• Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
    Posts: 37 from 2008/1/4
    From: Canada
    Quote:

    I don't think there is any market left for cheap "desktops".


    Tell it to Walmart :-)
    Maybe that is where everyone is buying their cheap desktops?
    http://www.mini-itx.com/2007/11/11/199-c7-powered-pc-at-wal-mart

    I agree, that In North America, many people are going for laptops. Students are using them at Universities & Colleges, Corporations are lending them out to employees to take home, consumers are buying them for portability, etc. Now that laptops have become affordable.

    Now, the LimePC ThinPC is targeted for the desktop market. Mainly intended to be sold in China & Asia but will be sold worldwide also. Demand could be different in that part of the world. As most North Americans either 1) have a desktop already or 2) prefer to go with a laptop. Doesn't mean this is the same for the rest of the world.

    Mini-ITX was made for affordable and compact desktop systems. And now, Dell & Intel are using this form factor to enter the sub entry computer market ( low cost, less than $350 ).
    http://www.mini-itx.com/2007/05/23/dell-targets-emerging-markets-with-ec280-mini-itx-pc

    http://www.mini-itx.com/2007/05/16/intel-to-offer-mini-itx-desktop-board

    Yes the Intel motherboard is using a SiS chipset! Who would have thought this day would come?

    EDIT: The Dell EC280 consumes 23 watts. The Power Supply is 65 watts. Celeron @ 1.2Ghz, 256/512MB RAM, 40/80GB, CD ROM/DVD ROM, USB2, Case: 270mm x 225mm.
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