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Via's Nehemiah core (what a name!) is not as efficient as the modern x86 cores, so running an Eden at 1GHz is approximately the same as a P3 at 6-800 MHz, if you could buy such a thing.

There are reviews (envynews for example, against an Athlon 1900) which show the cpus at 1104:4696 for example, makeing the Nehemiah roughly the equivalent of an Athlon 450 (!)

Now, the CPU has other things which make up for it, hardware-assisted mpeg-2 playback etc, so it can playback your VOB's and DiVX's even with its weedy cpu, but don't expect this one to be too powerful, it's normally rated from 'ok' to 'disappointing' in the business benchmarks.

I'm getting one anyway - I intend to make a *quiet* PVR (Myth-TV) with network streaming (ffserver) mpegs and write-DVD (cdrecord) functionality that I can sit in the living-room, but know your machine before you get too impressed with the 7watt/1GHz hype ...

Simon

The Ximeta NetDisk 80GB looks like what you want.

"I'd think (and sorry but a raided 7.2k would get better rates than 10k single, while probably not costing much more)."

This preview says otherwise:

"Yes, you're reading that right, this drive IS beating RAIDed ATA100 drives! it's a slim margin, but still"

wish i had mod points to mod you up, or i wouldn't even post.

this is correct: the raptor is wd's serial ata drive. maxtor has sata drives out now too, at 60gb and 80gb sizes. more and larger to come soon.

and man, sata drives are wicked fast. as fast at ata100 7200rpm drives, RAIDed! check out http://www.envynews.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=488 3

So, will there be any booth babes at any of these parties?

Before you try that link, the site has not yet recovered from this morning. :)

here is a link to some mirrors. none seem to be on the waterlook network, so the minitrain is safe. you might want to consider some anger management...