Smaller Than The Mini PC, The P4/2400 Micro PC

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Smaller Than The Mini PC, The P4/2400 Micro PC

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 12, 2002 @10:04AM from the smaller-than-yours-nyeah-nyeah dept.

fist_187 writes "Tom's Hardware Guide has a story on the smallest PC since the Mini-PC: The MicroPC. It's a Pentium 4/2400 MHz machine, but you'd probably mistake it for a cable modem. I'm sure this trend will continue on to the Nano-PC, Pico-PC, and the Dick Tracy Watch."

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It's not what I want... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-12 10:12 · Score: 2, Funny

What I REALLY want is a mini with the absorbtion of the maxi!
Toaster Mac by yerricde · 2002-10-12 10:28 · Score: 5, Funny

If they make a computer that looks like [a stereotypical two-slice toaster], I'll buy it just for a good laugh.

They already did. It's called the Power Macintosh G4 Cube computer.

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Picocomputer? by Citizen+of+Earth · 2002-10-12 10:29 · Score: 4, Funny

Tom's Hardware Guide has a story on the smallest PC since the Mini-PC: The MicroPC.

Given "microcomputer" as a synonym for a personal computer, would a micro-PC also be called a "picocomputer"?
It's not the size that matters. by docstrange · 2002-10-12 10:32 · Score: 4, Funny

The designers of this computer certainly aren't compensating for anything.

It's not the size, but the way you use it.

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wishful thinking? by uberstool · 2002-10-12 10:32 · Score: 1, Funny

Get yer head together.

If only they could make it 1 inch thinner to include a Radeon 9700pro and a high rez video
projector and give em away for free!
Re:Comparable to a toaster? by monadicIO · 2002-10-12 10:47 · Score: 2, Funny

Given that these things will probably get as hot as toasters, they'll probably work as well as toasters too. And who can beat the remote eject feature we'll have with those toasters!!

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Re:Great for if your server is colocated! by CmdrTypo · 2002-10-12 11:21 · Score: 2, Funny

Step 7: ???

Step 8: Profit!
Re:Obligatory Manufacturers Link by Barto · 2002-10-12 11:23 · Score: 2, Funny

Well, the site has been slashdotted.

The Pentium 4 must have overheated in such a tiny case :-)

Oh right, no jokes

Barto
ENLARGE YOU PC!!!!!! by wirelessbuzzers · 2002-10-12 13:19 · Score: 5, Funny

GAIN 3-4 INCHES GUARANTEED! OUR ONLINE PHARMACY IS OPEN 24-7!!!!

sigh, I need to get some sleep. Still, one wonders what women will think when you show off your micro PC to them...

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Re:Honey have you seen my PC? by A5un · 2002-10-12 13:37 · Score: 2, Funny

It's the "Dilbert Future"
Sooooo....... by brad3378 · 2002-10-12 15:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Is that a computer in your pocket
or are you just happy to see me?

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Re:it lacks DVI,,, by ZhuLien · 2002-10-12 18:58 · Score: 2, Funny

Since when haven't PCs been Microcomputers?