It's called the "Studio Hybrid"

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12519

Anyone know if it's fanless?

Go to the Dell website, you can view a 360 degree view of it and see... a fan grille on the rear

very nice and stylish, and I would buy this but for the following reasons I won't:

1) the price gouging. base model is $499 (£250) in the US, but $800 (£399) in the UK. I am used to this, but it still p1sses me right off.

2) the base model comes with a single-core Celeron. in 2008, for $800, that is not acceptable.

3) this model only ships with Vista as the OS, you are not allowed to "downgrade" to XP. this is also unforgivable.

so for a small, stylish SFF I will probably be going with an Asus Eee Box instead; while considerably less powerful, it is also half the price and will run XP.

Good set of outputs: HDMI, DVI, S/PDIF, FireWire, Gigabit. Bet it's loud though.

Looks pretty decent, especially at $500. 87% efficient power supply as well.

jaganath: Are you sure about the processor? US base model comes with a Core Duo T2390. Maybe you guys only get a Celeron, though. Sucks that a lot of Euro PC enthusiasts get shafted when it comes to prices.

The Dell UK site has the celeron 550 in as the base package, optional upgrades to c2d are available.

I know that the UK pays 17.5% VAT (sales tax) versus 0-8% (?) in the US, however I seriously doubt it costs 213USD to send the computer from the States to the UK - especially given the size/weight of it...

Having said that: some (but not enough) electronic stuff is available for almost the same price if you subtract VAT

-A Disgruntled UK Shopper

especially since they are both coming from the same factory in China and costs to ship to the US/UK are about the same (it's still halfway around the world whichever way you look at it). Another great example of Rip-Off Britain.

I really like the design. Depending on the noise, I would consider it had I not sold my soul to laptops. Maybe after I graduate...

Been looking at something like this for my dad, but noise is a bit of an issue and I think he may find the eee box's performance a bit lacking.

He's also stuck with dell if he wants to buy it through work.

Anyone know if that fan is always on?

I've heard they've been having a lot of overheating problems, which is why you're encouraged into the 1 year warranty....

I recall when Dell did 90 day warranties on Dimension PCs, they failed shortly afterwards.

Its hardly 'Green' building a machine that won't last, and that has an optional bamboo 'effect' housing. Typical greenwash.

A review of the Hybrid:

Dell Studio Hybrid Desktop PC Unboxing and First Impressions

Dell Studio Hybrid Desktop Deep Dive Video Series