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Has the Nettop lost its charm and power?

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自今年年初以来,我们未曾听闻或见到任何新的上网本主机在当地发布。在数年前上网本热潮之后,英特尔等公司曾将上网本主机视为下一个主要市场。

华硕、宏碁、戴尔、华擎和微星等厂商都推出了各自版本的迷你电脑。

Dell 早在 2008 年就推出了那款迷人的 Studio Hybrid,Acer 拥有 AspireRevo,MSI 有 WindTop,而 Asus 则推出了一系列 Eee Box。

我们甚至尝试过这款宣传蓝光功能的华擎网顶机

Nettop 的理念很简单——以极小的体积提供廉价、低功耗的桌面计算体验。它有时也被称为家庭影院电脑(HTPC),因为某些配置具备全高清播放能力(这主要归功于 NVIDIA Ion 芯片组)。

看来那个承诺并未兑现。我有几个关于为何nettop类别未能流行的想法:

  • 向消费者解释低功耗带来的节省并不容易。典型台式机的功耗通常在100至150瓦之间,而迷你主机(nettops)则承诺更低的功耗,介于20至35瓦。换算成实际节省,若按日均使用12小时计算,每月电费可节省约300菲律宾比索。
  • 迷你主机的处理器性能从良好到中等不等,这限制了其适用场景。主要用于上网浏览、P2P服务以及可能的高清视频播放(针对HTPC)。并不适合进行严肃的PC游戏。网吧也不会采用它们,因为存在明显的缺点。问题不仅在于CPU,更在于配套的GPU。
  • 迷你主机的价格并未如预期般低廉。英特尔原本希望每款产品定价在100至300美元之间,但2008年和2009年推出的大多数迷你主机售价却在300至500美元区间。同样的预算足以购买一台不错的游戏PC,为何还要选择迷你主机?
  • 上网本(netbooks)正迅速侵入迷你主机的价格区间,有时甚至更便宜。既然如此,当可以用相同或更低的价格买到配置相似的上网本时,又何必选择迷你主机呢?

英特尔生产的最后一款专为上网本设计的处理器是Atom D525,那已是超过一年前的事了(发布于 2010 年 6 月)。我想这标志着该 PC 类别的终结。

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the main advantage of nettops?
They offered cheap, low-power desktop computing with a small footprint.
How much power did nettops typically consume?
They consumed between 20 to 35 watts.
What activities were commonly done with nettops?
They were mainly used for internet surfing, P2P services, and HD movie playback.
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Acer Aspire 5253 · 14 years ago

I think it’s fair to say the NetTop is now resigned forever to the shelves of the computer museum.

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Ansel B Mano · 15 years ago

The government should be adopting this package especially front liners and those working with simple spreadsheets and word processing, a space saver, cheaper and for green computing.

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Shakey · 15 years ago

“The netbooks were rapidly invading the price category of the nettop and sometimes, it’s even cheaper. Again, why settle for a nettop when you can get a similarly-specced netbook for the same or lower price?”

+1 on this! And with a nettop you still need to buy a separate monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

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mig · 15 years ago

it hasn’t lost its charm/ power. above anything else, it’s EXPENSIVE! if it’s around the $100 price point, then it would really sell as an HTPC, especially for people who torrent.

this would be sleeker than other alternatives such as popcorn hour, etc. because of customizability: XBMC, among others.

for the same price you can get a decent gaming pc na e. PRICE CUT!

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Les · 15 years ago

This one at 9,000 Php has an appeal for me:

http://manli.com/products/details.php?id=130

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razorous · 15 years ago

Superb specs! AMD Fusion + USB 3.0!!!! Were in PI do I get this??

The prob with Internet TV’s is its lack of supported file formats (That is, with our Sony Bravia)

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Benchmark · 15 years ago

Probably in the right time where the world is in short of electricity and we all have to limit our usage.

I remember way back 2008 (I think), Motorola Rokr E6 was not that a hit…it a first full touch screen phone. It was said that Apple and Motorola tied up for this technology…there is also a point where Motorola E398 has this iTunes on it. But it was not fully accepted by the people.

Well now, people are all in craze and gaga over touch screen phones. :-)

Probably its just the timing of release…or Marketing perhaps. :)

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Name: IC DeaDPiPoL · 15 years ago

I’m guessing it was less popular solution due to the latter mid-high end flat-screen tv comes with their own browser and enough processing power to playback 1080p videos with a variety of support for containers and codecs on their own as long as its attached to a NAS or an external storage.

Nettop as a download/seed box also competes with routers that have provisions for attaching external HDD turning it into a NAS and Download/Seed box at the same time.

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Arhen Richmond · 15 years ago

Yeah. Samsung has its SMART TV with Firefox as its Internet Browser. :)

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Arhen · 15 years ago

Sir Abe, please read my email to you. Thank you. Please delete this comment if you’ve already received it. :)

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Arhen Richmond · 15 years ago

BTW, I’ve seen an ASUS Eee PC Nettop last last lasy year. (3 years from now) and with a white color. :)

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