Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Viewsonic newly introduced Flat screen monitor with Built-in PC


The Viewsonic VPC100 All-in-One PC is essentially a desktop pc with all of it'sessential parts - the processor, hard drive and all the usb ports designed to fit into what looks like a flatscreen pc monitor only. So, in a nutshell...pardon the punn, the entire desktop pc which used to consist of keybord, tower case, monitor and mouse, has now become the keybord, mouse and monitor. No more tower case.

Off course something like this had to happen at some point in time, with manufacturers always exploring new avenues to make their products more compact, more user friendly. Now, having said that, one would think that the manufacturers may have compromised somewhat on performance and specs to be able to fit. Surprisingly, compromise is not a word that comes to mind when hearing about the specs of this machine. While the pc may not be classifed as one of the most powerful machines on the market today, it does not really stand back when it comes to performance. I would think that for the eveyday software and applications that most of us use, this machine would be adequate.

The pc features an

  • 18.5" Color TFT Active Matrix LCD screen
  • with an effective display area of 16.1" horizontal x 9.1" vertical, and 18.5" diagonally.
  • Resolution is 1366x768, with a contrast Ratio of 1000:1 (typ), 5ms (typ) response time
  • A 1.3 megapixel web cam
  • It also features 2x3 watt speakers.
  • An Intel Atom N270 CPU processor
  • Processing speed: 1.6GHz Single Core, FSB 533MHz, BGA.
  • Chipset is an Intel 945GSE + ICH7M.
  • 1GB DDR2 SDRAM
  • Windows XP Home operating system and a 2.5"
  • 160GB SATA hard drive.
  • 4 USB 2.0 ports
  • 2x PS/2, RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
  • Earphone and Microphone jacks, and 4-in-1 card reader (XD, SD, MMC, MS).

Actually, if you have ever opened up a computer towercase, you would probably have noticed something right away - a fairly large portion of unused space. I suppose we can compare it with an old 1965 model car. If you've ever checked under the hood, you would also notice the same phenomenon - a large amount of unused space inside the engine compartment. These days of course, there is hardly any space for a mouse to even move around in the engine compartments of newer model cars.

The pc is now available at selected outlets and sells for about $500, which is surpising when one considers that any new type of technology or application of that technology is usually costly - at least at first.

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