Understanding the system, what is the system ......

The system name is barebone or bare system. It is a brand new computer. It is different from a notebook or a desktop, and its size is between a desktop and a notebook. Generally, the admission system only has accessories such as chassis, motherboard power supply, and motherboard. There are no accessories with changing prices, such as CPU, memory, and hard disk. Some admission systems also have optical drives.

Advantages of the quasi-system: the inherent small and exquisite is undoubtedly the biggest advantage of the quasi-system. No matter how the appearance changes, the quasi-system always has an absolute advantage over the desktop, even compared with the notebook, the volume is not too different. Because of positioning problems, commercial desktops are generally conservative in shape design. Although the design of home machines is cutting-edge, it is a little unstable for office use. The simple and generous quasi-system just meets the compromise requirements of the two. It is also popular in recent years with simple design.

Powerful performance is another important weapon for the quasi-system to take over the market. Because of inherent architecture problems, laptops cannot satisfy people's pursuit of performance, especially in 3D graphics. Although the speed and memory of the CPU on the notebook are getting faster and faster, the 3D performance is always a weakness of the notebook, especially the CPU and display card of the notebook and other devices cannot be upgraded at will. The quasi-system is different, because the use of standard PC interface, whether the source price of accessories, or performance, is easier than the notebook. Although traditional desktops have strong performance, their physical weaknesses are very obvious.

Fashion is also one of the eyes of young people in the quasi-system. As a result of the post-PC era, people's requirements for computers are not only performance, but also harmonious and beautiful combination with furniture and easy to use, it is also one of the important requirements of people.

Full humanized design is the true weapon of the quasi-system. Whether it is the adjustable volume knob, intelligent fan temperature control system, or other designs are in line with modern people's habits and requirements.

Initially, the admission system was tailored to OEM customers or brand machines, the original design was designed to avoid the cheap solution proposed to avoid the price changes of accessories such as CPU and memory too fast and reduce the single-host manufacturing cost. In my opinion, the biggest characteristic of the quasi-system compared with traditional desktops is household appliances. First, let's take a look at the advantages of the quasi-system:

First, the quasi-system generally has a beautiful and fashionable shape. The quasi-system generally uses a stylish and small chassis, and various interfaces and control buttons are generally integrated on the front panel of the chassis, which not only facilitates control, but also makes our room more beautiful, you don't even need a dedicated computer desk. You can place it on your desk or desk at will, just like the fashion home appliances that are currently popular.

Second, the functions of the quasi-system are not bad. as technology advances, integration is no longer synonymous with low functions, currently, the quasi-system products provide 3D display cards, multi-channel sound cards, NICS, USB, ieee1994, optical fiber and other mainstream functions. Although they cannot be compared with the most advanced accessories on the market, however, the performance of system products is not inferior to that of mainstream desktops.

Third, the admission system has better multimedia functions and is more suitable for family use. At present, many admission systems provide a full set of interfaces, such as USB, ieee1994, and optical fiber. Users can easily connect to various digital devices and provide practical functions such as direct playback of CD, quasi-system developers have long considered carefully.

Disadvantages of the quasi-system: the scalability of the quasi-system is limited. Because the motherboard, sound card, and video card of the admission system are integrated in one unit, the upgrade and expansion capabilities are very low. If you want to change them, you will often change them together, however, a function cannot be upgraded like a normal computer. If you change the motherboard, sound card, and video card at the same time, the upgrade cost will be significantly high. Due to the limited internal space of the quasi-system, poor heat dissipation is also a weakness of the quasi-system.

First, the quasi-system has limited scalability. Because the motherboard, sound card, and video card of the admission system are integrated in one unit, the upgrade and expansion capabilities are very low. If you want to change them, you will often change them together. You cannot upgrade a function like a common computer. Changing the motherboard, sound card, and video card at the same time will significantly lead to high upgrade costs.

Second, the quasi-system is expensive. Currently, the cheapest quasi-system price is around 1500 yuan, while for the Budget diyer, the price of 1500 Yuan is really expensive and unacceptable to buy only the chassis and motherboard, sound card, graphics card and other components.

Third, system maintenance is inconvenient. When the user's On-Demand System machine fails, it is difficult for the user to judge and can only be taken back to the seller for repair.

Quasi-system user group

The advantages and disadvantages of the admission system are prominent, so what kind of users are suitable for the use of the admission system? From the diyer's point of view, the purchase admission system must be "there is no place to spend a lot of money ". However, for IT products, there are no failed products, but they only target different user groups.

