Foxconn nT-i1500-0H0WBNA Intel NM10 Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System

Pros: Set this up as a web server. It is completely silent and stable.

Cons: fingerprint prone shiny plastic.

Pros: Price, runs cool, has a NIC, came with SSD, BIOS on takes a few seconds,comes with two mounting methods, size of a paperback. Seriously, it is built tough enough. You get what you pay for people.

Cons: Deal breaker for me was the video was not up to the task. Installed 5 different flavors of Linux 32 bit & 64 bit and VLC couldn't even decode mjpeg 1280x800. Zero 2D or 3D hardware acceleration. Should have read Wikipedia: GMA 3600 on Linux Since some version 3.3 there is rudimentary experimental support in mainline kernel through CONFIG_DRM_GMA500 and CONFIG_DRM_GMA3600. 2D and 3D acceleration are not yet supported by the FOSS driver. There are proprietary solutions in MeeGo and Yocto that are not easily portable to most other distributions.

Pros: Was low price. Uses 1xDDR3 Sodimm, 1x2.5" Hard Drive

Cons: -Only Video Drivers for Windows 7 32bit (no vista, no Windows 8, No XP) -Driver CD installed bloatware and ads (such as trial of Norton Internet Sercuity)

Overall Review: If you want a cheap bookshelf computer choose a different one. The bloatware is terrible for a custom build.

Pros: Got it with free Crucial SSD 64GB for $160. 2.13GHz dual core with Hyper-Thread Use cheaper sodimm DDR3 Good for browsing internet, video streaming and play TKaraoke software on it. I had a previous version with Atom 330, 2GB DDR2, 160GB 5400rpm HDD, Win7 ultimate 64 OS, still running at my parents home.

Cons: No 64bit video driver so I have to run Win8 x32 instead of Win7 x64. CPU overheat because of bad thermal paste, need to apply silver5.

Pros: Very small foot print. Good CPU performance for size.

Cons: A USB port died after 2 days.

Overall Review: Going to ask for a newegg replacement. Will update on how well the new one works.

Pros: Works awesome for our uses. I think many people are just expecting too much out of a bookshelf system.

Cons: None

Overall Review: We have 3 of these running in the field 24/7 for about 3 weeks now. None of them run that hot and they have not given us any problems at all. 4 GB of RAM and a 500GB, 7200 rpm hard drive and it makes an awesome low volume web and application server. Don't block the vents and you wont have a problem. Don't expect a net-top box to play HD video well unless it has a solid GPU.

Pros: Very small form factor. good looking case. Relatively quiet. Stays cool.

Cons: No 64 bit driver support. Had to reinstall win 7 pro after I realized this. 32 video drivers are o.k. using Crucial M4 SSD, was getting very, very choppy video at 1080p (using GOM with k-lite codec pack). The wireless is having significant issues also. I'm about 20 feet from the router with a single flat wall between us. Wireless ranges from 10 mbps connection to 130 mbps. But, actual throughput is horrible, choppy. Also, when wireless is enabled, causes a lot of unnecessary screen refreshes. If you disable, it stops. Something really wrong here. I've updated bios to rev 4, no luck.

Pros: - super small - runs very cool

Cons: - no 64-bit video driver (deal breaker) - Intel WiFi Link 1000 is very flaky with sporadic performance - Foxconn support is notoriously bad (see useless comments posted here) - was expecting a performance boost over Atom D525 but I didn't see any

Overall Review: It looks like Intel has decided that the GMA 3600 won't ever get 64-bit driver support. Very disappointing. We have an office with many of the nt535's installed. (which do support 64-bit video drivers) I was expecting this newer model to be a bump in performance and at least as stable. However, I see no performance gain and the Atheros wireless in the nt535 is MUCH better than the WiFi Link 1000. The problems with this unit are mainly Intel's fault, so I can't dump on Foxconn too much. This is one model I won't be purchasing again.