CompuLab fit-PC2 Diskless, Atom Z530, RAM 1 GB, bay for 2.5" SATA HDD

by CompuLab

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• ASIN: B002BO33HK
• Item model number: C1600-W-ON-ACN
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,039 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 30, 2009

Product Description

CompuLab has made the dream of low-power computing a reality with their line of tiny FIT-PC2 Nettop computers. The CompuLab FIT-PC2 Diskless Nettop PC is equipped with an Intel ATOM Z530 processor and 1GB of DDR2 memory. This tiny PC is all ready for you to add your own hard drive. For a completely silent system with no moving parts at all, you can add an SSD hard drive, or if you'd prefer to make a portable file server, simply add your own high-volume 2.5" hard disk. This machine is not only Energy Star rated, it's the most power-efficient computer on the Energy Star list.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, December 14, 2009

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Michael L. Keefe "Thunder, Perfect" (Washington DC) - See all my reviews
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I've wanted one of these for a long time. I waited, however, for a version to come down to ~$300 and pack the punch I needed for a living room pc. I dropped in a 320 GB HDD and installed XP Pro via 8 GB thumb drive. No issues. Works like a charm right out of the box. I have no problems with video unless they are streamed. Hulu, netflix STREAMED video sux, but anything saved to disk works perfectly. I recommend XBOX for streamed netflix. I share my Itunes, Windows Media, host an EXTERNAL website, share some LEGAL torrents, and use it as a backup for my other PCS,+++... Quiet and cute.

I wish I could give it 6 stars.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Persistently problematic WLAN and company B.S., March 26, 2010

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R. Boatman (Wayne, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CompuLab fit-PC2 Diskless, Atom Z530, RAM 1 GB, bay for 2.5" SATA HDD (Electronics)

Not a speed demon by any means, but that wasn't expected. In fact, its ability to display very clear 1080p Hi-definition was a pleasant suprise, and while you won't be playing any Blu-Rays or probably even DVDs (here's a hint: I installed Windows XP Media Center edition, and simply trying to start Media Center crashes the video card), it plays "HD" YouTubes just fine.

I have a small solid-state drive installed and that keeps it both fast and silent.

All in all, I generally like it. The video card is indeed slow, and that's not just the resolution: for example, playing BubbleSpinner - not exactly the world's most demanding game - crawls when a lot of activity is happening, and I found that to be true even when I rolled the resolution all the way back to 800x600. So it's a poor implementation, not just the very limited memory. One star off.

The second star is because of the frankly inexcusable wireless operation. This unit will run for days or weeks uninterupted surfing the web, but try to transfer files to it and it will bomb and lose the connection, every time. This is not an isolated incident, and it not associated with just one release or driver - the FitPC web site shows that dozens, if not hundreds, of customers have been reporting this issue going back several years. (Yes, I know about the different drivers and yes, I know about the two wireless card settings that have to be changed.) So a second star off for having the problem in the first place, and also for not fixing it.

I have no doubt that this thing would be a stellar performer plugged into a wired network, by the way.

Cool, silent (especially with a SSD), inconspicuous, suprisingly snappy performance, high resolution output (including to HDMI).

Unreasonably slow video performance (even for such a small & cheap unit), unreasonably unreliable wireless connection.

Edit: another star off for the complete B.S. response the manufacturer posted...read response and my rebuttal.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice and quiet, January 7, 2010

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S. Stirner - See all my reviews
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Resonable price. Tiny and quiet. Works okay with Windows 7. Took a look at the performance via task manager and processor was used to capacity also the RAM. For watching HD example movies on [...] it wasn't enough. Picture started juddering right away. For listening to music and watching DVD it works.