Medion launches "smallest nettop PC in the world"

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By Mike Jennings in Berlin

Posted on 5 Sep 2009 at 08:37

German manufacturer Medion has unveiled a nettop PC which it claims is “probably the smallest nettop PC in the world”.

The Akoya Mini E2076D is only 20mm thick and 173mm deep, making it a veritable featherweight in comparison with our current favourite, the A-Listed Acer Aspire Revo R3600, which is 30mm wide. The Medion also weighs only 800g - far less than the 3kg Acer.

Medion has crammed a decent nettop specification into the tiny frame, too, with the standard Intel Atom processor boosted by 2GB of RAM, a 320GB hard disk and Nvidia’s GeForce 9400M graphics chipset which, although not capable of gaming, has made a decent fist of decoding HD video in its previous outings. Draft-n wireless is also included.

A cut-down version, the Akoya Mini E2066D, will also be made available, but includes only 1GB of RAM and integrated Intel graphics. While this weaker model includes Windows XP as standard, the more powerful E2076D will be available with Windows Vista upon release in September. We expect that the E2067D, at least, will be packaged with Windows 7 after its October launch.

Pricing also seems reasonable, with the E2076D listed with a suggested price of €350 for the base unit alongside a wireless keyboard and mouse. No price has yet been announced for the E2066D.

We’ve no reason to doubt that Medion’s tiny Akoya is the smallest mainstream nettop – although the Anders Fit-PC2 could also lay claim to this title. Suffice to say that we’ll be getting our hands on the Medion as soon as possible and delivering our verdict in a full review.