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October 28, 2006
New mini-pc from Fujitsu-Siemens
Last week Fujitsu-Siemens, "the leading European IT provider", announced their ESPRIMO Q Mini PC aimed at "enterprises ... and high-profile office premises". Ever since Apple released its Mac mini line of computer products other PC makers have been coming up with (very) similar designs. AOpen and their MiniPC lineup have probably been the most successful in grabbing a bite of the market. And now Fujitsu-Siemens also seems to be interested in moving into that market-segment:
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"The latest accessory for stylish desktops weighs two kilograms, measures 5 x 16.5 x 16.5 centimeters and offers full computing power. With its new ESPRIMO Q5000 Mini PC, Fujitsu Siemens Computers is striking out on completely new paths in the field of professional desktop PCs. Here, development focused on design; the result was a desktop PC that combines cool elegance and intelligent technology. The ESPRIMO Q5000 Mini PC offers the full range of computer performance of a standard office PC and was developed with a particular eye to image-conscious companies for which elegant and stylish offices play an important role. It will be available as of 1 October 2006 at prices starting at €849 (e.g. in Germany, incl. VAT)."
Incidently the ESPRIMO Q5000's specifications are basically a carbon-copy of AOpen's miniPC Duo (MP945-X), apart from the design of the enclosure that is. Interestingly the data-sheet (available from the ESPRIMO Q5000 product page) contains quite a lot of information about the system. The peak power-consumption is said to be 45W with the system consuming about 26W during Idle mode. One other thing that I found to be of particular interest is that system is rated at a sound power level of 25dbA in Idle, while during operation with the HDD being in seek it's rated at 35dbA. So I'm not sure whether I would call that "outstandingly quiet"...
Anyway, you can read the complete press-release here and you can several photos of the ESPRIMO Q Mini PC by clicking here...
Posted by keefner at October 28, 2006 07:29 PM