The “Break it Down” Blog

For those that haven’t caught it yet, have a glance at the new Shuttle XPC X100 Mini PC:

The stats on this are surprising powerful and to boot, Vista capable, have a gander:

• Intel Core Duo 1.6Ghz – 2.0Ghz
• Intel 945PM Chipset
• Up to 2GB DDR 533 Ram
• 250GB 7200 RPM SATA Drive
• ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
• Intel HD Audio
• Realtek 8110 Gigabit Ethernet
• Optional A/B/G Wireless
• Optional DVD+R DL/DVD+-RW/CD-RW Dual Layer Drive
• Integrated 4-in-1 card reader (SD,MMC,MS,MS-Pro)
• 6.6lbs

You can get a glimpse at the connections and full 1:1 scale size here:

Only because I’ve been researching laptops a lot as of late, I noticed that the internals of this Shuttle are almost identical to a decked out Lenovo ThinkPad T60/T60p. The CPU, motherboard, video card, memory, Intel HD Audio, and I believe networking chips are all the same. The drive, I think, is the same optional (free upgrade) you can get on the ThinkPads but the 4-in-1 card reader is custom. So it’s $2,000+ like the ThinkPad right? Wrong, how about a $699-$999 price tag. (Digg this)