On both sides of the XS35 GT barebone, we can see nice textured plastic covers, with a metallic mesh behind, to allow ventilation; the company logo is also present on both sides. On the sensitive parts, Shuttle has put a transparent plastic film, to avoid scratches; these must be removed before the first use, because they obstruct some of the ventilation holes:

Here is a close-up on the lateral cover:

The lateral covers look even better with the transparent plastic films removedJ:

On the top part, we can see another mesh, to allow faster heat evacuation:

On the opposite side, we can find, unsurprisingly, some other ventilation holes, along with the place where the stand goes in:

In the back of the device, we can find most of the available ports: the microphone and headphone jacks, a hole for the Kensington lock, a RJ-45 Ethernet port, 4 spare USB 2.0 ports, 2 VGA connectors (the one covered with a black cap by the manufacturer is not active, because the barebone features Nvidia ION graphics), a HDMI port and a DC-in port:

The frontal part features a little card reader, the HDD activity and power LEDs on the left, the power button, a spare USB port and the place to mount the optical disk drive:

Through the power button we can see the bright white power LED on the right, along with the blue HDD activity LED on the left:

Inside the barebone:

To install the needed components, we need to get access inside the barebone; to do that, the manual instructs us to remove a little screw located in the back of the barebone; after a further inspection, if we look more carefully, we will find that the little screw hides in the back of a black rubber button, with adhesive on its opposite side:

Right after opening the first cover, we can see that there is a lot of free space remaining inside, which is a good thing and prevents overheating; on the left side there is a large radiator that covers most of the PCB: