Thursday, October 13, 2005
VoodooPC Crafts the Idol
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HARDWARE" @ 05:00 PM
"VoodooPC, a leader in the design and manufacturing of high-performance personalized computer systems, today announced the launch of the Voodoo IDOL Mini PC. Featuring a footprint of 6.5” squared, the Voodoo IDOL is the smallest and fastest full-featured personal computer available. Starting at $899, the Voodoo IDOL features the latest Intel Pentium M notebook processor, allowing near silent cooling without sacrificing performance and a 7200 RPM Hitachi hard drive. In addition, the Voodoo IDOL boasts a DVI Connection, integrated Ethernet card and slot-loaded DVD-Burner. Customers can also select the operating system."
The gang at VoodooPC have done it again - this is the PC the Mac Mini wished it could be, albeit it at a higher price (and, yeah, it's a rip-off of the Mac Mini form-factor). Voodoo doesn't build "affordable" computers, they build kick-ass computers, and the Idol is no exception. I spec'd a system with 1 GB of RAM, a 100 GB 7200 RPM hard drive. The Achilles heal of systems this small is the weak GPU: a 32MB ATI Radeon 9200 does not a great gaming system make, but hey, it's so little.
The gang at VoodooPC have done it again - this is the PC the Mac Mini wished it could be, albeit it at a higher price (and, yeah, it's a rip-off of the Mac Mini form-factor). Voodoo doesn't build "affordable" computers, they build kick-ass computers, and the Idol is no exception. I spec'd a system with 1 GB of RAM, a 100 GB 7200 RPM hard drive. The Achilles heal of systems this small is the weak GPU: a 32MB ATI Radeon 9200 does not a great gaming system make, but hey, it's so little.
