 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the ZOTAC ZBOX PLUS ID80. This is a creatively color scheme. See the blue ring for the Intel Atom processor inside versus the green ring on the AD04 which is over there which has an AMD APU inside. So this is an Atom as well as GeForce Ion solution which is very similar otherwise to the other mini PC. So what we're going to do is on my NCIX, NCIXCOM channel we're going to take these guys head to head and find out which one performs the best. But for now I still have to do the unboxing of this. So there's a bunch of stuff on the outside of the box which we're basically not going to concern ourselves with too much other than the specs. So it uses an Intel Atom D2700 so this is a new generation dual core at 2.13 GHz with an Intel NM10 Express chipset. So that means this is an older class GPU, a GT520 with 512 megs of dedicated DDR3 memory. It's using 2 gigs of RAM and a 320 gig hard drive although all ZBOXs are available as a completed PC so that is one with memory and with a drive or as a bare bones. So you can buy this at bare bones, put an SSD in there, throw a bunch of RAM in there. I think it's got two slots so you should be able to put up to 8 gigs of memory. Yes, so you can do up to 8 gigs of memory in here. It includes Gigabit LAN 802.1, 1.1, 802.1, 1.1 and WiFi. See I'm just off today. Bluetooth 3.0, SD card reader onboard 8 channel digital audio with stereo analog audio out and the rest of this is stuff that we will pretty much cover when we open it up. So inside we find some manuals and accessories and driver disks and warranty terms which is two years in... one year in the Americas, two years in the EU, I believe that's by law. Driver installation DVD which you're going to want to not use and download the latest off the Zotac or other manufacturer website. There's a user's manual with an addendum. For best compatibility please use only the eSATA or USB 2.0 ports as the OS installation source. They are right. USB... this is not a unique issue with Zotac but it's very difficult to install an OS directly off a bootable USB drive on a USB 3 port because a lot of them don't have the drivers built in already. Quick start guide. Moving along, we have a power adapter with the other piece of said power adapter. There's the DC converter. Go ahead and throw that guy back in there. On the other side we find a pretty wicked media remote that is taped in pretty good and then sealed in pretty good and then takes batteries that look like that. It comes with the batteries by the way guys. Don't worry, don't be afraid of the scary batteries that nobody has lying around. Okay, we've also got a DVI to VGA adapter. A who's it or a what's it. I don't know what this is. Oh okay, there's our IR receiver for the built in... or the built in for the included remote. Next we have a WiFi antenna. Whoops, there it is. Okay, four screws and I'll... more on that later. Batteries. And finally a little plastic mounting piece that you can use to prop up your ZBOX very fashionably. Next we have the ZBOX unit itself and it's going to look kind of weird. I can tell you that guys now. That is your new mini PC. Yeah, that does look weird. I'll explain why that is in just a moment. So let's peel off some plastic first. One piece of plastic. One switch to open it up. And then we've got another piece of foam to keep it from getting all scratched so it looks all nice and slick when you get it. Okay and that is what the PC actually looks like. So this piece, you use those four included screws and you can actually VESA mount your ZBOX onto the back of a compatible TV or monitor. So it includes a couple of different spacings. You just go ahead and you see this piece right here. You line that up with this right here. Just like that. You clip her in. And you're done. Hopefully you've already screwed the mounting clip to the back of the TV otherwise you're going to have no way to screw it in. You're going to take your hand off and the whole thing is going to fall down. But as long as you do that first and then clip it in then you should be okay. Let's have a look at what we've got in terms of I.O. So we've got our power button as well as activity LEDs for wireless LAN as well as the drive, front USB 2, front SD card reader, front microphone as well as front headphones. On the top we have another USB 2.0 port. That's a handy place for that. We have an exhaust vent right here at the top of the unit. Remember guys, heat does typically rise so that is a good place for that as well. And intakes on the bottom. Once again, heat rises etc. and that is a good place for those as well. One of the things you'll probably notice as I show you, if you don't notice while I show you then you're not doing very well here, is we can go ahead and clip this in just like that. It sticks and your Z-Box sits like that. Alternately mounting wise, you can use these rubber feet right there to go ahead and take that and put it right there just like that. And that is the other way of mounting the Z-Box. Alright, so the bottom we're done. Oh yeah, here's the screws. So here's to take it apart. So you can take it apart even if you buy one that comes with a drive and comes with RAM. You can take it apart and change them if you see fit. Remember Z-Boxes do not come with an OS so you will have to procure an OS whether it's one you already have or whether you buy one at a place like say for example NCIX and you can install it yourself. Or you could pay a technician to do it but I would recommend installing yourself, it's not that hard. And I'm going to try and put this WiFi antenna on here. I'm trying here. There we go. Bam. And there we go. We've also got two USB 3.0 super speed ports on the back, two more USB 2.0 ports so that is a total of six USB ports, one gigabit ethernet, DVI, HDMI, optical audio, and power in. So that is a pretty full complement of... Oh, okay. Cooling fan. So there is the cooling fan for the actual, where the bulk of the processing is going on inside. So you've got your intake here, you've got an intake here, and then the exhaust is going to be predominantly up here. So I think that pretty much covers it guys. Stay tuned and don't forget to subscribe to my NCIXCOM channel as well so you can see our roundup, our shootout, our ultimate battle royale of the somewhat less than titans, the mini PCs.