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• Shuttle goes back to barebones with ten new products
  Friday 8 June 2007 – 11:38
  As one of the pioneers of the small form factor (SFF) PC, Shuttle built success upon its distinctive XPC range of products and was at one time the market leader in its field
• Alienware offers barebones kit
  Wednesday 20 June 2007 – 11:31
  Alienware said it is offering its P2 desktop chassis for a limited time as a desktop barebones kit
• ECS: Significant shipment growth to be seen in barebones only in 2003
  Monday 5 May 2003 – 02:02
  Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) expects barebone systems to drive its sales growth this year, given its loss of Apple Computer notebook orders and continuing fierce competition in the motherboard market.
• Second-tier mobo makers see barebones-system business growing
  Friday 12 July 2002 – 05:53
  Amid the diversification trend, system products are now assuming a more important role in several second-tier motherboard makers' overall operations.
• Shuttle introduces 845GV-based mini-barebones XPC
  Wednesday 12 March 2003 – 06:06
  Shuttle recently added one new model, the SB52G2, to its mini-barebone XPC line.

• Barebones PC Cooling Tower: A Showy Case From Koolance*
  Friday 6 July 2001 – 07:00
  Koolance offers a complete cooling solution in the shape of a PC case - a water cooling system is used to cool the CPU, graphics card and power supply. We examined the system inside and out by putting it through our endurance tests.
• Cooler and Quieter Barebones PCs?*
  Monday 10 November 2003 – 06:00
  Mini-PCs are all the rage. But are OEMs stepping up to the plate to address barebones systems' noise and heat issues? Are Mini-PCs' performances improving as well? THG tested seven of the latest barebones systems based on P4 and Athlon 64 chipsets to see.
• 13 Barebones Reviewed Are Anything But Square*
  Wednesday 4 August 2004 – 07:00
  The small cube-shaped barebone PCs continue to emerge in a growing number of living rooms as sleekly designed personal video recorders (PVR) and DVD players. However, loud fan noise pollution is too often a necessary evil.
• Shuttle XPC SB81P Barebones Runs Cool and Quiet*
  Tuesday 13 July 2004 – 07:00
  Shuttle's new XPC SB81P Barebones for Socket 775 with PCI Express manages to impress, even though it is still in the pre-launch stage of its development. A new type of cooling system keeps the unit cool, despite its small housing, while a reasonably low noise level is maintained.
• Good Looks, Terrible Workmanship - 4 Barebone Cases Compared*
  Friday 16 November 2007 – 10:35 in Hardware
  Barebones may be cute and stylish, but behind that appealing front you may find a frustrating interior. To save you that disappointment, we've tested four new mini-PC cases.