Dell has revealed the full specs of their color-happy Mac Mini-esque Zino HD. The device comes in 10 different colors, including orange, pink, purple, black, blue, lime green, and three different prints., the Inspiron Zino HD is quite affordable, at $229.The Zino gets its HD tag thanks to the optional Blu-ray drive and HDMI connectors which will allow you to hook your mini PC up to your computer for watching movies in full HD quality.
Here are its main features and specifications:
*Ultra-small form factor designed to fit almost anywhere.
*Easy personalization with nine color choices for Inspiron Zino HD.
*Choice of AMD processors or dual core Athlon Neo X2 6850e.
*Up to 8GB dual channel DDR 2 memory.
*Up to 1TB internal hard disk storage.
*Combo DVD/CD RW drive with optional Blu-ray Disc combo.
*Integrated 10/100/1000 networking with wireless option.
*Optional TV tuner, wireless keyboard and mouse.
*Built in 2.1 high-definition audio and 4-in-one media card reader.
*Integrated ATI graphics adapter with standard HDMI and VGA video connections, and optional 512MB discrete graphics adapter.
*Four USB ports (2 front/2 rear); two eSATA ports (rear).
*Energy-Star 5.0 compliant.
A $399 price tag will bump you up to a 1.8GHz Athlon processor, 3GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, and an 802.11 b/g wireless card. While, at $649, you’ll get a 1.8GHz processor, a 20-inch Dell wide-screen HD monitor, 4GB of memory, a 500GB hard drive, and a wireless card.
Review 22 December 2010
Dell Inspiron Zino HD Mini PC Review on PCWorld
3/5
“Ultimately, the compact, portable size of the Inspiron Zino HD is its most compelling feature–even beyond its fast speeds and strong variety of ports for its size. The Value PC category is littered with midtower desktops that destroy the Zino HD in power and functionality, but Dell’s mini taps their best features and compresses them into a frame the size of a power supply. In short, the Zino HD comes pretty close to letting you touch the cloud.”
Dell Inspiron Zino HD Mini PC Hits US Review on TechArena
5/5
“The Dell Zino HD is a great PC that can be successfully designed, depending on the configuration chosen, turn into a job with decent performance superior to that of a configuration based on Intel Atom. HDMI is welcome, but deeply regrets the absence of a circuit and a more
sophisticated sound output”
Dell Inspiron Zino HD Mini PC review on Desktoppcs
“The Dell Inspiron Zino HD may not be as sleek as the Mini Mac, but seems to be more pocket friendly. Although its design is taken from the Mini Mac, it has many more features in it to make it unique enough. The thing is you can get what you want by customising your PC and upgrading it to the desired level. So as this is not so common by any means, it will turn out to be that facility that people will like to utilise. The Design is fine, portable and comfortable, with rounded edges and the interchangeable lid colour is going to be another plus to the Zino HD”.
Dell Inspiron Zino HD Mini PC on PCNet
4.5/5
“The Inspiron Zino HD is also larger than the Mac Mini, as well as Dell’s other small scale system, the Studio Hybrid. Although the 3.25-inch-high, 7.75-inch-wide and -tall Zino is slightly larger than the Mac Mini, Dell’s design isn’t inappropriate for a system aimed at your living room. If its physical design is well-suited to the living room, we were disappointed to find our Zino’s specs weren’t quite up to the task. Its HDMI video output made connecting an HDTV a breeze, and we were happy to find that the desktop resolution scaled properly and the audio signal traveled from the PC to our Samsung test TV with no trouble. Traditional DVD playback was fine, but we ran into some difficulty when we tried playing video content from various sources around the Web.”
