be classy if we showed a tad more respect for other cultures than by naming our mediocre product after their religion.

    Again, I apologize for the way this sounds... just wanted to get that off my chest! Thanks fellas!