Dell this morning officially unveiled its most direct attempt at claiming the ultra-compact desktop space currently held by the Mac Mini. Shown after multiple teases, the Inspiron Zino HD occupies roughly the same footprint as its Apple counterpart but uses AMD processors to keep the costs low while still supplying options its rival doesn’t have. The micro PC is seen as a home theater PC and comes with native HDMI output as well as options of discrete Radeon HD 4330 graphics and a Blu-ray drive.
Read more on the new Dell Zino HD from Mac PC Wiz after the break.
While Apple isn’t going to throw its weight behind the Blu-ray format just yet, that doesn’t mean everyone else is doing nothing, with Amex Digital rolling out the new Blu-ray Drive Upgrade Kit. Also known as the BD-UG1, it will retail for $199 while supporting Blu-ray recording should you happen to rely on BootCamp on your Mac mini while work under the Windows operating system. 