14 DAY TRIAL // Undoubtedly, Intel's Atom processor is one of the most successful products of this year, a fact that be easily by just looking at the high number of Atom-based computer devices that have been announced recently. No matter if we are talking about portable or desktop computer systems, most of the recent low-cost, small-size solutions are based on the Atom processor. This also appears to be the case of a recent product released by Korean-based systems vendor Myripple.
The new product is, in fact, a successor to one of the company's previous small-sized desktop computer systems. The new version to the company's Ripple Mini PC is dubbed Ripple Mini Chocolate and is designed on the Mini-ITX form factor. As mentioned above, the new desktop computer is powered by an Intel Atom processor running at 1.6GHz. The system's motherboard features the i945GC-Northbridge and ICH7 Southbridge chipsets.
Unfortunately, details about the new product are scarce, so we can't really say what connectivity options it provides. All we have are some pictures that show a device rather similar to Apple's Mini, but with a design that could use some improvement. On the front side, there's a startup button and a slot for what could be an optical drive unit, but we can't really tell what type of optical media it may support. There's also a ripple.mini logo engraved on the front side.
The Ripple Mini desktop measures 15 x 210 x 80mm and is available in Korea in three differently colored versions, namely black, red and silver. The price tag for the Korean market is 209.000 (KRW) but, at the moment, no one can say with certainty whether it will be made available on the western markets as well.
Currently, the only desktop computer system based on an Intel Atom processor is ASUS' Eee Box, but MSI is also expected to release a desktop version of its Wind netbook, which will come under the dubbing of Wind PC.