If you’ve always longed for a netbook but you don’t want to have to put up with all that pesky “portability”, MSI is hoping you’ll take a liking to the CS120 “Nettop” computer. It’s decked out similarly to the cornucopia of currently-available netbooks – 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive – but you’re not saddled to 1024×600 resolution and this guy’s got a built-in DVD-burning slot drive.
The CS120 would likely look right at home next to your TV and the Wi-Fi mixed with the near-silent operation, plus the DVD drive could very well replace at least your DVD player while adding some streaming video fun to the mix.
Other features include two front-mounted USB ports, a front-mounted 4-in-1 card reader, four USB ports on the back, VGA out, Ethernet, 7.1 audio, and Windows XP. Make sure your TV has a VGA input because MSI says on the bottom of the product page, “The VGA port can not be converted into DVI or HDMI through any adapter.”
MSRP is around $299 and you can get the CS120 at a fairly wide range of stores already. Newegg has it if you’re looking to pick it up right away.
Product Page [msicomputer.com]
Would you even be able to choke 1080p out of this little guy? If so, the mac mini better start watching it’s ass. These small forms will definitely be nipping at it’s heels within the next few months would be my guys.