Shuttle KPC – $199 Linux PC
Shuttle who are well known for their barbones cases, announced a new PC at this years CES.
The Shuttle KPC, will come in two options a barebones kit, and a fully built PC running Linux.
The full PC version will feature an Intel Celeron processorm a 945GC chipset, 512MB of memory and either a 60GB or 80GB hard drive and a 100W PSU.
The Shuttle KPC will cost $199, and if you want the barebones version it is going to cost $99.
The barebones KPC will have the option to upgrade to a Intel Core2Duo processor and 1GB of Ram.
It should go on sale in the next couple of months, and I have to say it looks great from the pictures.
via AnandTech
January 15th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
It is a cool concept, but these mini cases keep coming out 6mos to a year late. If you have users running Vista and a machine that can only handle up to a gig (if you are smart enough to build it and not all users are). Means that this is another ccol invention a little too late and a little behind that will be disregarded and relegated to the could of been awesome bin. Another note to all manufacturers if you are trying to get me to buy a new computer hardware MAKE SURE IT CAN USE AN AMD PROCESSOR as I am not silly enough to waste my money on an Intel chip.
January 15th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Hey Mike
Thanks for stopping by the site
I think the idea of this new PC from shuttle is to provide a low cost PC, which will run Linux and do a lot of easy tasks like surfing the web, email etc for the minium cost, and for $200 all you need to do is add a monitor keyboard and mouse and you are ready to go.
I can’t want till this comes out, I will definetly be buying one to use for email and quick web surfing, I agree though it would be nice to see an AMD option as well (as I am a huge AMD fan and have used their processors for years), lets hope they bring an AMD version out.
Cheers
March 25th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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