Mini PC in an Actual Lunchbox

schnell29 writes "I am looking for a small case and such to house my next computer, and I have seen many mini, micro, flex ATX cases, but mini-itx.com has caught my atention. I like the lunchbox pc. With all the talk about quiet, small pc's this might be the ticket. And hey, they even report that VIA is now Microsoft CE .NET 4.1 certified."

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Re:Only problem with x86 architecture

[Jhan]

Only after a port has used up all possible usefullness.

You know what, you're so right, and insightful!

When all the parallel printers and external modems are "recycled"(Sent to China) and no networking company uses the serial Console port on their products anymore.

Yes, exactly! It's not as if there was a way to hang an old parallell printer on some sort of network connected gadget to make it behave as a network printer! And, I mean, we all know it's impossible to connect a serial device to a USB chain. No-one has ever made a converter (damn shame).

THEN, you can get rid of those legacy ports. Think about the people trying to abolish floppy drives from computers... Is making a boot CD as easy as making a boot floppy? Are you going to use a 700 MB CD-R for a 40k document?

Indeed. For that 40kb startup I'm definitely going to use a 500kB 8 inch floppy. Better fit. Cost conscious. Legacy.

Unless I can get a pile of punch-cards or perhaps a team of men to flip dip-switches or reconnect wires to enter the data. Even better.

PS. HIBT?