2005-07-13 - Maxim Tech: "The near future"
 A PC in the living-room? Who has expected that? Some say PCs
are too noisy, too big, too ugly. But this idea of PCs has changed
since the first SFF PC was introduced by Shuttle in 2001. Shuttle
XPCs are small, attractive, sleek but powerful and are now making their way into the living room. At this time, the Shuttle XPC System
G5 8300M with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center is ready for
the living room. But with the Shuttle XPC System M1000 (code name MCE-01) comes a second alternative from Shuttle in hifi-format. The German lifestyle magazine Maxim Tech had a first look at its configuration and can say: "The near future" has arrived
with the Shuttle XPC System M1000.
A PC in the living-room? Who has expected that? Some say PCs are too noisy, too big, too ugly. But this idea of PCs has changed since the first SFF PC was introduced by Shuttle in 2001. Shuttle XPCs are small, attractive, sleek but powerful and are now making their way into the living room. At this time, the Shuttle XPC System
G5 8300M with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center is ready for the living room. But with the Shuttle XPC System M1000 (code name MCE-01) comes a second alternative from Shuttle in hifi-format. The German lifestyle magazine Maxim Tech had a first look at its configuration and can say: "The near future" has arrived with the Shuttle XPC System M1000.
The experts are sure that nearly all standard peripherals like videorecorders or DVD-players will disappear from the living room and be replaced by Media Center PCs. Such are polyvalent and play all different kinds of media at best quality. Their main benefit is that they stay up to date easily. In contrast to conventional stand-alone-devices that need to be bought completely new to upgrade, Media Center PCs just need newer software and sometimes single hardware parts to run the latest media.
With the XPC System M1000 Shuttle is about to offer a Media Center solution providing not only the latest technology, but also comes in a stylish flat design that is known from DVD-players and other stand-alone-devices. The Shuttle XPC M1000 shines in an attractive silver-black combination for seemless living room integration. The editors of the German lifestyle magazine Maxim Tech are sure that it will make its way into the living-room. After taking a first look at the Shuttle XPC System M1000 there's no doubt: it will be "the near future. Apart from the built-in digital and analog TV-tuner, it serves as a radio, runs Windows XP Media Center and gives you maximum graphics performance thanks to PCI-Express," praise the editors its configuration.
Conclusion:
"Promising a lot of performance."
(Source: Maxim Tech, May/June 2005, Page 70) |