Dell Zino?

[jihe]

Does any one own one and would like to review it? Basically I am moving overseas and would like a portable desktop to do some light gaming for which my laptop is hopeless.

 

[DaveSimmons]

If you can wield a screwdriver, a better option might be to build a mini-ITX system yourself, then you could put in a Radeon 6850 or GTX 460 for quite decent gaming power.

The perfect case:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2115455

 

[littlezipp]

If you can wield a screwdriver, a better option might be to build a mini-ITX system yourself, then you could put in a Radeon 6850 or GTX 460 for quite decent gaming power.

The perfect case:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2115455

What Dave said. I had a fully loaded Zino for a brief period and even threw in an SSD and it was sluggish at some basic tasks. Look elsewhere.

 

[JWade]

you can get the new zino with the mobile quad phenom and i think 5450 ati video. if you are talking the first gen zino, the fastest it came with is the 6850e 1.6ghz dual core. but it can take faster, like the 4850e, but it is recommended you download and use the amd overdrive utility to lower the voltage so that the tdp of the processor is lower, the 6850e is 22w, the 4850e before using the amd overdrive is 45w.

mydellmini.com in the forums has a good review of the zino. i have the first generation and use it for light gameing. i just got a 2nd one off theoutlet with the 1.5ghz dual core for $260 ish shipped after using a 20% coupon.

i think the newest version of the zino with the phenom and 5450 would suit you well, i believe its priced at 650.

 

[Bateluer]

What Dave said. I had a fully loaded Zino for a brief period and even threw in an SSD and it was sluggish at some basic tasks. Look elsewhere.

This makes no sense. A fully loaded Zino comes with a quad core Phenom and Radeon 5450. What do you consider a basic task?

 

[Zap]

I am moving overseas and would like a portable desktop to do some light gaming for which my laptop is hopeless.

What do you consider "light gaming?"