Seeing as the last time we heard from HTPC-manufacturer Moneual it was pimping the million-dollar
Jewelry PC, the $695 base pricetag on its new Inovy series of desktops seems downright frugal. The machines, available in six colors, feature liquid-cooled 64-bit dual-core Athlon 4400+ processors, integrated NVIDIA 6100 graphics, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and a vertically-mounted dual-layer DVD burner that adds a little flair into loading your optical media. No word on where any other ports or bays might be located, but seeing as the Inovy tech specs boast of a 2.88MB "floopy" drive port, our guess is that the company is still locking some things down. Moneual says the units were available as of June 1 and are only being manufactured in runs of 1,000 for each color, so those looking to bring a little glitz to their living rooms had better hurry.
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posted Jun 12th 2007 12:27PM
I have always wanted a blue PC, never heard of Moneual though... nice specs and Vista Premium! I wonder if the keyboard and mouse match the tower?
I guess you could buy one of these, if you want blue.
Conversely, you could buy a $3 can of spray paint.
lol @ floopy. That's classic.
2.88 Floppy FTW. TeH cool
I give them props for that CDROM mount location. Very creative.
Hey $695 for an HTPC is dirt cheap. Have you checked the cost of HTPC cases alone! And these actually look nice enough and should hopefully be quite enought that you might want to put one in your living room.
How does the Cd stay in place when it ejects? Won't it fall over?
Cool design though...
Maybe we need a CD player that shows the shiny disc spinning...
Almost all CDROMs have these little teeth, I guess you'd call them, on four sides of the tray that allow you to mount the CDROM sidways and still hold the CD on the tray for loading (just look at your's and you'll see what I'm talking about). Since the teeth are equally spaced there's no reason why it wouldn't hold a CD in this position.
They told me buying a 2.88MB Floopy drive was a bad investment, but now I finally have something to use it with!
You know that 2.88MB floppies did exist, right? They just never caught on. Mentioning that a PC will support them is certainly silly - because, who cares? - but that doesn't mean it isn't accurate. I'm sure that machine really does support 2.88MB floppies. It would probably support a 9600 bps modem too.
Am I the only one who immediately thought iPod nano when I saw this pic?
The case is made by the Korean manufacturer GMC - http://www.gmc.co.kr/index_eng.php
Here it is - http://www.gmc.co.kr/products/itemView_eng.php?cateID=1&cateID1=5&cateID2=2&cateID3=0&itemID=207