Foxconn NT425H-0H0W-B-AE Intel Pineview-D Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System

Pros: Small
Power-saving (especially when you can't use it due to BIOS failure)

Cons: Unreliable--the BIOS doesn't work at all after 5 months
Waste of money and time

Other Thoughts: Don't buy from this company. This has to be the worst computer product I have ever purchased! Note that when LED 4 lights (solid), that means the BIOS has failed.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valuable customer,

We apologize for the inconvenience. If LED#4 is blinking (BIOS Boot Block Failure) please contact our support team via link below or call 909-978-6556 for assistance with the RMA process. If all our support reps are on the phone at the moment or if you are calling after business hours please leave us your contact info so we can call you back. Our hours of operation are (M-F from 830am-530pm, PST, excluding public holidays). Or you can submit an e-mail to our online support team via link below.

http://www.foxconnsupport.com/inquiry.aspx

Again, thank you for purchasing Foxconn products and taking the time to provide us with valuable feedback. Your business is appreciated.

Best regards,
Foxconn support team

Pros: Great little design! Magnetic feet are a clever addition and the frame to hold it to a monitor is well built.

Cons: Doesn't boot. Just got done RMA'ing my second one! Upon unboxing and powering it on, it immediately gives me a CPU initialization failure. Both of them failed int he exact same way.

Other Thoughts: The one egg is for NewEgg; their customer service was very prompt with my first RMA (had it processed within a couple days!) and they refunded me quickly the second time!

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer, We apologize for the experience you had with your Foxconn product. What HDD/Memory did you used?Please refer to HDD/Memory support list.http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Barebones/nT-425H/index.html And For RMA,please contact officiate warranty via RMA center in US,Please dail below tel number and ask for RMA.
Tel: 1.909.978.6556 (8:30am - 5:30pm PST; excludes national holidays)
Best Regards
Foxconn Technical Support

Pros: Extremely compact with lots of features and suffice power.
Dual core processor, wifi, card reader, 6x USB, LAN, HDMI, VGA, Nice magnetic feet and hidden screws.

Cons: Purchased specificaly to use on my TV as media center, however, the Intel GMA 3150 does not support overscan/underscan at all (not even with 3rd party software), leaving me with loss of desktop/cut screen on all four sides of screen. -2 Eggs because of Intel.

Other Thoughts: Overall a decent little PC. A good buy for a standard VESA Monitor, not for use with HDTVs.
Good little computer with the addition of a good HDD or SDD and 2GB of memory.
If it had ATI or Nvidia GPU, it would be much better.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer
We apologize for the experience you had with your Foxconn product.With regards to this issue , we recommend you use NT330i to have a test .The chipset is nVIDIA MCP 7A -ION.
Best Regards
Foxconn Techncial Support

Pros: Tiny formfactor, lots of USB ports, low power consumption. HDMI but no DVI, easily solved with a converter cable.

Cons: Case is difficult to open without breaking the internal clips. Not a big deal since you won't be opening it much. BIOS has very few options, but you're not going to be messing around much with them.

Other Thoughts: I bought this as a thinclient tester to see about replacing desktops with these and using a terminal server. Linux support for the LAN drivers is spotty (it uses the atl1c driver). Ubuntu worked great, both wireless and LAN supported. WTWare worked well too, video was recognized as an i950. x2, thinstation and openthinclient do not work with the LAN chipset.