Re: small form factor recommendations
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 03:44:34PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 06:40:13PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 03:08:42PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > I've got to put in an additional system at work with a high-level of
> > > USB support (camera's, ugh). I'm looking for something that is a
> > > pretty small form factor as space is a definite consideration. I came
> >
> > I have an iBox Slim I got from iDot (http://www.idotpc.com) which is
> > very nice, small and quiet. However, if I had it to do over, I'd get
> > the iBox Crystal, which has space for two hard drives (the slim has
> > space for only one), space for a regular optical drive (the slim
> > requires a notebook style optical drive) and does not require a stand
> > for vertical placement (since the crystal is rather square in profile).
>
> yeah, that looks nice. Do you have the flash drive option? and if so,
> can you boot off the thing?
I have been using the A4F machines which are also mini-ITX based
computers:
http://www.mappit.de/a4fsite_englisch/
Plus points were that they were available in a solid state configuration
(no flash, fans or other moving parts) and could be bought without Windows
pre-installed.
However for a really small formfactor and low price, I have recently
been experimenting with the sumo thin client:
http://wmltd.co.uk/index.php/products/nomachine_thin_client
which has a AMD Geode GX533 or LX800 Processor. I am using the 1GB
flash version with 100GB USB disk, but can be fitted with internal
HDD. It has 4 USB ports and comes with Linux (Foundry) pre-installed
as an embedded system for thin client use (xterm etc). I did a Debian
install on the USB drive without a problem.
If you really want very small formfactor, silent operation and low power,
they seem very good. But probably not ideal for demanding applications
like video compression.
Regards,
DigbyT
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