[kbaggen]

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm interested in BayTrail and building - though this doesn't serve as informative information for new users that aren't as knowledgeable in this area. You have to remember that we have all kinds of users that frequent these forums, both novice and intermediate. It's our job to make sure that our information is as accurate as possible so that they don't mistakenly make a purchase that isn't right for them. This isn't a even close to a NUC and the value isn't necessarily better as it depends on the users' criteria for an HTPC. We might as well call all ATX pc's mini-HTPCs since the size ratio between NUC / mini-itx and microATX are comparable. It's like saying the Wii is a Xbox360 alternative

Value is in the eye of the beholder.

Ok, we dont get even close to understand each other. In my eyes it is a NUC alternativ, and Wii is an alternative to xbox360! Yes, there is differency in power of the system, just as there differency between the various Intel NUCs! The name NUC is just some cleaver markingting people trying to sell.......they are all mini-pc´s, mini-HTCPs.........so please go to all the NUC treads and ask them to call the NUC what it is = a mini-pc!

But whatever, let us keep the NUC people in the dark ages, let them think there is no alternative, let all money go to Intel, let us sit back and let the none-competition ruin the market