Jon Test - Nettops
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Jon has meets money saving expert Martin Lewis to test out nettops - mini computers that are around a fifth of the size of your normal home pc.
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Chris31 August 2009
WHY wasn't the Mac Mini on the test! It beats ALL three of the Windows machines used! Unbelievable.
Report as inappropriatehpoom01 September 2009
@Chris. The Mac Mini is not a Nettop, it is a proper desktop with the price tag to go with it too. Why did they not test the Asrock Ion 330 it is the best nettop out, closely followed by the Acer Aspire Revo that one their tests. Also why did they not talk about Linux versions as well as windows. Both the Acer Aspire Revo and Asrock Ion 330 run Ubuntu well!
Report as inappropriateMrSums01 September 2009
I was really surprised to hear Martin Lewis' comment on netbooks being fit for "only some word-processing in desperation". My wife's HP2133 boots up from cold in around 26 seconds, handles all her e-mail, web, word-processing requirements while still playing her favorite music tracks in the background. OK, it is running a [cough] alternative operating system - but if it works, why not? I do accept that their design is based around basic computing and that you would be hard-pressed to run heavy video requirements, but I maintain netbooks are "fit for purpose", so long as you accept that purpose is a limited sub-set of the desktop or laptop. But why burden the poor things with an OS which is not fit for THEIR purpose?
Report as inappropriateimran02 September 2009
hey chris this is why: £499.00 incl. VAT you numpty
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CBR03 September 2009
The Mac Mini can play play full 1080p video - and spit it out through native HDMI? Well that's what the NVIDIA ION chip in the Acer Revo does - Which is why it is such awesome value!
Report as inappropriateMandy08 September 2009
I'm with Chris the Mac Mini is small and compact like a nettop99 but you get a proper computer. Yes it costs more but that's cos you get a computer that works.
Report as inappropriateMacGenius 13 September 2009
Why don't apple make the Apple TV into a nettop? It would be much better than the way it's used at the moment!!!
Report as inappropriateairjaff12 October 2009
Mac's are rubbish... ive got 14 mac mini's in an exhibition... forever getting problems... PC's are so much more easy to configure.
Report as inappropriateMike01 May 2010
I like the reviews! I will be buying myself an Acer Revo on my Birthday. The nettop that I will be buying is an R3610 model which has Windows 7, an Intel Atom 330 dual core processor and a whopping 4 gigs of memory. Should be a bit faster than the R3600 model. The price of these new models are bit dearer around between £239 - £288 depending on hard disk capacity and memory. If Jon can test these new models that would be great.
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