Jeff Brubaker van AnandTech heeft het SV24 barebone systeempje van Shuttle eens onder handen genomen. Zijn bevindingen vind je in deze review. De SV24 is een compleet systeem wat in een klein aluminium kastje is weggewerkt. Het moederbord dat zich in de kast bevindt is gebaseerd op VIA's mini-ITX standaard. De plank beschikt over een VIA PL133 chipset voor socket 370 processoren. De performance hiervan is vergelijkbaar met de Apollo Pro 133A. Men heeft daarom niet nogmaals de performance hiervan getest, maar eens gekeken naar het installatie-gemak en de software. Hieronder een gedeelte uit de conclusie:
Overall, we were quite impressed with this little box. It's small, cute and well thought out. However, it lacks the expandability of a desktop, which brings up the whole "beige vs. unique" debate. So, why buy this instead of a desktop? If space, heat or looks are an issue, this is a system to consider. We wouldn't recommend this for a primary machine, nor for an average desktop (which has room to store that big, beige PC), but there are lots of other places in which it excels.
As we found out, this makes a great "living room," or "average use" PC. It also makes a great "TV PC." If the applications you use most include Office, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Winamp, ICQ, AIM, etc, you're fine. Of course, you're probably fine with just about any computer out there.
[...]After this endeavor, we like the SV24; it doesn't rethink everything, it shrinks everything...and covers it in attractive aluminum. It doesn't replace that beige PC, it complements it. We expect that Shuttle should have no problem selling them at their list price of $250 USD. Hopefully, that will eventually lead to more interesting machines elsewhere as well.
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Met dank aan Verwijderd voor de tip.