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  1. 15-07-2005, 11:39 AM #1
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    AOpen XC Cube MZ855-II

    The sweetest-looking SFF system yet?

    Remind anyone of the Mac mini?



















    The MZ855-II uses Intel's excellent Pentium M CPUs, half-height cards, and a slim optical drive. It should make for an excellent home theater PC. Quiet and fast. We'll be putting it through the paces next week. Stay tuned for the full lowdown!
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  2. 15-07-2005, 12:18 PM #2
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    On the box theres one with 2 and one with3 optical drive slots.

    Any info on those?
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  3. 15-07-2005, 01:14 PM #3
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    oh that is GORGEOUS

    and for the first time I dont mindan external power brick...should be cooler, quieter...

    what a good idea

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    Great looking bit of kit and it would most definately make a good HTPC.
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    Any idea on prices?

    That would make an awesome HTPC...
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  6. 15-07-2005, 01:43 PM #6
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    OOoh

    Makes my Antec Aria look like a Coolermaster CMStacker
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    Does it take laptop hard drives? or normal size?
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    Any idea on prices?

    That would make an awesome HTPC...

    http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...ProductID=9735

    £221.72, I want one, I want, I want, I want
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  10. 19-07-2005, 01:31 AM #10
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    a review of the bigger brother(2 ext bays) is here:
    http://www.sfftech.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=666
    (yes the article number really is 666)
    the one shown here uses 1/2 height optical and 1/3 height 3.5 HDD
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarinder
    The sweetest-looking SFF system yet?

    Remind anyone of the Mac mini?


    The MZ855-II uses Intel's excellent Pentium M CPUs, half-height cards, and a slim optical drive. It should make for an excellent home theater PC. Quiet and fast. We'll be putting it through the paces next week. Stay tuned for the full lowdown!

    Have you tested it yet? Any opinions? As I am really wanting to buy one of these if they are good.
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    just wondering when this review is coming out ?
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    The thing is tho PD, is that this was started OVER a month ago.

    So i can kinda side with Coco a bit, but I can also see it from your POV.
    I know tarinder has a few things to look through too.
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    Sorry Tarinder and the rest of the Hexus crew for asking when the review would be out,
    you do a great job and produce the best reviews , so SORRY
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