Atom-Based Ferrari Makes Up for Lack of Horsepower With Extreme Levels of Novelty

John Herrman — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:10:00 EDT

There really isn't a whole lot that distinguishes a conference like Computex from a real life version of the Ben Heck forums: yesterday, we saw a PC in a vase; today, an Atom-based net-top in a Ferrari.

We don't know much about this mini-Modena, except that it's got netbookish guts and some definite kid appeal. And the people who made this thing really committed to it, custom-molding the body and optical drive tray, all in the honorable service of whimsy. For this, I cannot fault them. [Engadget]

PC-In-A-Vase Was Created by a Real Company, Not a Dodgy Hacker

Dan Nosowitz — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDT

We see PC guts stuffed into vessels not normally associated with technology all the time, but they're always the product of a bored hacker, tinkering away in his free time. This PC-in-a-vase, however, was designed by ECS, a little-known but assuredly real company.

It's actually not a bad little system for a low-powered (some would say under-powered) home theater PC. It's got the Atom 230 system, a 2.5-inch HDD of unspecified capacity, a Blu-Ray drive, 1GB of RAM and HDMI out, all in one diminutive, delicate package. If you've got the kind of living room where a vase would seem less out of place than a HTPC (that excludes mine), it's a pretty cool idea. No word on price or availability, as it's probably just a proof of concept. [via Engadget]

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Atom-Based Ferrari Makes Up for Lack of Horsepower With Extreme Levels of Novelty

PC-In-A-Vase Was Created by a Real Company, Not a Dodgy Hacker