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1.0GHz P3 In A CD-ROM Drive Bay

Posted by timothy on from the thick-as-a-briq dept.

Migraine Man writes "Similar to the PPC-based Briq, the folks at Stealth Computer have introduced an Intel-based PC that's built into a 5.25" CD-ROM-sized enclosure. It's got a 1.0GHz P3, 256M RAM, 20G HD, 10/100 eth, CD-ROM, USB, FireWire, video, and sound. At USD 995, it's reasonably priced too. You could put three of 'em on a 1U rackmount shelf, or stuff several into a mid-tower and build your own desktop cluster. A summary datasheet is here. Very cool."

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  1. These would go great.. by Space+Coyote · · Score: 1, Troll

    .. inside my powermac ;)

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  2. Compare the Xserve to this thing by atari2600 · · Score: 0, Troll


    Dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4

    256K L2 cache & 2MB L3 cache
    per processor

    512MB DDR SDRAM @ 266MHz

    60GB Apple Drive Module

    CD-ROM drive

    ATI Graphics Card

    Dual Gigabit Ethernet

    Two USB ports

    Three FireWire ports

    A quote from the Apple Datasheet for the Xserve:

    The new Xserve offers phenomenal value, packing robust server features and exceptional
    storage scalability into a high-density 1U enclosure. With dual 1GHz PowerPC G4 processors3
    and Double Data Rate (DDR) memory, it's equipped for the most demanding computing environments.
    Xserve also delivers up to 533MB/s throughput for high-performance networking and storage systems thanks to a 64-bit, 66MHz PCI bus. And dual Gigabit Ethernet ensures tremendous networking bandwidth and deployment flexibility. While the competition is still using Pentium III processors in 1U enclosures, Xserve crunches data at up to 15 billion floating point
    operations per second.

    Sure it costs 4x more but then it looks better doesn't it?