Based on the new Intel Penrym platform, AOpen’s XC Encore OE700 mini PC looks like a wonderful compact machine for your living room. Powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Intel GM45 Express + ICH9M chipset, OE700 incorporated the company’s proprietary ‘SilentTek Quiet’ (CMIIW, Google’s translation is rather confusing) technology which keeps the computer’s noise to minimum level, along with SAVS (Smart Anti-Vibration System) and SNSS (Smart Noise Supression System). On the front panel, there’s a Vacuum Flourescent Display (VFD) which shows the current PC operations / perfomances.

Measures 200 x 321 x 106mm and weighs 3.9kg, AOpen XC Encode OE700 mini PC also features up to 4GB of main memory, audio output, microphone input, miniPCI x 2 slots, Ethernet LAN, HDMI, DVI, USB 2.0 x 4 ports, remote control, and a slot-loading DVD drive. Not sure whether it comes with Windows Vista pre-installed or not, but there’s a “Certified for Windows Vista” logo on its body. If you want to buy it, you have to wait until May before it arrives on the store.