Small Form Factor Pentium 4 PC Roundup - March 2003

Jetway MiniQ 450

Jetway was the first non-Shuttle SFF PC we got in our labs; the machine was configured and sent to us through AMAX, who offer the Jetway as well as other SFF PCs through their website. The appealing exterior left us with one complaint - the lack of a standalone power switch. If you look at the front of the chassis, there's one long black strip that covers up the power and hard drive LEDs, pressing the right side of that plastic strip is how you power on the system - not exactly the most elegant way of doing it.

The front features the usual set of ports, although Jetway outfitted the MiniQ with one more Firewire port than we're used to seeing from Shuttle.

The rear of the MiniQ is fairly plain, the biggest attraction here is the presence of a parallel port in addition to the regular set of ports on the system.

The sides are fairly plain, with a set of ventilation holes to get cool air into the cramped chassis.