Equipped with Nvidia ION graphics, the nettop supports HD video and can handle accelerated mediaconversion and other tasks consumers would expect from full size desktops.
However, Claire Enders, of media research company Enders Analysis, says that anyone who believes the Times papers will get a 5% conversion is in "dreamland".
They had the 3D conversion (an extra expense that paid for itself almost instantly) for overseas audiences, plus the media-friendly movie stars who could successfully plug the film in various outlets.