The ECS Liva line of computers are tiny desktop PCs
with low-power processors and fanless designs. You could use them in the home, office, or for digital signage or
other commercial applications. Now ECS has unveiled a new model that’s clearly
designed for the business and enterprise markets.
The ECS Liva ZE is a computer with an Intel Apollo
Lake processor, multiple storage options, support for Windows or Linux and 4
Serial RS232 COM ports.
While those COM ports might not be all that useful
if you’re building a home theater PC, they’re still pretty commonly found in
PCs designed for use as cash registers/point-of-sale systems, digital signage,
kiosks, and other business applications.
That doesn’t mean you couldn’t use the Liva ZE in a
home or office setting though. The computer measures about 5″ x 4.6″ x 1″ and
supports up to 64GB of eMMC flash storage as well as a 2.5 inch hard drive or
SSD and an M.2 SSD.
ECS will offer models with a choice of Celeron N3350,
Celeron N3450, or Pentium N4200 Apollo Lake processors, and each model support
up to 8GB of RAM thanks to 2 SODIMM slots. There’s a USB 3.0 Type-C port, three
USB 3.1 ports, an HDMI 1.4 port, a mini DisplayPort, dual Gigiabit Ethernet
jacks, a headset jack, a built-in mic, and 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0.
ECS says the computer supports Windows 10 or Ubuntu
16.04 LTS, although the company only provides official support for Windows.
