Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/13/boxee-box-ditches-nvidias-tegra-2-for-intel-ce4100-pre-orders/
The wait for the
Boxee Box is nearly over -- pre-orders begin today -- but before you drop a stack of change on D-Link's half-sunk cube, know that there's no longer
an NVIDIA Tegra 2 under that tiny hood. At the last minute, Boxee switched to the
Intel Atom CE4100, the same up-to-1.2GHz Sodaville chip
powering Google TV. That's not all, as manufacturer D-Link told us our good friend Avner Ronen may not be able to keep
his promise -- though the company still expects the Box to hit the streets at
under $200, we're now looking at a $229 suggested retail price. What could possibly have happened to make these drastic changes? We visited Boxee in person to get an explanation, and you'll find the surprisingly simple (yet NVIDIA-damning) answer right after the break.
Update: We just learned that Amazon will be selling it for $199, though the MSRP will remain $229.
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