Headlines - Dell launches ultra-compact Studio Hybrid desktop

[HEXUS]

Dell has officially launched its greenest computer desktop in the form of its Studio Hybrid, and it's pretty smart looking.

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[Funkstar]

If they want to make it a little greener, they coul allow you to drop the mouse and keyboard from the package.

It's a while since I spec'ed out a Dell, good to see they have a no monitor option at last.

[slypie]

These would be perfect if they also came with the option of the Intel Atom as well to make it cheaper. I agree that it's way over priced.

[Funkstar]

An Atom would make it cheaper but no where near the performance.

I speced one out and didn't think it was toooo badly priced, especially for a stylish compact system.

[menthel]

If only you could spec tv cards, they would make perfect HTPCs, unless I missed that option!

[Funkstar]

I did read that they would have TV cards, perhaps that will be in a later model though

[HSK]

looks sweet, but yea as mentioned before its quite pricey.

[menthel]

Originally Posted by Funkstar

I did read that they would have TV cards, perhaps that will be in a later model though

I read that too but when I tried to spec it didn't appear. Thanks for confirming I am not going mad!

[Funkstar]

Originally Posted by HSK

looks sweet, but yea as mentioned before its quite pricey.

Look at any of the very small Shuttle or Asus systems for comarison, not a full sized PC. Getting full blown PC performance in something that size (processor options go up to a T8100) is never going to be cheap.

The £70 bamboo case is also totally worth it!

[Saracen]

Each to his own, I guess. For me, they're over-styled and WAY overpriced.

[samcross]

Originally Posted by Funkstar

The £70 bamboo case is also totally worth it!

Definitely

If it were say, £420 with a decent spec(Core 2 Duo, 320Gb HD, 2gb RAM) I would consider it but at the prices its at now its just not worth it

edit:100th post!

[staffsMike]

Why not just buy a laptop, for £500 you would get a better spec.. and a screen. Slip that under your tv and you're golden

[Evilshuriken]

While I would never seriously consider buying a pre-built PC, I followed my curiosity and went to dell's site to see what one of these little guys would cost after adding just a few essential options(excluding all services and extended warranties, etc).

Well, it ended quite badly, the price rose to 1.2k USD, just $300 away from the price it would cost me to build a desktop that could potentially be 5-6x as powerful and would include a gaming mouse/keyboard, 24inch MVA lcd panel, and a bag of chips.

So for the price of a mid-range laptop, you get low-mid-range mobile components without the mobility part. I think the average Joe might like these little guys, everyone else should just watch from a safe distance.

[TheVoice]

Well they went up in price pretty wuickly; £570 for the base model now.

EDIT: Ah never mind, went through on DMX Dimension and they still offer a cheap one that can have a Celeron or Pentium Dual Core to keep the price down.