http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg00-discover.htm Was this console ever released? I have been trying to find info on it and one website will say its released and another says it wasn't. So once and for all I would like to know
I can't speak for the others, but the Apex Extreme was not released, though the company seemingly sold 1 prototype of it on ebay back in 2005. It was only partially functioning though, only one of the video boards was actually working. I was the second highest bidder, so I know it sold, and it seemed to be an e-bay account owned/operated by Apex, but they never auctioned anything else from that account as far as I could tell, I watched it for at least a year and a half in case they put another prototype up.
The actual DIScover console in the picture on the link was never released but APEX was using the technology for the extreme but as stated above it was never released. Also alienware were using the technology but i'm not sure if they released anything with it in it??
Oh damn, I saw what must have been 50 or so of those machines (the ones in the top picture) in a computer warehouse about 2-3 years ago. They were being flogged off as mini PCs. Unless, of course, the Mk. 1 design was just a rebadged pre-existing computer case, and then I'd feel better.
They all are rebranded PC designs. The fist one shown with the disc tray open was available by the name of "cappucino" here in Europe, it was a low-power, mid-cost pc with the idea that it was easily transportable to save workshelf space. Ran on a Pentium3 originally, bigger versions running on mobile CPUs were later released (with different coffee-themed names). The Apex Extreme chassis was available for sale as a HTPC chassis over here (minus the branding). Same for the Alienware chassis, the silver one was actually a cheapie (and not well-made, too). The Cappucino only had Intel onboard graphics, the other couldn't accomodate higher-end graphics cards because of size and heat restrictions.
