For some there's nothing better than the warm glow of indicator lights coming from a huge stack of home theater equipment. Others, though, prefer consolidation, and that's what Okoro Media Systems's upcoming OMS-AX100 will offer: an HTPC with an integrated 5.1 channel amplifier from D2Audio (a 7.1 version also avail). With 100 watts per channel you can plug your non-powered speakers right into the unit and, through HDMI and component inputs, connect other sources, too. However, with only one of each, you're going to have to choose favorites among gaming systems. Orders can be placed now to ship in June, and a base Windows Vista-equipped machine with 500GB of storage, 4GB of memory, and an AMD
Athlon 64 X2 5050e 2.6GHz processor will set you back $1,650. A Blu-ray drive bumps the price another $190, which seems like a worthy upgrade -- if only because you might have a hard time finding an empty input for an external one.
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posted May 20th 2009 7:58AM
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So, someone should buy this because????
nMEDIAPC Black Aluminum case is crap. The Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 250GB are loud and have a bad failure rate. Are you now building systems for the general public? Are you going to stand by the product that you created with all these components?
Yes
The 7200.10 series never had failing problems. I own two 320GB 7200.10 drives.
The 7200.11 series had the bad firmware (which has since been corrected).
because...
they are not technical
they have more money than free time
they would rather spend time watching movies instead of build a freaking computer
they would rather someone else worry about drivers, compatibility, software updates
if they experience a problem, they want to call someone to get it fixed rather than waste time troubleshooting
they aren't cheap and don't mind paying a premium for a turnkey solution if it costs only $500 more than the Frankenstein system you outlined.