Cubit 3 and Cubit P4 - Putting the Style into SFF

Rolls Royce. Concorde. Triumph motorcycles. Apple iMac. Morgan Sports Car. PowerMac G5. The Mini. Dyson vacuum cleaner. Aston Martin. Names you wouldn't normally expect to associate with a review of a small form factor PC. Yet they all have one thing in common - they're British designed products that brought class-leading design and beauty to their field - and often charged a premium price for the pleasure. Performance was not always the best, but the product was always an object of desire and a product that made a statement about its owner. Products designed to turn heads and demand attention. Today we are going to look at another company that shares this design philosophy and has a range of premium-priced small form factor (SFF) machines that bring stunning looks and design to a field that has so far been largely dominated by aluminum boxes and spray painted plastic. We're pleased to introduce Hoojum - the manufacturer of the Cubit 3 and Cubit P4 small form factor machines. In this two-part review we'll take a look at Hoojum's VIA EPIA M10000 based machine - the Cubit 3 - and bring you the web's first look at their premium machine - the Cubit P4 (based on Shuttle's FB61 Intel i865G/ICH5 motherboard).