Usually benefit places with very little space such as dorms, classrooms, offices and for television media centers. The VIA PC is designed for people on a tight budget, where as the Intel version is designed for people with a more of a relaxed budget for a TV PC.
The processor can be upgraded on the Intel System, up to a 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo I believe.
There is really no sacrifices in the computer, providing your not planning on gaming on the system, it has the hard disk capacity of a standard computer (320GB SATAII), 2GB of DDR2 RAM, TV Tuner, HDMI, VGA and DVI, 6 USB ports and more.
The price, I agree is higher than standard desktop computers, but the demand for small form factor computers are becoming more popular for places mentioned above.
It also is faster and has more hard disk space than most laptops offered at that price.
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CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1.70GHz
RAM : 8GB DDR2 PC6400 / 2GB DDR2-667 PC5300 A-DATA
HDD : 750GB SATA Seagate Barracuda/ Western Digital Scorpio 250GB 7200RPM
GPU : Radeon HD2900XT 512MB / Radeon Xpress 1150 128MB
OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 / Windows Vista Home Premium
Last edited by Garethman!!`; 04-10-2008 at 04:25 AM.
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