We hit up Intel’s launch party this afternoon to check out some more next-gen Centrino Duo goodness and much to our surprise we came across a pair of fresh-outta-the-oven small form factor PCs that plan on borrowing features from the new mobile platform.
https://gizmodo.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-intels-new-santa-rosa-platf-258885
First up is AOpen’s new Mini PC Duo (MP965), which uses the 965 GM chipset and houses one of Intel’s new Core 2 Duo processors. It’s not a Centrino system (because it uses the Viiv platform and doesn’t pack any battery-saving features), but it does have the option for built-in wireless. It’ll come out this summer ranging from $999 to $1499. Likewise there’s this Viiv-based system from the folks at Niveus which is set to launch Q3. There was no pricing on the latter, but looks-wise, Niveus’ system looks right at home in any living room, especially since it’s packing an HD DVD drive.
