Aopen, Intel Make Mac Mini Twin
Techtree News Staff, Jun 01, 2005 1749 hrs IST
Intel and Aopen have made a mini PC which looks just like the Mac Mini and will highlight it at Computex, a trade show.
Techtree News Staff, Jun 01, 2005 1749 hrs IST
Intel and Aopen have made a mini PC which looks just like the Mac Mini and will highlight it at Computex, a trade show.
Intel and Aopen have tied up to make a mini PC which looks just like the Mac Mini.
The machine that is based on Intel's latest Pentium M processors and mobile 915 chipset, will be highlighted by the company at Computex, a trade show in Taiwan.
Aopen will also aunch the Mac Mini look-alike based on the same Intel chips, at the show.
Anthony Ma, a senior product manager at Aopen, said that the company aims to ship the Mini Mac look-alike in September to consumers.
A company spokesperson said that Anand Chandrasekher, director of Intel's sales and marketing group, is expected to frame the machines as another step toward the creation of a wider PC market segment for tinier, more stylish desktops, all based on the Pentium M.
The spokesperson added that one opportunity for small desktops, a space where Intel will run up against Apple Computer's Mac Mini, is in the home, where small desktops might become second or third PCs.
The Pentium M is used in the look alike as it was designed for a notebook and uses less power than a Pentium 4 and hence needs less cooling in a desktop.
Aopen will target businesses and education systems with its latest small Pentium-M desktop, the XC Cube model EY 915 which will cost around $900 to $1,000 excluding a display.
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