http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/ Engadget Comments for Viewsonic VOT132 nettop review 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/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
If it releases in less than 3 months than yes.]]>Dec 24th 2009 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
I'm waiting for ION Prime, the Transformer Ion]]>Dec 24th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 25th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
What the hell?!]]>Dec 24th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
So just get an external sound card if 5.1 is important to you, otherwise a 2.5mm jack is what you get on any laptop or netbook. This isn't advertised as an HTPC, although it seems well-suited to the task. ]]>Dec 24th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
what? I have a 3.5mm on my laptop. So does EVERYONE. I've only seen 2.5mm jacks on a couple of phones, and some cheapo radio pens!]]>Dec 24th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
I ran into a 2.5mm audio jack on a digital pic viewer/mp3 device I bought. Radio Shack has a converter plug for about $ 6, but what a hassle. I wish more tech would be standardized.]]>Dec 24th 2009 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/I love the form factor. I like the performance. But the price?

Are you fraken kidding me? For almost $500 I can build a pretty damn decent desktop that actually rocks.

It is inexcusable that this should cost MORE than a $300 netbook seeing as how two of the most expensive components - the screen and the battery - aren't even included with this machine.

]]>Dec 24th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
Agreed, what a joke. I thought this was a $250 system.]]>Dec 24th 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Looks good, very good how does it compare to Dell Zino. I know the Zino is tubby in comparison by includes a drive.]]>Dec 24th 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=sZ0sI6WqjnCHGFta]]>Dec 24th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
I don't know about you, but if I'm going to be using this as a HTPC, I would definitely prefer a DVD drive *in* the machine rather than a useless 2nd (tiny) screen?]]>Dec 24th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
It looks to me (I could be wrong though) like you can rotate the stand 90 degrees and fit both parts in the wider gap in the stand...]]>Dec 24th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/They meant the mount to hook it to a tv, not the vertical stand.]]>Dec 24th 2009 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/They do, it's called the 9300/9400M]]>Dec 24th 2009 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
(Cue "that's what she said comment) :D]]>Dec 24th 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/mac mini is 600$, I won't pay 550$ for much lower performance.]]>Dec 24th 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
I feel sick.
/puke]]>Dec 24th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
"It's coming!"]]>Dec 24th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/+1
They missed a lot of important stuff.]]>Dec 25th 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
It'll make a crappy media computer SLOW, crappy sound card (no DDL out). Ion may be fast in the netbook terms is a VERY SLOW videocard. For example, source games (HL2,L4D) barely run on Ion (4 year old videogames).

All of this adds up to a really crappy computer that uses very little power and is pretty useless.

You can grab a 4 year old computer off craigslist for 50 bucks (amd x2 3800) that'll run circles around this "fashion statement". And the 400 dollars you'll save will buy you 4.346 years of continuous use (at 0.15$/kwh with a 70W load). There I did the math for you.

And you'll actually be able to use "Flash" and other "OMG, so ADVANCED" features, like watching things on Hulu on a 4 year old computer. Decode 1080p in processor without special Ion software, and many other things that normal people do with computers, that you can't do on this piece of junk (I mean, this pretty little box).

There's a reason why Atom processors use so little power. There's no magic here.]]>Dec 24th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
Not all reasons for getting this is related to nothing-but-practicality. For someone like my dad, I'm sure he'd prefer to use this as his HTPC than some interesting four-year-old computer off craigslist. I hardly think he would play any games (not even solitaire) but it's horses for courses, no?]]>Dec 24th 2009 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 24th 2009 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Huh? I've got 13594 kbps, and choppy YouTube. It's never silky. ]]>Dec 25th 2009 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/Dec 25th 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/24/viewsonic-vot132-nettop-review/
They will when oil prices go above $250/barrel, which is inevitable in the long run.
By then, those who have nettops will be able to run them from batteries charged by their solar panels / wind turbines / home trainers / whatever.]]>Dec 29th 2009 1:28AM