I am looking very hard at it. My main question is what's the lowest CPU it will take to play 1080P.
I had my eyes on the Mac Mini for an HTPC, but the Dell has a very attractive price.
Any info on the Athlon 6850e it features? Where does it stand in term of raw power versus an Atom or Core 2 Duo. I tried to google it and nothing really came up.
Since the Radeon 4330 has decoding capabilities, probably not all that much. Can't the Atom play 1080p when paired with the 9400M IGP, or was that just 720p? Either way, the 4330 is much more powerful than the Nvidia IGP.
I am going to use mine to surf the internet on. it is still being built and isnt supposed to ship until Dec 10th, 2009
You guys did notice that this thing does NOT have 5.1 sound, right? HTPC fail.
For those that ordered a Zino (myself included), check your dell order status today.
I found my original order from Nov 18th with ship date on Dec 10th to be canceled, and a new order placed as of Dec 3rd, with an estimated ship date of Dec 18th.
If I didn't want this HTPC so badly, I'd cancel the order outright since they never bothered to contact me to tell me of the issues.