[twelvebore]

Intel introduces yet another NUC variant:

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news...businesses
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/n...brief.html

RRP $129 for the kit (The Reg article says $99 for the bare board, $129 for the kit and that you need both, but that doesn't make any sense).

It sports the Atom E3815, which from what I can tell has even less grunt than the N2820 in the Baytrail NUC. But it might be enough for XBMC? ark.intel.com lists the graphics as non-descript 'Intel HD', so no idea where this lies on the SNB/IVB/HSW scheme of things.

One plus point is that this NUC seems to have 4GB flash built-in, so it's a case of just adding RAM.

[MrCrispy]

$10 savings for a slower cpu doesn't really sound like its worth it. esp since the 2820 isn't really that fast either (as a general purpose cpu).

[twelvebore]

Yes I tend to agree. As I said in another thread I doubt we'll ever see a NUC below $100, and this price point probably represents the lowest that Intel will contemplate. I find the integrated flash interesting though, in the sense that Intel may not go below the ~$130 price point but they may start integrating more and more stuff at that price point.

[MrCrispy]

They could very easily go lower (as far as profit margins go) as well as make a dedicated SKU for HTPC, if they thought that was a viable market segment. Seeing how competitors like Brix aren't doing too well, I doubt this will happen.