Gizmodo: all-in-one pc

Asus All-In-One Eee Top Touches Down In Taiwan

Elaine Chow — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:00:00 EST

Asus' long awaited all-in-one touchscreen PC, the Eee Top, is now out in the wild... at least in Taiwan. The 15.6-inch display “nettop” runs Windows XP and holds an Intel Atom N270 processor with 1GB of memory and a 160GB hard disk drive within its chassis. It also comes with a 1.3MP webcam, two integrated 4W speakers and a nifty little dimmable LED keyboard light.

The Eee Top will definitely not please gamers, Photoshop pros or their ilk, but the simplified custom interface (made for touching!) and clean design make it a decent option for more casual, social PC users. As for pricing, the desktop is going for about $565 in Taiwan, but I'm willing to bet it'll be closer to the $400 to $500 price point when it comes to the U.S. [Engadget Chinese]

Averatec Makes iMac-Like All-In-One PC For $1249

Jason Chen — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:20:00 EDT

Averatec's joining the XPS One and HP Touchsmart IQ506—among others—in the all-in-one PC game. What's notable about Averatec's beside its super generic "All-In-One PC" name? It's cheap. At just $1249, you get a 2.4GHz Intel E4600 Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320GB hard drive, nVidia GeForce 8400, a 22-inch screen and a copy of Vista Home Premium. It's not a performance monster, but it is a fairly affordable all-in-one for the space conscious. On the other hand, [PRNewswire via Digital Trends]

Proview All-in-One PC is iMac-esque, with Pen-Writing Screen

Kit Eaton — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:47:00 EDT

Several all-in-one desktop PCs seem to have taken design inspiration from the iMac recently, but Proview's upcoming VD1-26W has the added feature of a pen-sensitive screen for freehand writing, drawing and, presumably, mousing. It's no HP Touchsmart, but is pretty slimline, with connections and ports pushed into a small box on its rear, and has a 26-inch screen with 1000:1 contrast and glass protective shield. There's little more info, other than it does both VGA signal input and output and has its own wireless pen, so you'll have to watch this space for both price and availability. [Aving]

TG Sambo's LLuon, Another iMac-Styled PC to Hit US

Kit Eaton — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:25:15 EDT

Just the other day we were showing you the very iMac-esque Fujitsu all-in-one desktop PC, and now there's news that TG Sambo are making their own similar machine dubbed Lluon. It's got a built-in 22-inch screen and right-mounted DVD-drive, and the usual array of ports and sockets shared between the rear and side. It looks a little fatter than an iMac, though we've got no real details other than the photos to go from. Available at first in Korea, it's going to be released in the US through Best Buy. [AVING]

Lumenlab Q42, the Hybrid HDTV and PC

Charlie White — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:59:23 EDT

Lumenlab thinks it's come up with the solution for that computer/TV set conundrum playing itself out on home theaters across the globe with the Q42, a 42-inch 1080p flat panel with a PC hidden inside. At just 3 inches deep, the all-in-one unit's PC has a terabyte of hard disk storage, 2GB of RAM and an Intel Core Duo processor.

To make it easier to hook it up to your network, Lumenlab's proprietary Hotwire powerline networking is on board, keeping wiring to a minimum. However, there's no info about whether there's HDMI inputs for your other components. It looks like its home theater-friendly, though, with its fanless design. We'd just like to know if it's price-friendly, because there's no info about that or ship date yet. [Lumenlab, via Born Rich]

Gateway One All-In-One PC Revealed

Charlie White — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:40:23 EDT

Gateway's been acting all mysterious about its upcoming one-piece PC, and now the cow's out of the bag (with no spots anywhere in sight), revealing the Gateway One, a 19-inch all-in-one desktop box that's just 3.6 inches deep. The long-chinned PC will be available in three models, two of them retail versions and one available only online, and all of them carrying mildly respectable specs.

The low-end retail version starts out with a 1.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor inside as well as 2GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive along with Intel X3100 graphics, and that'll cost you $1300. The higher-end retail version bolsters the specs, raising that Core 2 Duo chip to 2GHz, adding an extra gig of RAM to 3GB and bumping up that hard disc to 500GB. In between those two is the $1500 online version, just like a low-end model except with a 400GB hard drive and a better Radeon HD 2600 graphics chipset.

Notice the slot-loading DVD burner on the side there, which we wish would have been a combo Blu-ray/HD DVD burner. Politics and pricing prevented that now, but it might not someday. There's also a quartet of USB ports, gigabit Ethernet and AV ports that feed the external power adapter in an attempt to eliminate some desktop cable clutter.

Even though the design does have an enormous chin, we're liking the way it's apparently bezel-free, making it look somewhat like the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey when the monitor is turned off—a flat black expanse. Spooky. [Electronista, via CrunchGear]

Promo Teases Sleek Gateway One All-In-One PC

Wilson Rothman — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:40:16 EDT

In 18 hours, Gateway will unveil "Gateway One, the sleek all-in-one PC." At least, that's if you believe this teaser site and the fact that Gateway is holding a press conference tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the DigitalLife expo in NYC. Wait, WTF? According to the site's timer, the news will actually pop at 6:45 a.m. EST, so set that alarm clock. Will this be Gateway's much-needed breakthrough? And more importantly, will it have cow spots? Stay tuned. [BeautyOfOne.com]

Hitachi Prius One Type S: iMac Clone, Sorta

Charlie White — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:11:11 EDT

Hey, somebody tell Hitachi that the name Prius is already taken. Oh, this is different, the Hitachi Prius One Type S, which is Japan's all-in-one PC answer to the iMac. It's comparably equipped, too, with 512MB of RAM, a 1.83GHz Intel Celeron M 380 processor, and that built-in 17 inch LCD running at 1280x1024. But it doesn't run the Mac OS, so don't be worried that it's actually a clone as the title of this post implies.

Available in Japan by the middle of this month, it'll be $1400. But really, how can they get away with naming it Prius? There's certainly nothing hybrid about it. – Charlie White

Hitachi Prius One - Type S PC [New Launches]