I. User Groups applicable to the quasi System

Compared with the traditional PC, the admission system has the characteristics of small size (less than 1/3 of the host), fashionable appearance, and less difficult DIY. Based on several characteristics, the author believes that purchasing the Admission System for student groups is a very incorrect choice. As a result, the student dormitory space is very small. If n PCs are deployed at the same time, the occupied space will be very large. The quasi-system is small and exquisite, which makes it easy for students to purchase new computers. At the same time, if students require a certain degree of mobility for the PC, it is a good choice to use the quasi-system with LCD, and then select a small clever keyboard, during the holidays, you can easily bring your PC back to your home.

In addition, for some ordinary household users who are neither hardware enthusiasts nor software enthusiasts, assembling compatible machines by themselves is simply hard for them to go to Qingtian, and I feel sorry for my wallet when I buy a brand machine, they will not pursue the high performance of hardware. For them, a computer can satisfy ordinary entertainment, work, and learning needs as a good computer. At the same time, in the eyes of home users, as long as the performance meets the requirements, a small, still, quiet quasi system is more attractive than a high-performance, rigid, high-noise desktop.

In addition, the use of the admission system can further reduce the occupied space for small family users. For users who rent a house, because they often need to move, using such a small PC does have some benefits. In addition, for computer players who are not very good at hands-on ability, they also want to taste DIY. It is much easier to use the admission system than to assemble compatible machines.

Quasi-system purchase instructions

1. Select your favorite shape

Now that you have decided to purchase a quasi-system, you must never be careless. Nowadays, the quasi-system has become more and more household-oriented. In addition to the size of the ordinary ATX chassis, the design is more and more like a desktop speaker. At the same time, most products adopt the similar design of Apple Computer. It is no wonder that the beautiful metal shell can be used with harmonious colors.

2. Pay attention to the combination of chipset and processor

The system generally does not have a processor, so pay attention to the combination of the Motherboard chipset and processor. Generally speaking, I suggest you purchase the Intel processor's quasi-system product, which can be used with a quieter heat dissipation fan to make our quasi-system more like a quiet household appliance.

3. Understand the differences between the Motherboard chipset

For the quasi-system, the main factor determining the price is the Motherboard chipset. For example, the price of Intel chipset and SIS chipset is much different. Even if it is the same as Intel chipset, i845 and i865 will cause the price of the quasi-system to be different by nearly RMB. Therefore, it is recommended that you make up your lessons before buying the admission system, even if it is a temporary ambition.

4. Consider the interface as needed

A major advantage of the admission system is its excellent multimedia functions, which are largely reflected in interfaces. Although some quasi-systems are inexpensive and have excellent appearance, they can only provide some mainstream interfaces, such as USB and audio output. Therefore, such a quasi-system can only be a super-small PC. In addition to USB, ieee1394, audio output, and video output, the standard system must also have dual VGA output and optical fiber output/input commonly used in multimedia.

5. balance heat dissipation and quietness

Because the quasi-system uses a small chassis, the CPU, motherboard, and power supply cooling issues must be considered. At present, the quasi-system adopts the Heat Pipe Cooling Technology in addition to the ordinary fan design, and some also use the heat pipe cooling technology used by the laptop, and then works with the direct-blown chassis fan, to provide a satisfactory heat dissipation effect.

Another noteworthy problem is that both heat dissipation and quietness must be "both at the same time". You cannot buy computers with sound and noisy heat dissipation, or ignore heat dissipation in pursuit of quietness, of course, you must try the machine yourself when purchasing the service to find a system that suits your needs.

6. Reasonable requirements for scalability

A major disadvantage of the quasi-system is poor scalability, but adhering to the "with the best" point of view, pay attention to the scalability of the quasi-system when purchasing. Main aspects include:

What kind of processor, memory, hard disk, optical drive, and even keyboard and mouse are supported by the admission system (some of the relatively small admission systems cannot even use the normal 3.5 inch hard drive and 5.25 Inch optical drive, you can only use the optical drive of a smaller laptop hard drive, so that the price of the entire system will be more expensive ).

The on-board has several memory slots and several PCI slots. Can the internal space of the chassis accommodate all-size PCI boards. The memory slots and PCI slots can help us to upgrade the performance of the On-Demand System.

