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Full Product Name: Zotac MAG Intel Atom N330, NVIDIA ION, 2 GB DDR2, 160 GB HD, eSATA, HDMI HD-ND01-U Mini PC – No OS

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Zotac MAG Intel Atom N330, NVIDIA ION, 2 GB DDR2, 160 GB HD, eSATA, HDMI HD-ND01-U Mini PC – No OS Description:
ZOTAC, a leading maker of motherboards and graphic cards, unleashes the world’s 1st everywhere PC – ZOTAC MAG, the Mini All in one Giant system. The ZOTAC MAG is a compact system that fits anywhere from the living room, kitchen, or the office while delivering high definition video playback and left over productivity performance while sipping miniscule amounts of energy.

Compact, Energy Efficient, with Great Performance

Combining a high performance NVIDIA ION graphics processor with an energy efficient dual core Intel Atom 330 processor, 160GB hard drive, and 2GB of DDR2 800 memory, the ZOTAC MAG delivers an eco friendly computing experience that a high performance punch in a compact 186mm x 189mm x 38mm package.
Plenty of Connectivity in a Compact Unit

The ZOTAC MAG features an array of connectivity alternatives with compatibility with current standards, as well as eSATA, 6 USB 2.0 ports on 3 sides, Gigabit Ethernet, VGA, HDMI Full HD 1080p compatible, optical S/PDIF output and a 4 in 1 memory card reader SD/MS/MS Pro/XD. Wireless 802.11n WiFi is integrated for fast broadband connection.

Fits Anywhere

The ZOTAC MAG can be situated in three ways: flat on a surface, on its stand, or mounted behind a monitor with VESA mounting holes. A VESA mounting bracket enables the ZOTAC MAG to be placed on the back of many flat panel and most HDTV sets. Once mounted, it is totally out of sight.
Stylish, Easy to Setup, and choose your OS

The ZOTAC MAG is the world’s 1st system to add a thin chassis with sleek design and a totally prepared to use system, but still let holders choose their own operating system to install. if it is Windows 7, XP, Vista, 32 bit, 64 bit, or Linux, the ZOTAC MAG ships without an operating system so the end user can choose what they want to run.

Zotac MAG Intel Atom N330, NVIDIA ION, 2 GB DDR2, 160 GB HD, eSATA, HDMI HD-ND01-U Mini PC – No OS Reviews:

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars
I goed to give it 5 stars, till I saw the Acer Revo 3610,
January 25, 2010

By WPB Consulting Cary, NC See all my reviews

The only reason I do not give this five stars is that it does not come with Windows 7 like the Acer Revo 3610 does for $29 more.

With that being said, if you have your OS to put on this little gem, then think about it respectable of 5 stars and save yourself the $29. I do not think about the lack of the wireless keyboard/mouse combo a factor because the set included with the Acer is not really useful for a HTPC.

The Pros:

Small form factor sleek look, filled with capabilities.

Atom 330 + nVidia ION a match made in Heaven.

HDMI out.

fitted N Wifi.

2GB RAM, 160 GB HD included

Windows 7 Pro 64bit installs without a hitch driver support is superb.

Shows 4 CPU’s in Task Manager.

VESA mounting + vertical stand included

lots of ports USB, audio out, HDMI, VGA, card slot, eSATA, audio

The Cons:

Has small fan on chipset heatsink makes many sound when in use.

Gets a little hot.

Silver plastic is really coated black plastic can scratch.

Vertical mounting stand attachment is a little difficult.

5400 rpm drive can be a little slow for intensive tasking.

I bought this unit to act as a HTPC running Windows 7 Media Center to replace the cr ppy WD HD TV Live and Asus O!Play units that I bought and returned because they do not work.

Within two hours I watched streaming media on this device. I made a bootable USB key using diskpart, copied the Win7 DVD to the key, and installed from it. I then updated to all the drivers available from the Zotac website, and was in business.

I added a generic Windows MCE remote USB IR key and streamed recorded HD TV content from one PC to this one, watching flawless 1080p HD with multi channel audio through HDMI.

Miscellaneous Notes:

It moves in and out of sleep pretty quickly, and draws little power in any mode.

The NVidia display drivers also as Media Center have the capability for compensating for any HDMI overscan your TV may experience.

Has a cool orange ring on the side for power status, but also has a lighted power button that indicates power/sleep states.

Is this a desktop replacement? No. Is it the perfect HTPC? Just about. If it were silent and included a wireless keyboard/trackball combo, it could be indeed perfect.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars
Does Everything I’d ask of it.,
February 1, 2010

By Ninjustin See all my reviews

Verified PurchaseWhat’s this?

For a HTPC this is great. Small almost silent and powerful enougth for XBMC, Boxee, and Hulu Desktop with newer Flash 10.1 all while running Windows 7.

The only issues I have is that it does not come with an OS , then It must be installed with a usb device. Not a big problem for me but for others perhaps.

Also while it has a fan and make a little sound I feel that does not matter as the fans on my sata external drive is louder than the real pc.

For the cash and size this is a perfect machine for me.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice little HTPC system,
February 25, 2010

By Ilya Tsymbal “Sir Ilya T” Somerville, MA USA See all my reviews
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surely a nice HTPC system. I have it connected to my 42″ Plasma.

I have a review and a video at …

Also, installation notes, power use, software experience and more.

My in general impressions of the system are overwhelmingly positive. on the side from many minor issues, it exceeded my expectations.

I bought this little PC with the intention of using it for an HTPC Home Theatre PC. exactly I wanted to be able to play Hulu and Boxee, Pandora, and my CD collection from a network server. Most importantly, I wanted to be able to use it as a MythTV DVR frontend viewer.check back for updates on how that is going I did not expect to be able to use it as the backend recorder I projected that it could not be powerful enough. that is still to be determined. I also expect that I will be using it for browsing the net when I have to do that jointly with my wife or company hey, what does IMDB say about actor Blah, or what does Wikipedia think about this or the other..

In brief:

Pros:

# Nice design. compact, stylish.

# Dual core Atom with hyperthreading. The Task Manager shows it as four processors.

# NVIDIA ION chip a big improvement over Intel’s own graphics shipset.

# HDMI output carries both video and audio,

# Multi monitor support.

# FAST networking, not just any networking.

# BONUS: HDCP support

# ANOTHER BONUS: GPU accelerated encoding/transcoding!

# No OS supplied.

# No keyboard, no mouse.

# The case has a neat amber LED ring that glows when the PC is turned on.

# it is literally whisper quiet.

# low power draw.

# many nice trial software included on the driver CD.

Cons:

1. Biggest so far is the reception on the wireless card. The antenna must be weak.

2. HDD and Power LEDs are a hwee bit too bright.

3. Having a little trouble to get sound over HDMI to work. The driver under XP does not seem to have that option. that is the driver that came on the CD; I will attempt downloading updated drivers from the ZOTAC site. UPDATE new driver from the ZOTAC web site fixed the problem.

4. Case is not supposed to be opened.

5. The HDD is only 5400 rpm.