World's First BTX Mini-PC

CTZ writes "We have direct information from CES 2005 show floor that covers Shuttle's first BTX Mini-PC. It's also the world's first BTX system ever displayed. "Shuttle also had a rather sizable booth with an entire line of their products displayed, as it can be seen from the images throughout this article. Perhaps the most important interesting product they had on the show floor was the world's first XPC based on Intel's BTX standard. Shuttle is looking to make the system affordable, so they have decided to use steel for the chassis instead of aluminum. According to Shuttle, this will bring the cost of the XPC system down by $130.00. The only downside, as some may perceive it, is that the BTX XPC system will be 1" wider than regular XPCs, but regardless, you can expect the same quality from Shuttle."

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Re:Aluminum just doesn't handle like steel does.

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"for structures that are equal to steel in stiffness, strength and crashworthiness. ...

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Re:Aluminum just doesn't handle like steel does.

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I think the US automakers are just cheap.

Acura has had the all-aluminum NSX out for over a decade. Take a look at the lines on that car. They only do aluminum bodies for one single car, so what's the issue with GM using aluminum? Are you telling me Acura has more money to blow on frivolous engineering?

Also, Mitsubishi knows a thing or two about working with aluminum. The Evolution 8 has an aluminum nose and front fenders, and the MR model and all of the 2005's will have an aluminum roof as well.

GM is just plain cheap.