AOpen intros Santa Rosa-based miniPC Duo

Given all the buzz surrounding Intel's new Santa Rosa platforms for laptops, it seemed like it was only a matter of time before some company would get the bright idea of re-purposing it for use in a pint-sized desktop PC. From the looks of it, AOpen is the first to go that route (though we somehow doubt it'll be the last), recently introducing its Santa Rosa-based miniPC Duo MP965-VDR. While complete specs are still a bit light, you can expect much of what we've been seeing in Santa Rosa laptops as of late, including Intel's 965GM chipset, support for the latest Core 2 Duo processors, 802.11n WiFi, and an Intel Turbo Memory cache card to speed things up a bit further. Still no word on pricing or availability, unfortunately, though we wouldn't expect AOpen to hold out too much longer on that.

[Via 64-Bit Computers]

[Niasyn Posted May 25th 2007 11:31AM]

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[(Unverified) Posted May 25th 2007 1:22PM]

AOpens the first?
Look at http://www.transtec.co.uk/GB/E/products/personal_computer/pc/mini_pc.html

[(Unverified) Posted May 25th 2007 2:35PM]

"AOpens the first?
Look at http://www.transtec.co.uk/GB/E/products/personal_computer/pc/mini_pc.html"

Its too bad that isn't the Santa Rosa platform.
From the data sheet: Chipset: Intel 945GM Express
All of the processors are either 533MHz or 667MHz, Santa Rosa has 800MHz FSB and the 965GM chipset.