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HP Mini 311 Series Processor: Intel Atom N270, Intel Atom N280 Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) Display: 11.60 inch Weight: 1.5kg.

The Super NES Classic Edition system looks and feels just like the original ’90s home console, except it’s super small. Play 20 classic Super NES games plus *gasp* the never-before-released Star Fox™ 2 game!

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Two wired Super NES™ Classic Controllers are included for instant multiplayer action.

Yep, you read that right: two controllers. Play some of the best 2-player games of the era, including Super Mario Kart™ and Street Fighter® II Turbo: Hyper Fighting.

Rewind

An all-new feature lets you rewind a minute or more based on your game’s last suspend point. Each game can save up to four suspend points.

My Game Play Demo

This new demo mode will replay your saved Suspend Points as part of the demo game footage instead of using built-in demos.

Frame

Wrap a cool border around your game with the new Frame feature. Some of the frames change color based on the game being played.

The Super NES Classic Edition is compatible with the Classic Controller™ and Classic Controller Pro™ accessories (sold separately). Just plug it in and play!

Live out the golden age of 16-bit gaming like never before.

Don’t miss out on your chance to unlock and play Star Fox 2, the never-before-released sequel to Star Fox. You can even get a little help from the game manual (we won’t tell).

Get the game manual

Miniature Super Nintendo Entertainment System replica with 21 pre-loaded Super NES games
Two wired Super NES Classic Controllers
One HDMI cable
One USB cable with AC adapter
Operations manual (with a poster on the back!)

Please check with your local retailers for availability.

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Final thoughts and rating

The Packard Bell Imax Mini N3600 is a straight rebrand of the Acer Revo N3600 nettop computer. In its highest specification, priced at £299, the Imax Mini houses an Intel Atom 230 chip; 2GB RAM; 160GB hard drive; 802.11n WiFi, and GeForce 9400M graphics in box that's not much bigger than a hardback book - and lighter. The extremely quiet system can be mounted behind a VESA-compatible monitor or placed on a stand. In effect, it's a netbook without a screen. Packard Bell should provide a free upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 in due course, too. Gaming

Connectivity is good, from HDMI to eSATA, although DVI should have been provided instead of D-sub. The addition of NVIDIA's ION platform brings better-than-Intel GMA950 graphics for both multimedia usage and basic gaming. GeForce 9400M has greater gaming credentials than Intel's GMA950, yet don't expect to play any modern first-person shooter at 1,024x768 - the chip simply can't cut it.
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Delve a bit deeper and a few other flaws become apparent. The Atom 230 chip struggles with any real kind of multi-tasking and quivers when decoding non-GPU-accelerated multimedia content. That's telling when playing Flash HD clips and, out of the box, the majority of HD content. Third-party programs get around some of the limitations, sure, but Joe Average would want to play a Camcorder-recorded H.264 clip on his shiny, new 1080P TV, we reckon. No optical drive means that Blu-ray or DVD playback isn't possible without some form of hard-drive streaming, either.
Bringing it all together, the Packard Bell Imax Mini N3600 is, for all intents and purposes, an ION-powered netbook without a screen. Many of the compromises made on netbooks are magnified on a larger screen and, given the £249 price for this model, sans gamepad, we can see that it make sense if you simply want a small, quiet PC for light usage. Just don't expect it to replace the power of even a two-year-old desktop machine.

HEXUS Rating

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