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Fundamentally, you can't fool Mother Nature in computers, either - Andy Grove - Only the Paranoid Survive
Superthin Blu-ray mini-PC put out
FUJITSU HAS DECIDED to be creative about the digital turkey that is Blu-Ray and has stuck it under the bonnet of a mini-desktop PC.
The Q1500, which is part of Fujitsu's Esprimo Q series, packs a lot of punch for a small form PC that is only 5cm tall and uses only 19W. The top of the range model that was recently shown off at Berlin's IFA trade show has a 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 processor, a 320GB Western Digital hard disk and 4GB of DDR2 RAM alongside a slot-loading Blu-ray reader.
It has Intel's GMA 4500HD graphics chip and Gigabit Ethernet, with a 802.11b/g/n wireless card and Bluetooth available as optional extras. It all fits into a 165mm wide and 50mm tall box and weighs just 1.7kg.
Budget versions of the Q1500 will have DVD writers, smaller hard disks, less RAM and weaker processors. With prices starting at €699 for the lesser versions they sound like good value for money.
Certainly it is the sort of technology that is required to push the flagging Blu-ray player.
Last week we pointed that sales of Blu-ray have been slower than a turtle nursing a hangover and there has been a call for OEMS to package the gear in more interesting ways.
In the Q1500, it looks like Fujitsu has done that. µ
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is blu-ray still going?
Don't buy a rubbish that powered with mediocre AMD processor!
no, instead buy an overpriced intel with slow boot times and unresponsive windows actions!
youll cry all the way to the pawnbrokers
I'm going to let Intel's IGP speak for it self.
And FYI I got a 720 BE, unlocked the 4th core and it is now on a 24/7 OC of 3.9ghz(200X19.5) ON AIR!! So that is a quad core I got for $120 that will dominate any core 2 in that price range.
Yep, you and the two others have got really great machines.
According to http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLB47 the processor itself has a TDP of 35W. How do they make the claim that the entire system draws 19W?
£650 without stupidly overpriced BR burner !! and look at what you actually get. It may look awefully cute but it should cost £300 WITH a BRrom
"Last week we pointed that sales of Blu-ray have been slower than a turtle nursing a hangover and there has been a call for OEMS to package the gear in more interesting ways."
I saw no reference to sales numbers anywhere in the linked article.
i could build a decent gaming rig for far less than that - with casemods!
do they just make these prices up off the top of their heads or something?!
theyll only sell these things to people with 'mug' tattoo'd across their foreheads
They want to sell more Blue Ray, lower the prices otherwise it will stagnate like it has. I have no desire for Blue Ray even though I have one in my PS3. Rented one movie once at a higher price and was not that impressed over a good DVD. The PS3 does upscale all DVDs to 1080P and that may have had something to do with it.
I don't buy movies either, why. After I watch a movie a couple times if it's real good, I don't want to see it again for a very long time and by then it will show up on TV.