http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/ Engadget Comments for Next-gen AOpen MiniPC unveiled http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/May 30th 2006 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/May 30th 2006 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/
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I'd like to buy one once Vista ships in January !!!

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AOpen hsf takes this into consideration and the HSF is offset lower on one side however the amount is not enough to make full contact with the graphic chip which then overheats after a few hours of being powered on. This causes an entire system freeze forcing a hard reboot.

There is a mod to fix this situation developed by one of the MP915 members but looking at the other MP945 and this current one it looks this problem has not been addressed and will still continue to be an issue even though they went with a newer chipset.

The original review of the MP915 linked to SSFTech article that noted no S/PDIF output. This might be because the service techs at AOpen have no idea about the unit. All the units regarless of specs have S/PDIF output.

They are all using the Realteck 850 and pin 48 is enabled. You will have to inspect the motherboard but near the HDD connector the solder pad for the S/PDIF in/out is there. While unsported by AOpen you just need to solder in a 4 pin header and connect a S/PDIF output to it then set your OS for passthrough.

The interal USB is also unsupported by AOpen but it is there and fully functional.

AOpen support is next to zero. I wouldnt recommend this to anyone I knew who isnt into tinkering with computers, if you want turn key you buy a Dell.

There are just way to many issues that AOpen has failed to address with the inital MP915 and MP945 release.
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/sarcasm on/
This things kicks the mini's ass! Mac's are overpriced!
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The round top isn't good either IMHO.]]>May 30th 2006 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/
Diulei had a good idea, just buy a Mac mini and install Windows if that is what you really wanted.

I wonder what the VC is for the MiniPC?]]>May 30th 2006 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/May 30th 2006 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/30/next-gen-aopen-minipc-unveiled/
Heck, that is getting up into iMac range.
($1299 for the 17" version)
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Honestly, who's gonna pay that price for something that has worse specs than the Mac mini and provide as good a level of tech support as Asus? $1000 bets that shops won't sell a lot of these without dropping the pre-configured MSRP below $700, and even that is a wild guess.

To top it all off, this is no MCE system unless you spring up extra bucks for the VXR version, as the default VX gives you a different color and NO REMOTE. What a ripoff.]]>May 30th 2006 2:29PM