MP3Car.com - View Single Post - VIA and Mini-box Announce First Sub-$300 Car PC Kit

god_of_cpu · 10-04-2005, 11:37 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Vchat20

yeah. the price point seems to be the major kicker here. ive NEVER seen a cheap VIA motherboard let alone a whole system. this package brings the price down quite a bit to where it competes price-wise with a basic pre-built home system (depending on who you go through. one with just the basic computer hardware, no OS, monitor, keyboard, etc. will usually be under $400/$500)

Whats with all this talk about a great price point??? The systems they are selling for $299 only includes the case, power supply, and motherboard! The price is nothing revolutionary. If you buy everything from mp3car, its only $12 more. This whole thing seems like a lot of PR BS.

http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...products_id=59
http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...roducts_id=122
http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...products_id=67

10-04-2005, 11:37 PM	#16
god_of_cpu Raw Wave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: SilverSpring Maryland Posts: 2,957	Quote: Originally Posted by Vchat20 yeah. the price point seems to be the major kicker here. ive NEVER seen a cheap VIA motherboard let alone a whole system. this package brings the price down quite a bit to where it competes price-wise with a basic pre-built home system (depending on who you go through. one with just the basic computer hardware, no OS, monitor, keyboard, etc. will usually be under $400/$500) Whats with all this talk about a great price point??? The systems they are selling for $299 only includes the case, power supply, and motherboard! The price is nothing revolutionary. If you buy everything from mp3car, its only $12 more. This whole thing seems like a lot of PR BS. http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...products_id=59 http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...roducts_id=122 http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_...products_id=67 __________________ StreetDeck.com Developer (I am Chuck) Get StreetDeck at http://www.streetdeck.com The Official StreetDeck Forums have moved, please visit us at http://www.streetdeck.com/forum for official support for Streetdeck. Last edited by god_of_cpu; 10-04-2005 at 11:41 PM.