{"id":5453,"date":"2014-01-19T20:57:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T15:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=5453"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:50:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:50:18","slug":"ice-computer-modular-xpc-laptop-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/ice-computer-modular-xpc-laptop-tablet\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE Computer’s Modular xPC: the next generation Laptops, Tablets and crowd funding Gamble"},"content":{"rendered":"

ICE Computer<\/a>\u2019s first Modular Design<\/strong>\u00a0first come up by the ASUS in CES 2014<\/a> where they introduced their ASUS Transformation Book TD-300<\/a>. Now, ICE Computer<\/i> introduces their next generation laptops i.e. Modular<\/strong> xPC<\/strong> that\u00a0looks\u00a0similar to the ASUS Transformation Notebook. This notebook is getting for its prime time when the company took it to the Indiegogo<\/a>, there it set a $300,000 crowd funding goal<\/strong> that can make Modular xPC result into its production. The idea of Modular xPC is ‘<\/strong>will be many devices in one‘<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Now to tell whats inside of this Modular xPC<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0the xPad 10.1-inch tablet<\/strong> dock turns into a mini desktop when attached to its body. The company talks about the other peripheral devices like the xTop<\/strong> which can be better understand by the word an \u201cExternal Storage\u201d. Moreover, the xKeyboard and other external devices<\/strong> but as these things are not mentioned anywhere therefore we can just say that it will be made later.<\/p>\n

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The open connector architecture from a third party<\/strong> encouraged Modular xPC to make other docks and peripheral devices that will work in the upcoming generation of xPC. For now, though an xPC with Windows 8 installed, July shipping estimate is going for a price of $369. It’s not too exact figure when you’re essentially betting on an underdeveloped ecosystem. Further we must now discuss its specification and features<\/strong> that can make the Modular xPC more exciting for the users:<\/p>\n