So we were intrigued, then, when we found this mini PC hanging out at the company's Computex booth.
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When the MK802 Android mini PC landed in our laps, it caused more than a ripple of interest.
While we were at CES, however, we bumped into the man behind the MK802, and he happened to have a new, updated iteration of the Android mini PC.
Impress got their hands on an unofficially released MSI Wind PC (the mini-PC, not the low-cost laptop) and subjected the 1.33GHz Atom processor to a suite of standard tests.
Now, a project called UDOO ("you do") seeks to bring the best elements of Raspberry Pi and Arduino together into a single mini-PC that can run either Android or Linux.
Intel's Next Unit of Computing (NUC) is just about ready for store shelves, and Anandtech managed to get their hands on the DC3217BY model to provide us an early inside look at the mini-PC.
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Consoles, in turn, are accessible, and if Valve created a mini-PC of sorts (which is what most consoles are) for the living room, they could recreate the console experience many gamers prefer, complete with a controller, while still satiating the hardcore who want to use a wireless mouse and keyboard.
The tiny machine joins Dell's Inspiron Mini 9, the Asus Eee PC 900, the HP Mini-Note 2133 and the Intel Classmate PC among the new class of machines offering cramped keyboards, dinky screens and relatively pokey processors.
With a green-centric design, this compact and sleek PC mini uses up to 90% less plastic and consumes up to 90% less energy than traditional tower PCs.
The BulletTrain Express is a wireless keyboard lap tray, perfect for your Mac Mini-as-Home Theatre PC.
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In addition to being able to scan images onto the included SD memory card, the scanner accepts other popular memory cards (SD, MS, MS Pro, MMS, XD) and can also be connected directly to either a Mac or PC computer via its mini-USB port.
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And with more flexibility in terms of what applications run on it and how, the Movit mini will paradoxically embrace more of the PC development spirit than its daunting iCompetitor from a PC pioneer.
This time they sent us their Slate PC concept, which is actually a hacked-up Dell mini 10.
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In addition, it conforms to Intel Thin Mini-ITX standards, meaning even the motherboard is upgradeable, a first in the PC industry.
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This desktop PC also comes with an optional compact wireless multimedia remote with built-in mini backlit keyboard and mouse, so users can control the Q190 from the comfort of their couch.
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Don't get us wrong, the 5103 still feels like a netbook, but toggling between windows and opening programs felt snappier than our Atom N450-packing Toshiba Mini NB305, though not as fast as the dual-core Atom D525-powered Eee PC 1215N or the AMD Athlon II Neo K325-powered Dell Inspiron M101z.
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It struck us the other day as we were going over some back posts that since the launch of the ASUS Eee PC (and the numerous products that have followed, from the MSI Wind to the HP Mini-Note), to the best of our knowledge we've all yet to have any normalized, agreed-upon name for these kinds of devices.
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The entire playing experience is far more compact than a PC MOBA, which in turn allows the whole map to fit easily on the on-screen mini-map, making for simpler navigation.
In Q4 2010, Dell became the second largest PC vendor, jumping ahead of Acer which recorded notable sales declines in part due to weak sales of Mini Notebook PCs.
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