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Small Footprint PCs?

Posted by Cliff on from the the-smaller-the-better dept.

Gameface asks: "I am looking for the smallest system I can find, in quantity, for my company. We need thousands of these systems, and I'd like to ask the Slashdot community what they'd recommend. Looking for the tiniest footprint for: Case, Motherboard, CPU, RAM, HDD, Serial Port, (2) 10/100 ports. No video required, no sound, all access will be via console (serial port). No OS, just a bare piece of hardware that I can load the OS onto the HDD. I'd really like to find something with SIMMS so we can upgrade the RAM if we need to. And of course, price is very much an issue. Thanks."

3 of 62 comments (clear)

  1. Really small by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Have a Cappuccino.

  2. Small Form Factor (SFF) Forum by buffy_fan · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://forums.viahardware.com/categories.cfm?catid =33

    These guys know quite a bit about SFF computing.
    Bit curious what you need them for though - people are suggesting Rack mounts, but you seem to need serial access - is rackmount appropriate, or will they be scattered?

    Have you considered the VIA EDEN/EPIA? If performance is not a major concern, but size/energy/heat/cost are, it might have what you want...
    http://www.via.com.tw/en/Products/eden.js p
    http://www.mini-itx.com/

  3. Crystal computers by billmaly · · Score: 3, Informative

    Utilize a single board computer, lots of exp. w. remote access. I used to work there....used too. www.crystalpc.com