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November 16, 2009 by Lawrence Lee
| Product |
Lenovo IdeaCentre Q110
Mini PC/Nettop |
| Manufacturer |
Lenovo |
| MSRP |
US$399 |
The recently reviewed Lenovo IdeaCentre
Q100 is a supremely small, quiet, energy efficient computer system,
albeit very underpowered. Its "bigger" brother, the Q110 boasts slightly
more impressive specifications but keeps the thin, compact chassis. The inclusion
of the much-hyped Nvidia ION chipset is the Q110's main draw — it adds the
ability to play most high definition video formats, making it a candidate for
the ultimate SFF media PC.
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The Q110's dimensions and overall physical appearance are identical to
the Q100.
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Along with the graphics upgrade, the Q110 sports a few other differences compared
to the Q100: 2GB of RAM instead of 1GB, a hard drive capacity bump from 160GB
to 250GB, and Vista Home Premium rather than XP. On the outside, it looks no
different from the Q100, but unfortunately it does not sound the same. The extra
heat produced by ION forced Lenovo to abandon the Q100's best feature: Fanless
operation.
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Rear ports.
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VESA mounting frame installed.
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The exterior of the Q110 is identical to the Q100 with one exception: the VGA
port has been replaced with HDMI. It also ships with a VESA mount for the back
of a monitor, which the Q100 lacked. The Q110 slips into the frame effortlessly
and is secured using a single thumbscrew. So while the Q110 has a fan, tucking
the unit behind a VESA-compliant monitor could conceal most of the noise it
generates. For more exterior pictures, see our Lenovo
Q100 review.
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