Review of the Impression MiniQ P4-533 Aluminum Barebones System
By flung
WhiningDog.NET
12/29/2002

1. Introduction

If you ask me, 2002 was the year of the Small Form Factor (SFF) Personal Computer. Systems based on all sorts of motherboard formats and case designs were unveiled this year to a surprisingly large demand. Perhaps Do It Yourself (DIY) hobbyists were just bored of the standard PC cases designs – I know I was. Perhaps we just loved having real estate back on our desktops and floors. OR perhaps system integrators finally figured out a way to bring all these various technologies onto one small motherboard format. Whatever the reason, SFF is IN! From mini ITX to Flex ATX designs, systems of all sorts of shapes and sizes are sprouting all around the net and the world. As we approach the end of this year, we find more vendors coming out with their own implementation of a SFF system just to make sure that they have a competing model. One of the recent new vendors is Impression and today we’re going to take a look at their new MiniQ P4-533 Aluminum Mini Barebones system. The Impression MiniQ P4 is the same system that JetWay manufacturers but under a different brand name. On the surface, this looks to be another cube system like the Shuttle XPC series. However Impression looks to drive sales by targeting the entertainment market with the MiniQ. How does Impression do and what is the MiniQ P4-533 like? Read on and find out.

We’d like to thank AJump.com for sending us the MiniQ to evaluate.

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