Dell Optiplex 160 joins nettop crowd

Dell seems to be the only western brand that is already on board the nettop crowd at the moment — the Optiplex 160 being the flagship nettop PC on its line.

That’s beside the more expensive Dell Studio Hybrid we saw earlier which comes with a dual core or a Core 2 Duo processor.

The Dell Optiplex 160 gets the following specs:

Intel Atom CPU N270
1GB to 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
80-160GB HDD or 20-64GB SSD
SIS Mirage 3 Integrated Graphics
External DVD ROM (optional)
Gigabit LAN
Dell Wireless 1397 802.11BG Half Mini-PCIe card (optional)
Genuine Windows Vista or FreeDOS

You get downgradable rights for windows XP if you get the Vista version. Weighs 2.09kg and a height of 9″. Dual core Atom CPUs will be available in 2009 at an additional price.

Starting price if $563 without the monitor.

Abe Olandres

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9 Comments

Gwapito.com says:

16 years ago

That is not a nettop pc.
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Erin says:

16 years ago

@TechPinas: low-power home server.

albeit this configuration is an overkill.

ciao!
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TechPinas says:

16 years ago

Nettops still baffle me.

Parang crazy fad lang that don’t really serve any cool functionality — when you think about it.

Netbooks are cool — their design respects their function. But a DESKTOP dedicated to just surfing the net and processing documents? Come on. And at that price? Hmm.

Ever since IBM left the PC World, crazy things have happened na.

Hehe. :) I miss IBM (strictly) PCs.
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sylv3rblade says:

16 years ago

My dad’s probably getting this in replacement for the dying media center pc that he’s got.
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jhay says:

16 years ago

Despite the negative feedback, somebody some where will find this box worth the buck.
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Loadex says:

16 years ago

Better get a netbook with same specs.. plug a good LCD if 1 wants larger screen.. then if need to be mobile simply bring the netbook itself… dual purpose at the same price and specs…
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filipino entrepreneur says:

16 years ago

It’s better to own a laptop than this.
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bouncing red ball says:

16 years ago

The design of the unit itself is not bad, but what a weird stand. :)
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Andre Marcelo-Tanner says:

16 years ago

not cheap, seems to be more of a low priced, compact, stylized desktop
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