Hardware Intel NUC D33217CK Review

Thanks Matey

 

The thing that interests me most for this is the fact that people can do raspberry pi style art projects, but with an x86 system, which is obviously a lot more useful and quicker than faffing around with various linux distros etc.

 

I see a usefullness in rugged surroundings, if you put it in a fanless selfcooling case, it'd be dustproof, which wouldn't be bad.
It would make a good vehicle PC as well.

 

"I'm still not sure what an NUC offers over a custom-built mini-ITX".

Two words: Power Consuming. Aside that, I really see nothing except size.

 

I would love one of these as a movie streaming system/HTPC
Or as an upgrade to my current rig.
A crunchy mSATA SSD and some nice laptop RAM and you'd be good to go

 

^ This. I want this, or something like it, combined with a GPS receiver, a Peltier, a Bluetooth receiver and a battery. Put them in a custom-milled IP67-rated 7075-T6 aluminium alloy case, pair it with a micro display in the corner of my goggles and a iKey AK-39-NV wireless keyboard/mouse on my wrist, and voila, the ultimate skiing system. Tells me where I am, where I should be going, how fast, where everyone else is, records video from my camera, interfaces with my phone so I can read my messages and take calls without having to retrieve it from my bag - everything, and much more rugged than Google Glass.

[EDIT]Oh - and unlike Glass, less than $1500, too![/EDIT]