14 DAY TRIAL // The market for all-in-one desktop computer systems is certainly growing as a number of new manufacturers are announcing their own all-in-one solutions. Currently, Apple is the undisputed leader, with major names such as HP, Dell, Gateway and Sony following in its footsteps, with their own products. Systems like the iMac, XPS One or Gateway One can provide users with everything they need in a mainstream and high-performance desktop computer system, but in a more compact and user friendly package. Tangent, a company that also specializes in computing devices and all-in-one systems, announced today the Evergreen 17.
Unlike most of the other all-in-one systems currently available on the market, the Evergreen 17 has been designed as an ultra power efficient all-in-one computer with touch-screen display. Built as a "green" PC, Tangent claims that the Evergreen 17 is environmentally-friendly and has extremely low power requirements, and according to the company, the system has been designed to meet the computing requirements of schools.
"Not only do users experience computing with a touch screen LCD in a space-saving form factor, they also get industry leading power efficiency at 24 watts and 72% less energy usage than Energy Star 4.0 limits," said Douglas Monsour, Tangent president. "This translates into cost-savings while, at the same time, helping the environment."
The Evergreen 17 can be equipped with the VIA Eden 1.0GHz (fan-less) processor or the VIA C7 CPU running at 1.5GHz. Users can choose from the 1, 2, 4, 16, 32 or 64GB solid-state drive options, thus enabling a 100% solid-state system with no risk of moving parts failure. Higher capacity drives are also available, ranging from 60GB to 250GB, while memory can go as high as 2GB of DDR SDRAM. Regarding the operating system, the Evergreen 17 can be equipped with either a Windows XP Professional or a Windows XP Embedded for server and web-based computing, but there's also an option for a Linux model.
In what concerns pricing and availability, the Evergreen 17 has a starting price tag of $1195 and is available for purchase directly from Tangent's website.