Well, you’re all in for a treat.
I’m home alone, jacked up on Diet Pepsi and M&Ms; with the new Zonbu box, my digital SLR and pages of notes I’ve taken so far. The timing couldn’t be better to review this box.
I’ve got a long weekend this weekend so there will be lots of feedback flowing to these pages. The Zonbu will get a workout.
One quick note – the performance of the actual box is noticeably better than my simulator. I’m pleasantly surprised, I didn’t expect such a big difference. I’ll be passing the simulator on to a colleague tomorrow and he’ll be trying it out this weekend.
He may even guest write a post or two.
Despite what people have been hypothesizing in the early press reviews and comments, this is a real PC in every sense of the word. No, you’re not going to edit video or play 3D games on it, but it does have some serious firepower.
Expect a torrent of feedback over the next few days.
-Mr. Zonbu
Don’t forget to do some serious flash video Youtube torture tests. That is generally the most resource intensive thing I do in my day to day web surfing and it the thing I’m most concerned about. I know that for me if the Zonbu can handle all the streaming flash sites then me and Zonbu are going to get along fine. I’m going to be away for a few days and won’t be able to play with mine yet. But I’ll be checking in here from time to time to see your results.