Zotac Intros Dual-Core ZBOX Nano VD01 Series
Zotac has released a new series of ZBOX nano mini-PCs featuring VIA's dual-core Nano X2 U4025 CPU.
Thursday Zotac launched the latest addition to its ZBOX nano product lineup with the new ZBOX nano VD01 series. These palm-sized mini-PCs come packed with VIA's dual-core Nano X2 U4025 CPU clocked at 1.2 GHz, VIA's Chrome9 GPU with ChromotionHD 2.0 processing, and two USB 3.0 ports.
"Zotac is pleased to expand its mini-PC lineup with the addition of a VIA platform,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, Zotac International. "The VIA Nano X2 with VX900H chipset enables us to deliver an affordable energy-efficient mini-PC that is ideal for digital media consumption and home server use with the Zotac ZBOX nano VD01 series."
The new VD01 series features two models: a bare-bones version and a "Plus" version. Both share the same specs across the board, and enough space to accommodate a 2.5-inch SATA drive and a DDR3 SO-DIMM module. However the "Plus" model actually ships with 2 GB of DDR3-1066 and a 320 GB 5400RPM HDD pre-installed.
As for additional specs, both models have HDMI and DisplayPort outputs, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0, a MCE-compatible remote and integrated IR receiver, and more. To see a hardware spec list comparing the two models, head here.
Pricing and availability is unknown at this point, so stay tuned.

Nothing like bloody USB dongles making a pretty box ... less so.
I'd rather take Zotac mini-ITX Z68/P67 boards - they're way cooler.
No, the real question is...will it play Crysis?
GPU: VIA Chrome9 graphics processor
CPU: VIA Nano™ X2 U4025 (1.2 GHz, dual-core)
RAM: 2GB DDR3
No.
if you have damaged LAN ports but your PCs boot then you could get some usb-lan adaptors. Also for the future you could consider purchasing some lightning protectors for your lan ports. Search ebay for "ethernet lightning surge protector" and you'll find some.
Not mine. This is some of the stuff I got in tech support; and they're all thin clients - I tried USB-LAN adaptors, but not all of them support booting through such a network adaptor, sadly.
You really need to go through and make sure that all of the networking equipment is connected to surge suppression equipment so this doesn't happen again. The LAN should all be closed off from future surges at that point. It's most likely that all the ruined pc's were connected to the same unprotected switch. Might also just be a bad switch, and not really lightning.
Not my problem
I came here hoping to find a little more information than the somewhat useless Zotac site. As one other poster asked, where are the power consumption numbers for this "energy-efficient" computer. There was a time when Tom's Hardware produced such information. I'm seeing more and more tests that don't produce this info.; at a time when this has become a high priority. What do they pay you not to publish power consumption numbers ? You must know we are all looking for it.