Shuttle is regarded as the pioneer when it comes to compact PC solutions. The manufacturer unveiled its first Mini-PC back in 2001, and at the time launched (literally) a mini revolution that still shows no sign of stopping. Space-saving PCs can now be found at many well-equipped workstations. They are more than a match for their big brothers and users are very quickly impressed. The XPC slim NC10 family, for example, measures just 14 × 14 × 4 cm and provides users working at a desk with a lot more free space than they would have using a traditional PC. The Shuttle Mini-PCs are in fact completely hidden from the view of students and teachers thanks to the VESA mount which allows Shuttle PCs to be mounted behind suitable monitors.
When they are operating, modern devices consume well below 10 watts and reduce the overall power consumption of newly equipped, heavily used rooms by several hundred kilowatt hours a month. These developments are good for the environmental footprint and for the utility bill.
These days there is no need to compromise on hardware and software configurations. This is because finished machines with a defined specification rarely satisfy the individual requirements of the situations that are found in the roughly 50,000 educational institutions in Germany. Shuttle supplies PC systems with individual equipment specifications, taking account of what the users want.
