Review of the IWILL XP4 – The Cute Cubed P4 System

By flung
WhiningDog.NET
02/08/2003

Introduction

A cube here, a cube there, a cube everywhere I say. OK that was fairly lame on my part but there is a pattern here – there are more and more Small Form Factor (SFF) PCs coming out and they are generally all cubed shaped. This basic design has personified the Small Form Factor PC world for the last year or so. A few vendors have strayed from this design by coming out with slim rectangular designs but ultimately it comes back to the basic cube design. The only real commercial innovative design still resides with the Apple iMac. All other innovative and quite frankly cool designs normally come from case modifications designed by Do-It-Yourself (DIY) enthusiasts. Not to be outdone by Shuttle, IWILL has entered into the SFF fray with the XP4 system which it dubs as the “Cute Cubed P4 System”. Cute? Hmm not sure about that. Cubed? Definitely. With Shuttle dominating most of the SFF sales out there, it’s wonderful to see more competition enter this arena. The XP4 has an industrial look and feel and is rather reminiscent of the early Shuttle SV24 case designs. What is different with the XP4 is the pricing scheme and target audience: IWILL has decided to enter the SFF fray by hitting low on the price curve while providing support for the Intel Pentium 4 processor and supporting enough features for most users out there. How will does the XP4 fare? Read on and find out.

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