Whether the admission system has an independent AGP slot. The display function has always been the most unsatisfactory for many diyer's quasi-system performance. If the quasi-system has an independent AGP slot, you can replace a better video card. However, I would like to remind users who are preparing to upgrade the video card of the On-Demand System to pay attention to the power supply problem of the On-Demand System. Generally, the On-Demand System will provide a W power supply. If it is not an independent AGP video card, of course it is enough. If you want to use an independent video card, be sure to check whether your power supply is supported.

 

Prospect of mini-Admission System

What are the development prospects of the mini quasi-system? We can certainly say that this is endless. It will gradually expand its strength with the development of PC, but we need to have a deep understanding of the development trend of the mini quasi-system. It will become a consumer electronics in the future! This will make it gradually deviate from the PC development track and become an independent system development! So how can we achieve the transformation of consumer electronics? This is worth pondering, so I will give a simple analysis.

The mini-Quasi system will certainly have a place in the fierce market competition with its elegant appearance and excellent performance. For a large number of customers focusing on computer shapes, especially women and white-collar users, mini quasi-system is undoubtedly a good choice. All in all, for customers seeking to be between brand-name and DIY machines, the mini-quasi-system is undoubtedly the most cost-effective and the smartest choice. Although many people do not know much about the mini-quasi-system, their beautiful appearance will become the most eye-catching selling point, such as Sony's fashion, although its internal industrial technology is world-leading, it can make many ordinary users who have no specialization on the technology, its appearance is the first to conquer the different demanding requirements of consumers on the beauty.

Consumer Electronics is an electronic product that highlights the quality of life. How to Improve the Quality of Life is a key part of the mini-admission system that requires perfection. In this regard, MSI is the first, and its concept of "home audio and video center" is the first in the mini-Quasi system. It will also be a prelude to a new situation. As for the quality of new life, the mini-admission system has done a lot, such as playing a DVD, CD, MP3, Wi-Fi wireless Internet access, TV-out, TV receiving card, and so on, the remote control will also be available in more mini-admission systems. In any case, it is easy to use with any simple and easy-to-use operations, which conforms to the direction of consumer electronics and also represents the development path of quasi-system manufacturers. In the future, the mini-system will become a powerful tool in our living room, not just a PC.
Consumer Electronics is an electronic product that highlights the quality of life. How to Improve the Quality of Life is a key part of the mini-admission system that requires perfection. In this regard, MSI is the first, and its concept of "home audio and video center" is the first in the mini-Quasi system. It will also be a prelude to a new situation. As for the quality of new life, the mini-admission system has done a lot, such as playing a DVD, CD, MP3, Wi-Fi wireless Internet access, TV-out, TV receiving card, and so on, the remote control will also be available in more mini-admission systems. In any case, it is easy to use with any simple and easy-to-use operations, which conforms to the direction of consumer electronics and also represents the development path of quasi-system manufacturers. In the future, the mini-system will become a powerful tool in our living room, not just a PC.

In addition, the mini-admission system is a set of systems after all, so the complete desktop kit can make the mini-admission system a real advantage in the overall appearance, but in fact many manufacturers did not do this, their conceptual mistakes make them look better on the mini-Quasi system. The overall picture seems inferior. For example, you have bought a nice silver-white Mini-admission system, but the silver-white LCD and keyboard and mouse that you try to match have never been integrated with the tone of the mini-admission system, therefore, the pursuit of overall coordination is an urgent problem, just like BenQ's Q-desk. At present, for example, MSI and aopen have their own quasi-system equipped with a supporting keyboard and mouse, but this is still the purchase of accessories. In addition, we saw qdi's Galaxy II, and began selling the keyboard and mouse as standard parts. In all fairness, this keyboard and mouse did not look good, but it has achieved good overall results.

Conclusion

It can be said that we can no longer simply stay on the PC's understanding of a mini-admission system. This is against the design intention of the mini-admission system. Many opinions are incorrect. Although it is very similar to the PC system, or professionally speaking, it is derived from a PC architecture, it is obviously stronger than PC in terms of shape and ease-of-use functions, in the future, more fashion elements will be added, and the mini-admission system will become a consumer electronic product, reflecting the high quality of life of consumers. In this way, they put forward higher requirements on the strength of the manufacturers. It is not a technical difference, but a competitive and innovative thinking competition, for example, Sony, Panasonic, and sharp in the consumer electronics market have the same technical strength, but Sony has a more unique understanding of innovation, leading to a competitive advantage. For a very conservative motherboard manufacturer, this seems to be a required course! As an author, we are looking forward to the future development of the mini-quasi-system, because it will be a very interesting development, and we will wait and see!