NaturalViolence Wrote:I don't understand the point in making desktops (a system that isn't designed to be portable and usually stays in the same place all the time) smaller.
This is actually the kind of device I've been in search of for quite some time. I'm looking for the "perfect" emu-console, a device that just sits there permanently next to my HDTV. My main desktop stays in my room, and I use that for work, internet browsing, videos, and late night gaming (Xonotic + emulators usually). On the weekends though, I like to kick back and play games on the big screen. I want something that will let me reasonably play all of my favorite emulators without having to move my desktop to the loft. Tried with some success using my Raspberry Pi. My MK803 works incredibly well for this task, but it's not so hot on PSX or N64 emulation.
I've looked at the nettop market for a while; none of them that I'd looked at had Ivy Bridge CPUs in them though (a few had Sandy Bridge CPUs). They had mostly had Atom products or low-power offerings from AMD. NUC seems different simply for beefing up the processor, unless those Atom chips are a lot stronger than they look to be. Essentially, I'm looking for small (and I mean really small) x86 based machine that can just sit there and handle my emulators. I'm keeping an eye out for more products to arrive.