When BTX in Dell 8400?

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"Sheldon Shallon" <w6el@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone know when the 8400 (or its successor) will incorporate a BTX
> motherboard?

I'd expect soon. Both the 8400 and the 4700 already utilize the 24-pin BTX
power connect....

http://www.formfactors.org/develop [...] 0v1.0a.pdf


Stew

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"Tom Almy" <webmaster5@almy.us> wrote in message
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> Article about rollout. It will happen later this year.
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1783531,00.asp

That's interesting. Although since Dell already does a particularly good job
with respect to air flow and quiet cooling, I wonder whether BTX will make
any difference.

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"Tom Almy" <webmaster5@almy.us> wrote in message
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> Apparently it does. Do a Google search for reviews of the Dimension 5000
> (sold in Europe) and Optiplex GX270 (which is BTX in two form factors now)
> and see.

I wonder why they did the roll-out of BOX in Europe prior to America?
Perhaps some EU regulation made the matter of higher priority there? I guess
it's likely their entire global line will be BOX in the reasonably short
term. As far as I've noticed, Dell doesn't generally announce when a new
design is coming down the pipes; it just shows up one day on their web site.
Is that a marketing strategy, to avoid poisoning the sales of existing
lines? Or do I just miss the announcements?