E-Z Life

There’s a decent chance you North Americans in attendance won’t ever see the likes of AOpen‘s XC Mini GP7A-HD, but for those in places where having a say on what innards are shoved into their next nettop (we’re lookin’ at you, Japan), this mini PC is apposite to fill quite the void. Boasting only a small frame, NVIDIA’s Ion graphics technology and space for a multicard reader, it’s up to the buyer to slap in a Core 2 Duo processor, up to 4GB of RAM, a 2.5-inch HDD or SSD and a DVD burner or Blu-ray drive. You’ll also find six USB 2.0 sockets, an HDMI port and a VGA output, and while gigabit Ethernet is included, it looks as if the WiFi module is on you. Mum’s the word on pricing, but we’re guessing it’ll be as close to nothing as NVIDIA will allow.

AOpen’s Ion-powered XC Mini GP7A-HD puts the ‘choice’ in ‘nettop’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Stick it to the man!

Real life James Bonds wanted

Olympus’ PEN E-P2 is destined to be a fine product, we’re sure. What we aren’t sure of, however, is how exactly the company came up with the nearly laughable MSRP. The second-ever Micro Four Thirds offering from the outfit is up for pre-order right now at Amazon, though the $1,099.99 asking price is just far too lofty for us to recommend snagging a place in line. That said, you’re still probably interested in learning more about the device, so we’ll be pointing you in Gadling‘s direction for that; the crew over at our favorite travel blog managed to snag one of these buggers early, and exterior color aside, we’re told that it looks practically “identical to the E-P1.” Hit up the links below for a closer look — just keep your credit card far, far away until we see a full review.

[Thanks, Misael]

Olympus’ $1,100 PEN E-P2 up for pre-order, played with early originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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