Minimig released for real!

[straycat]

According to the website today the Minimig has been released!

http://www.acube-systems.biz/eng/index.php

[straycat]

Surely there's a case lined up for this (or at least a recommendation to come from ACube what case to use)?

Seems to me like good marketing to have a case around a computer (or am I barking up the wrong tree?).

[straycat]

I think the perspex case looks pretty nice and lets you see the 'workings'...

Will the board come with the perspex case? If not will it be available from ACube?

Also doesn't the exposed sides leave the machine open to dust, liquid spills etc or am I just sounding like a 'soft end-user'?!

[straycat]

Krusher wrote:
I think Acube should clarify the Minimig is not a finished computer and cannot run out of the box.

I suppose what I'm getting at is if you wanted to build an A1200 tower you could source a D-Box from Amigakit.com for example. There doesn't seem to be an similar thing for the Minimig yet. I can screw a motherboard into a case, find a spare keyboard and mouse but building custom cases is not really my thing. Perhaps it's just early days and someone will make something. Perhaps ACube reckon on the glass sandwich effect? Still like the look of the Minimig though, looking forward to some reviews!

[straycat]

I think the help-desk call that ACube will get the most is "Why doesn't MiniMig work with my monitor?", the answer of which will be "Cos your monitor doesn't support 50Hz vertical refresh!".

I don't think my fairly bog standard 3 year old Philips LCD monitor will work (I've had trouble with an old Powerbook Duo docking station in the past. I'm going to check my model on the Philips site this evening). I wonder how many LCDs will actually work? If I have to revert to an CRT monitor it seems quite a retrograde step for a new piece of hardware...