Intel Unveils Desktop Motherboard for Nettops

[tkpenalty]

Exactly, and I don't know why they don't use the notebook chipset on the desktop boards and cut the power down. I know the 945GC has some advantages, but none of them really show on nettop machine. One loss is going from dual channel memory to single channel, but on a board like this with only one memory slot, it doesn't matter. You lose TV out also, which is probably the biggest loss, and really the only reason I can see people wanted the 945GC over the 945GSC. I'm sure there are more than a few that would like to have this connected to their HDTV's to have interent in their living room. Though with just an S-Video port, the picture will look like shit anyways, so I think I would have to put a video card in the one PCI slot and use that for an DVI/HDMI connection, and that would raise the power back up to that of the 945GC...

Well all these advantages that the 945GSC dont even show up on the board anyway.......

 

[newtekie1]

Well all these advantages that the 945GSC dont even show up on the board anyway.......

Yeah, I know, which is why I don't understand why they didn't just use the much lower powered 945GSE.

 

[lemonadesoda]

They will probably transition to the 945GSE within weeks. Problem is they wanted to get a working product out into the market, esp. with all the trade fairs. And 10 weeks ago the 945GSE wasnt available to the designers.

 

[DaedalusHelios]

How mucho do they costo?

Good question.

 

[lemonadesoda]

Good question.

Not a good answer.

 

[newtekie1]

They will probably transition to the 945GSE within weeks. Problem is they wanted to get a working product out into the market, esp. with all the trade fairs. And 10 weeks ago the 945GSE wasnt available to the designers.

It has been available to the public for 10 weeks, the designers have had it for a lot longer than that, especially Intel's own designers.