[yuyak]

"A real shame this doesn't have mSATA. There's mini-PCI express but according to the specs it does not support mSATA. I think I will wait until they release one with both mSATA and 2.5"

The design of this NUC model is all about driving the overall cost down. Having both SATA and mSATA support would raise the price. That's also the reason you get only one HDMI port and no DisplayPort. This design is the low-cost, entry level, HTPC and/or workstation model.

That being said, my ideal usage model for an HTPC is a NUC with both mSATA and internal SATA support. That way I can run my OS on the mSATA and have a large, cheap platter SATA drive for media and recorded TV storage. For that you'll want the i3 board in the tall case (releasing very soon). It gives you the best of both worlds.

Jason

i3 is Haswell, not Bay Trail/Silvermont so answer is probably: never (unless Intel decides to play with the naming again). For i3, Haswell based NUC see: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Intel_NUC (D34010WYK and D34010WYKH)

This is what confused me. Hasnt haswell i3 with tall case been released for a while now.. what one is he speaking of?

No, D34010WYKH (i3 Haswell in tall case) has not released yet. It's coming out late february: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-DisplayPort-...B00HOJAVDG

BTW, anyone know if there's plans for the baytrail celeron NUC in the short case?