Taiwan market: Asustek, MSI and Synnex to enter nettop war in August
Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 30 July 2008] 
In addition to Asustek Computer's Eee Box and Micro-Star International's (MSI's) Wind PC, Synnex is also ready to ship its Lemel Q to heat up the nettop market in August, according to channel sources. Asustek's Eee Box will launch on July 30 in Taiwan. Synnex's upcoming 3-liter Lemel Q PC Smart deluxe nettop is based on the Intel Atom 230 processor and priced around NT$13,900 (US$455.7). The nettop will also be offered bundled with a 19-inch LCD monitor for NT$18,888. Although larger than the Eee Box, the Q PC Smart includes a built-in DVD burner enabling a more flexible multimedia experience. MSI's Wind PC also includes support for an optical drive but is a much larger 5-liter design. | Lemel Q PC Smart deluxe nettop specifications | | Item | Detail | | CPU | Intel Atom 230/1.6G/512K L2/533MHz processor | | OS | Windows Vista Home Premium | | Memory | 2GB DDR2 667MHz (1xDIMM, Max 2GB) | | ODD | DVD-Super Multi burner | | HDD | 160GB | | VGA | Intel GMA950 with shared memory up to 256MB | | L2 Cache | 512KB | | Chipsets | Intel 945GC | | PSU | 60W | | Size | 240(length) × 185(width) × 70(height)mm, around 3.1L | Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, July 2008 
Lemel Q PC Smart deluxe nettop
Photo: Company 
MSI Wind PC nettop
Photo: Joseph Tsai, Digitimes, June 2008 
Asustek Eee Box nettop
Photo: Company
Related stories:
Taiwan market: Vendors drop nettop prices (Jul 28)
Taiwan market: Vendors drop desktop PC prices to clear inventory (Dec 23)
Acer considering launch of non-Atom nettop in early 2009 (Nov 10)
MSI to launch 3.5G Wind netbook next month (Oct 20)
MSI announces three new notebooks (Aug 29)
Taiwan market: Asustek Eee Box sold out (Aug 4)
Asustek expects to ship up to 200,000 Eee Boxes worldwide in 2008 (Jul 31)
Intel optimistic about future nettop performance, but PC vendors not so sure (Jun 26)
Computex 2008: Shuttle on a comeback (Jun 5)
Computex 2008: Touring the booths of notebook makers (Jun 4)
Computex 2008: Intel officially announces Atom, 90% of devices come from Taiwan makers (Jun 3)
|
