today, I just got delivery of two new office PCs. They're based around a mini-ITX motherboard with Intel Atom 1.6ghz 330 dual core CPUs. I have Windows XP running on them but it's said Vista would run just as good. 2gb of ram and 160gb SATA hdds complete the systems.

Dig this, based on what I dug up on the web, these babies consume less than 60watts of power at full CPU load. DVD quality video playback is smooth but trying to playback 720i MKV video, it was still laggy as my netbook. Not the CPU's fault though since the board still uses Intel 945 graphics chip set. Maybe if the board had a PCI-E slot for a better video card upgrade. :D

The CPU units costed P8,500 each including casing and PS.

Mini-itx boards alone:
Intel Atom 1.6ghz 330 dual core = P4100
Intel Atom 1.6ghz 270 single cote = P3100

If you want to read more:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/ecs-at...945gc-review/1