New Aleutia H1 Ion HTPC Now on Sale for £299 in Black and White
We've finally re-released the new H1 on our website. This tiny PC is about the size of a DVD case and weighs just 486 grams! It's less than an inch thick and comes with 2GB RAM and a 250GB hard drive with options for Intel or Corsair SSD or 500GB hard drive. We'll soon offer the new Corsair F40 SSD, the world's fastest. The H1 is available in black or white and we can install either Windows 7 Home Premium or Ubuntu 10.04.
I use one at home and love it. It's small and quiet enough that my girlfriend doesn't complain (it blends in with the DVDs beneath the TV). My 37" TV is only 720p but even at 1366 x 768 resolution Ubuntu is nice and sharp (as is Windows, I use Dual Boot). I can use Picasa or XBMC to run slideshows, and it's the ultimate bit torrent box. It uses so little power so you can have it downloading films all day and then play them back in the evening...on the same box! no need to copy stuff to a USB stick.
August 30th, 2010 - 09:21
Lovely looking PC and great spec! How loud is the fan, and does the BIOS allow it to be speed-controlled depending on temperature? Or will it run Speedfan? Also, how quickly does the temperature build up under normal operating conditions, say just word processing or internet? Is there some passive cooling with it mounted vertically?
October 13th, 2010 - 15:16
It’s pretty sweet and the smallest PC we’ve released. Unfortunately, the BIOS is very locked up – you can’t set fan speed. You won’t hear it web browsing. You will hear it when you do something that maxes out the CPU (like editing a batch of photos in Picasa).
There’s a lot of copper in there but the cooling is dependent on the laptop-style blower fan.