Just in from laptop manufacturer MSI, the rather oddly monikered Titan 700 PC. We say oddly because, despite the grandiose title, it’s actually MSI’s brand new attempt at a small form factor PC.

It’s actually quite a similar design to the recent Very PC Treeton, and first impressions were pretty positive in the Labs. Alright, the front drive flaps are a bit weak and the presence of a pair of serial ports on the back at the expense of DVI is a pretty baffling – but we were willing to give it a chance.

But then we got out an old Mac Mini and lined them up together, and the Titan suddenly didn’t look quite so, well, miniature.

Of course, there’s every chance the Titan 700 will wow us when we get round to the full review – all we’ve done so far is get it out of the box. But we can’t help but find it, well, Titanic next to its little iceberg. Maybe MSI knew what it was doing with that name after all.

P.S. We actually got it this morning, but given the dimensions of the box (below) we assumed it was a laptop and put it to one side. Dumb? Us?