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The Geforce chip is made of copper instead of aluminium, which means it can run faster - Spencer Kelly, BBC Click Online
Dell releases mini desktops
DELL HAS ANNOUNCED a new range of compact desktop machines under the Dell Studio Hybrid Desktop moniker.
Dell is marketing the Studio Hybrid based on its green(er) credentials claiming the new systems consume 70 per cent less power than standard desktops, and that 95 per cent of its packaging is recyclable.
The small-form desktops come in a wide range of colours, including grey, red, green, pink, orange, and even a bamboo-effect style.
The back IO plate offers HDMI, DVI, audio, gigabit ethernet, SPDIF, Firewire, and three USB ports. The front of the system has two further USB ports, a headphone jack and an 8-in-1 media card reader.
Optionally, the Hybrid can come specified with in-built Draft-N wireless and Creative Audigy based sound.
When customising the Hybrid we found the minimum entry price for a base system without a monitor was £398.99 and this contained a 2GHzCeleron, 1GB memory, 160GB hard-drive, DVD-RW, and Vista Home Premium.
A more reasonably specified system with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo T7250, 2GB memory, 320GB hard-drive, DVD-RW, and Vista Home Premium was quoted at £564.00.
There are no options to upgrade the hard-drive to a faster 7200rpm model, from the standard 5400rpm disks offered. On-board Intel graphics are the only video option for the Studio Hybrid.
Any colour other than grey is £10 more, where the bamboo effect will cost you an additional £70.
Unless you're a Panda, we'd give this option a miss. µ
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I wonder if the guy who designed these played Portal? :)
So like wow. DELL now found a way to put low end hardawre in a shiny package and charge extra for it.

*shock, horror and disbelief*

Anyone want LESS for MORE?? amazing!

I think I'll start my own company. I'll package over-priced hardware and put it in a new line of products called uhm... "Tiny Workstations"

I'll make them so cute that any boss will get it for his siliconly enhanced secretary. Sure its pricy but it looks really shiny!!
....thinking "ohhh could this be the media PC I've been looking for?"

Then I saw that it only has crappy integrated Intel graphics.

It was all going so well till then. Fail.

A nice low end Nvidia (not the melty ones) or AMD GPU would have done nicely.

Maybe the next version.



cheap at half the price lol ffs ya can get a real rig for that ammount of beer tokens, they trying to jump on the apple gravy train ?? :O) 

MATRIXDROIDS form an orderly queue for a new shinytoy here plzzzzzzzzz O_o
the bamboo is the best finish by far! it almost makes me want to buy one.
umm... so it's basically a laptop spec, for more than the price of a laptop, and without a screen.

I imagine it's got an LED display on the front that flashes "I'm with stupid".
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That's quite expensive, and no video card options... at all. No dice.
And I might consider.