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Introducing the new Mintbox

  • 12-06-2012 6:31pm
    #1
    rollie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭


    The mint team have released a new mintbox to rival the macbox or ibox or whatever its called. here's the blog with specs:

    http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2055

    I'm not much of a boxman but I like this. I use linuxmint lisa kde at the moment so I'm a little biased. Everything looks good, except the hard drive - would have preferred a solid state drive myself. It's got a nice fancy casing for the pro version and the price is 50 dollars cheaper than an macbox which is good. And it probably works with devices other than ithings which is a big plus.

    Thoughts and comments? Are any of you guys box users? I like the appeal its just too expensive at the moment for a luxury item.


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  • #2
    Setun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭Setun


    It looks like a 5 year old router, but I'm intrigued by it. It could do with coming down in price a bit - I know Asus released some 'mini' desktop computers a couple of years ago that I quite liked the look off, and I think they were only approx €300 if I remember correctly. If I was in the market for a desktop box I'd probably be going down that route.


  • #3
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Yeah, the price is very high for my liking, though it does look like a lovely piece of kit, if not aesthetically. :) Having said that, I built an entirely silent (except for hdd noise) HTPC that runs an ubuntu derivative for a lot less money. It's larger, but it has a PCI-express slot for DVB-S2 (i.e. high def satellite receiver). It's possible to do it over USB, but it requires a separate power source = messy. DVB-T (i.e. saorview) and XBMC would be possible without powered USB with something like this though.

    Perfect for an always-on box though. Very low power consumption.


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