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Great alternative to iMac mini for HTPC?

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11/9/12 at 12:25pm
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/6444/intels-next-unit-of-computing-hands-on
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11/9/12 at 8:43pm
Eh... it's neat but it is totally fail material. This thing is $300 not even including a ram, power cord, NO WiFI, if you want thunderbolt no ethernet, from what I can tell no room for a 2.5" HD? Is that real are they actually expecting you to go mssd?

So why is it fail? Because by the time you get this thing up and going you spend more than an iMac that is the same size with an i5 Dual-Core a real HD and an OS included. If you must have windows you can run windows just fine on the mac mini.

The things that kill it are: Lack of a 2.5" drive, must purchase the wi-fi card, loose ethernet if you get thunderbolt. Last but not least if you actually do compare it to a mac mini the fact that you can get a decent i5 or even an i7 mean it can run with the big boys.

It is neat because it gives us a look into the future... Maybe Intel will make a 2nd generation if this doesn't fail to bad.
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Hard DriveHard DriveCoolingCooling
OCZ Agility 3 Western Digital Red 3TB Detroit Waterblocks 5noz (white) Black Ice GTX 480 
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Black Ice GTS 120 Swiftech MCP-35x XSPC DDC Res Top Windows 8 MSDN 
MonitorMonitorKeyboardPower
Nixeus 2560x1440 27" Hitachi Director Series 42" 1080P monitor  Logitech g15 Ultra x4 1200w 
CaseMouseMouse PadAudio
Obsidian 800d TT eSport Level 10 M Razer Vespula Vienna Acoustics Haydn Grand 
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Infinity Kappa Perfect DVQ 12" Emotiva UMC-200 B&K 5CH (Center, Rears, PC) B&K ST-202 (Subwoofer) 
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