Mini PC movement formed with Asus and Dell products

Initially a small computer like the Acer book from 2006, this market has just been warmed up thanks to the compact Eee Box and Studio Hybrid, stylish design, power saving, low cost. People no longer think of a PC as a bulky box.

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At the end of September 2006, Acer launched compact PC models with Veriton 1000, Power 1000 with outstanding black and red colors. The product is equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo chip, DVD reader, SATA 3 Gb / s hard disk with capacity up to 400 GB . However, the product is still a difficult dream for many people because cost up to thousands of dollars.

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Nearly two years later, in early June 2008, Asus' Eee Box was introduced at Computex Electronics Exhibition in Taiwan. The product draws attention thanks to its new design that is different from the usual computer case, its compact size as a book, costing only about 300 USD with medium-range configuration (Intel Atom chip 1.6 GHz, RAM 2 GB, 160 GB hard drive, latest Wi-Fi standard 802.11n) is suitable for home entertainment.

The Eee Box was released by Asus after the success of its low-cost Eee PC 7-inch, 9-inch and 10-inch mini-laptops, warming up the mini case market that Acer has "launched". These compact, fashionable, low-power, low-cost designs paved the way for the PC industry to see new development opportunities.

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The trend of turning PC into a pretty ornament on a desk is evident in Dell's Studio Hybrid PC, which was released at the end of July 2008. The product has a round shape like a stone, 80% smaller than normal computer cases, 70% less electricity. The machine with the most basic configuration costs 499 USD (no screen), 689 USD (with screen).

Configuration includes: Pentium Dual Core or Core 2 Duo Chip; 2.5 inch hard drive (laptop type) 5,400 rpm with 3 optional capacity levels 160 GB, 250 GB and 320 GB; RAM memory from 1 GB to 4 GB. The company also offers customers the option of integrating the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi standard, TV Tuner and even wireless keyboard and mouse. Small but this case has 8x DVD player (you can choose Blu-ray drive), 3 USB 2.0 ports, 4-pin FireWire port, Ethernet port, HDMI DVI, 8-in-1 card reader slot.

Test done by PC Magazine technology magazine showed that multimedia function in Studio Hybrid PC proved quite good, as the purpose lies in the name of the product. The system ran fine with the transparent Aero window of Windows Vista, taking only 38 seconds to complete the experiment with the Photoshop CS3 image processing program.