Digital Home Thoughts: Washington Post: "Shuttle XPC Packs a Lot Into a Small -- and Imperfect -- Package"

"To judge from the computer the company loaned, a $1,100 G4 6100M running Microsoft's Media Center edition of Windows XP (news - web sites), Shuttle's designs are every bit as usable as traditional configurations. This machine includes a powerful processor, a capable graphics card, copious amounts of storage -- just under 150 gigabytes of room on the tested PC -- and numerous connections for peripheral gadgets. But for all its clever engineering, the XPC also seems a few ingredients shy of being ready for the mass market. It's a machine better suited for enthusiasts and tinkerers (such as the reader who e-mailed me to explain how he'd added a Shuttle computer to his home theater to manage his digital-music library)."

Rob Pegoraro (known to people in the Pocket PC world as being more than a little Palm-biased) has written up an article on his experience with the Shuttle G4 6100M (what a strange product name!). Shuttle has recently begun selling complete computers direct, a departure from their traditional market of selling XPC units to hobbyists who want to assemble their own units. Looks like a bit of a rough start - Shuttle needs to make sure things are near-perfect out of the box, because they're dealing with general consumers now, not DIY geeks like me. ;-)