Technological progress is on the alert. In order to keep up with the times, you need to be aware of all the new products that appear on the market, even if you do not plan to purchase them yet. After all, who owns the information, owns the world. Everyone knows about computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. But what is nettop, have not yet fully figured out.
The word itself is a tracing-paper from the English “nettop” formed from the components of the words “InterNET” and “deskTOP”. If you try to translate the result, it will look something like a “desktop computer." In fact, this is a stationary analogue of a netbook.
Why not everyone knows what nettops are, is easily explained. Most technological innovations do not reach our country immediately. There are many reasons for this, and it makes no sense to understand them. While this technique is not particularly popular with us, therefore, the information about it is quite fragmented, and sometimes even confusing the consumer. For example, quite a lot of people identify nettops with monoblocks.
Monoblock is a stationary PC circuit. In it, the system unit, monitor, microphone, speakers and webcam are structurally combined. Typically, the keyboard and mouse are selected for it separately. In fact, this is an LCD monitor, in the body of which is the system unit.
Then what is a nettop? This is a small personal computer released by Intel during the announcement of Atom processors. According to forecasts, these processors should
We wanted to become a base for nettops. Initially, the nettop was created to work mainly with Internet applications.
To make it very simple, the nettop can be called a miniature system unit. It is easy to attach to the back of the monitor, hang it on the wall, etc. (as it is convenient for anyone). That is, it is a separate compact device that works exclusively from the network.
To understand what a nettop is, remember the ASUS Eee Box or Acer AspireRevo. They are typical examples of such a computer.
The basis for this technique is a processor with energy-efficient high-performance microarchitectures (in other words, energy-saving). It can be Intel Celeron, Intel Atom, VIA C7 or VIA Nano. The central processor is single or dual core (1.2-1.6 GHz). The hard drive is designed for 80-500 GB. Video and sound cards are integrated, there is a DVD drive, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB ports.
If you are interested in what a nettop assembled in Russia is, then you can pay attention to ARUTEK MediaBox, AxiomPC Micra, Wexler VisION and some others.
The power of nettops, besides working with various network services and on the Internet, is enough for amateur ra
bots with photos, listening to music, watching videos and undemanding (fairly simple) games. The latest models, however, are already equipped with chipsets, the integrated graphics of which allow you to watch movies in FullHD format. Already there is even a gaming nettop Alienware X51. But such models are, of course, expensive.
Nettops are now not only based on Intel Atom processors. The buyer can choose the processor at his discretion. Today they are increasingly being purchased for use as home servers.
What is a nettop in terms of user convenience? This compactness, a minimum of wires, lightness, aesthetics, ease of installation. Nettop performance is certainly lower than conventional PCs, but this is offset by their very small size and fairly low power consumption.