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Build Your Own Mini-Computer

Posted by michael on from the no-not-that-kind-of-minicomputer dept.

Bored in Chattanooga writes: "Tom's is running an article reviewing a Shuttle mini-computer. Seems to have everything the average computer user would need, minus a nice 3D graphics card. Perhaps the standard large ATX-size computer cases will cease to exist and be replaced by these "mini-computers." I find these gems cuter than any iMac I've ever seen!"

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  1. better mini computer by MathJMendl · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd rather have one of these...then again, it might be kind of hard to upgrade.

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    1. Re:better mini computer by SecretAsianMan · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, well I'd rather have one of these, which is what I think of when I hear "minicomputer". Nyah!

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  2. My house isn't shrinking? by scott1853 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So why should my PC? I have 9' ceilings. Saving 10" on the vertical height of my computer is not a problem.

    Besides, where will you put the flourescent light and glass window?

    Uh oh, conflicting geek factors... smaller vs. pointlessly cool... arghh.... losing... precious... karma...

  3. Re:better mini computer...if you like downtime by coltrane · · Score: 2, Funny

    Read http://www-ccs.cs.umass.edu/~shri/iPic-demo.html

    It's been down for over two years...I'll pass.

    "Note: 1 Sep 1999: The iPic web-server is currently off-line, it will be back shortly. Meantime, please visit the mirror site below."

    Mirror site of what's on the iPic FWIW.

  4. Re:yes, unfortunate misuse of terminology by atam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why on earth would a supposedly tech-savvy site misuse a term like that? I seriously thought they were referring to wardrobe-sized computers.

    It is called Jargon-Overloading(TM,patent-pending), a concept borrowed from the industrial-accepted Object-Oriented concept of Method-Overloading.

  5. Imagine... by willum448 · · Score: 2, Funny

    A beowulf cluster of these!

  6. Re:yes, unfortunate misuse of terminology by Eccles · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess we're both dating ourselves here.

    Hey, it's not like anyone else would date you.

    (You put a straight line like that up and you expect me to resist?)

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