Yeah, I've been looking at the shuttles a lot in the past few days. I was designing a system for my girlfriend, and have been quite fascinated by the whole design concept of the Shuttles. Unfortunately, yes the price would be around $500, but that's also without a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. For her she would need those things because we would be replacing a laptop.

I wouldn't get a Shuttle for myself as my main machine. Too small for the man who owns a Lian-Li PC75. Sort of like polar opposites.
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Matt