enano's latest mini PCs tout Core 2 Duo, energy efficiency

Joining Epson and a growing host of others in the miniscule PC arena, enano is throwing its own offerings in the hat while boasting about greenness all the while. The generation e2 lineup sports "book sized" enclosures, a sleek black paint job, and four different models to suit your fancy (and budget). All four units rely on one of Intel's Core 2 Duo processors, but apparently, none are sporting the Santa Rosa love just yet. The machines can be configured with up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, 160GB of SATA hard drive space, an integrated TV tuner, gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g, 7.1 surround sound audio, and feature Intel's GMA950 integrated graphics set, an SD / MS / MMC card reader, a total of four USB 2.0 ports, one 4-pin FireWire connector, DVI or VGA out via adapter, S-Video out, and audio in / out ports to finish things off. The box itself weighs in at just three pounds and measures 8.8- x 6.8- x 1.65-inches around, and while the company claims that you'll save a bundle on energy costs with this power sipper, the up front charges ranging from around $1,200 to near $2,000 probably makes up for it.

[Via CNET]

[Fred @ May 16th 2007 3:43PM]

Why??? You can get a similarly equipped Mac Mini with Vista for less.

[eliasgreydrummer @ May 16th 2007 3:52PM]

I don't what that guy meant by similarily equipped mini. Minis only come with Core Solos. A mini with 2GB of ram and a 160GB Hard drive costs 1,200. Do your homework before you post a comment with that statement so you don't sound like an idiot. Add 2-500 dollars for vista... and even then Virtualization of Vista is near impossible, at least with aero and all that. BootCamp doesn't really support Vista yet either... Oh yeah virutalization software is a few pretty pennies too unless u wanna risk vmware fusion beta...

That being said, I'm an Apple Fanboy.

Someone from eNano saw the Mac Mini and thought, "Now there's a good idea, but let's make it black. They'll never know we totally stole this." We'll make it fast (Core 2 Duo), but we'll give it a shit wireless card. Who needs Wireless N? (which, by the way, all macs are equipped with except the Mac PRo. and even then it's an affordable option.)

[James @ May 16th 2007 3:59PM]

Not only do all mac Minis now come with Core Duos, they /never/ only came with Core Solos. Now, what was that about sounding like an idiot, Elias?

[will Arnold @ May 16th 2007 9:56PM]

@ JAMES

the mac minis DID come with core solos but no longer do.

[Karim @ May 18th 2007 10:24AM]

@ eliasgreydrummer:

Boot Camp is still in beta, but the latest version (1.2) fully supports Vista. And it works great.

[W00ter @ May 16th 2007 5:16PM]

James, check out the link below. I won't resort to unnecessary name calling...

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/macmini.ars

[Sam @ May 16th 2007 6:44PM]

No offense, but you're half an idiot yourself. Minis come with Core 2 Duo processors, and used to come with core solo processors, but that didn't last long.

[James @ May 16th 2007 5:20PM]

Well, yes, hence the 'only' - at the same time as that machine was for sale, the Core Duo was also available.

[EsteEncanto.com @ May 16th 2007 4:23PM]

The funny thing is that enano means midget in spanish. I do not believe they are not aware of this, but it is not a particularly nice word.

[enanofan @ May 16th 2007 5:24PM]

Yes they know what the name means. The owner is from South America and is well aware of the language. The computer is named for its size. enano means "dwarf" or "small one".

[tiron @ May 16th 2007 4:59PM]

this is a cool pc

[W00ter @ May 16th 2007 5:18PM]

ehh, I retract the above comment. James was saying they never only came with the Core Solo processors...ehh

[James @ May 16th 2007 5:22PM]

Sorry, W00ter, slow to catch up here! :)

[Aaron @ May 16th 2007 5:18PM]

You know, I gotta admit, the little eNano looks cute.

I checked out more pics on another site with it next to a monitor, etc and it sure is small. You can just take this over to somebody's house, plug in to their monitor and you are good to go. Take your whole PC with you.

If I had the extra cash, I might chuck the big ol' hulking desktop for this purty little thing.

Just my two cents.

[zenerdiode @ May 16th 2007 6:04PM]

is there a difference between core duo and core 2 duo? does the mac-mini have C2D?

[seamus d dog @ May 16th 2007 10:01PM]

To Sam:
Nice work, calling someone an idiot and getting it wrong. Minis have Core Duos, not Core 2 Duos: http://www.apple.com/ca/macmini/ Pwned.

[k0a10 @ May 16th 2007 7:24PM]

Once again, Apple did not invent the mini PC era, though the Mini is a very well priced lower end system. I say lower end because even some low end notebooks have dedicated graphics, which makes a huge difference in games and increasingly 3D interfaces.

Apple should follow Asus' lead here and provide some kind of add-on accelerated graphic option.

eg "Asus claims a 9x improvement over Intel GMA945 integrated graphics performance in a variety of games, despite the limitations of the PCIe X1 channel used to connect to the notebook PC." (from http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2079899,00.asp)

[cgarison @ May 16th 2007 10:46PM]

Thank you! That is the second time I have seen that mistake on gadget board in the last week.

[BobTurbo @ May 17th 2007 12:50AM]

It looks kind of cool, actually one of the best looking Windows-PCs I have seen. I would not buy it though, their website looks too unprofessional to me. Not a company I would trust. Also I want a solid-state drive :)

[_V3ndetta_ @ May 17th 2007 3:10PM]

Ewwww... Mini PCs are only good for media centers, especially for a living room PC. And this has integrated graphics and no bluetooth? I'll stick with a mac mini.

[Rambo112 @ Jul 6th 2007 11:42PM]

okay, can i ask a novice question to readers who know about this Core 2 Duo.. how about wireless --how would -Core 2 Duo- ??compare to Santa Rosa on 802.11n? does it make a great difference?