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World's First BTX Mini-PC

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-smaller-like-the-reverse-of-spam dept.

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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  1. Thanks editors for doing your job! by garcia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Throughout the article? Either you are exaggerating beyond the normal limits of exaggeration or I am missing something here... I see exactly TWO images. One of a LCD panel and one of a square box that has some sort of tray (DVDRW/CDRW?). Woohoo!

    Let's not forget that the "article" is little more than a press release about a product that saves you $130! Saves me $130 from what? $1000? $2000? $more? Let's make sure that the editors do some weeding out of blatant advertising of crap next time.

    This "article" didn't tell me much about the product, really didn't like anywhere but to other advertisements, and left me guessing.

    Thanks for posting this to the main page. I really appreciate it.

    1. Re:Thanks editors for doing your job! by slaker · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Since most XPCs run between $250 and $400, $130 is a very substantial savings. I like the XPC form factor for some things (not as HTPCs - I want components that match my AV equipment, but as office machines), but I've found the cost off-putting compared to traditional case, PSU and motherboard arrangements.

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  2. How big IS this thing? by fuzzy12345 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Given the relative prices of aluminum and steel, I'm picturing something the size of my desk! How can aluminum vs. steel construction represent a price difference of over $100?

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  3. Re:Weight? by Squatchman · · Score: 4, Funny

    It isn't heavy enough until I can kill my cat with it.

  4. A Much Better Article by Hack+Jandy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Again, AnandTech saves the day

    BTX: http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i =2317&p=15
    Shuttle: http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i =2317&p=6

    More Shuttle: http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i =2317&p=5

    God forbid CTX actually covered the show instead of just rewriting press releases...

  5. Worthless by shamowfski · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey Look! I'm playing Duke Nukem Forever on my BTX form factor PC. Thanks to 3DRealms and Intel for making this possible...