Most of you might know the Medion brand thanks to its small-sized, Intel Atom-powered portable computer system meant to compete with ASUS' vast Eee PC lineup. The Akoya Mini has seen an extensive media attention since early April, with everybody of the opinion that it's quite a looker. This is probably why the same company has decided to take advantage of the media exposure of the device and release a desktop version of the small-sized Eee PC competitor.

The nettop will be dubbed Medion Akoya S2005D and will probably be meant to compete with the upcoming MSI Wind PC, as well as the already released Eee Box. As its rivals, the Akoya nettop is also powered by an Intel Atom processor and will apparently provide 4 Watt power consumption. Despite the fact that details are still sketchy, Computer Bild reports that the nettop will come with a 160GB hard drive, DVD burner, WLAN and 8-channel audio. It will pack a Windows XP Home Edition operating system and we should see a working sample at this year's IFA consumer electronics show, which will be held between the 29th of August and the 3rd of September in Berlin.

As far as design goes, the Akoya S2005D is expected to weigh almost 4kg, and provide six USB ports, a memory card reader, audio I/O and a VGA port. The chassis is quite simple, as compared to the rather unconventional look of ASUS' Eee Box.

Details about pricing are yet unavailable, but the system will probably hit stores sometime in November. If the company displays the nettop at this year's IFA show, we might actually find out more about price and availably.

As the netbook market has slowly become one of the most dynamic markets for system vendors, the nettop business is slowly catching on and we are probably going to see several other manufacturers rolling out their own models.