Next, we popped the hood of the machine to reveal a tightly packed interior.

Off goes the hard drive and optical drive compartment, and here are the internals

The CPU heatsink with double heatpipes, similar to the Nova that we dissected a few months back. A Core 2 Duo E4600 processor sits below the block of metal.

The discrete graphics solution exposed! A Geforce 8600 M GT MXM solution! The Essentio comes with onboard graphics as well thanks to the G35 MCH, which kicks in when the MXm module is removed.

2 SODIMM slots are available for some dual channel goodness.

Cooling solution competely removed, leaving the bare board.