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Mini-Box M-100

Posted by michael on from the too-many-products-named-m100 dept.

Craig Mctavern submits this link to a blurb about the Mini-Box M-100 small form-factor computer. Looks tailor-made for a home audio/visual system.

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  1. Put that on a robot! by tcd004 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'd love to add one of these m-100's to one of these personal robots and have my own autonomous drink caddy.

    Of course, I'd prefer if the hardware was made by Jesus.

    Tcd004

  2. 3 words: Car Ogg Player by mhesseltine · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This would be ideal. It has an LCD display, programmable keypad, and does floating point, so Ogg is possible.

    Now all I need is a job and some $$$ :(

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  3. Openbrick anyone ? by theefer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How is it different from the OpenBrick ? Mh this mini-box seems to run a 800 Mhz x86 processor (OpenBrick has a 300 Mhz Geode processor). I heard the OpenBrick could not play DivX smoothly, maybe this is the solution ?

    Sounds interesting, has anyone gotten one already ?

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  4. Good but... by Valiss · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The main lure for me is the size. I mean that thing is tiny! For some special project or around the house type things (i.e. an mp3 player for the front room) it could be useful. BUT, the $495.95 definately would make me thing twice about buying this over another (barebones-esque)system. Would the savings in my electric bill cause this to pay for itself over time?

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  5. Car Computer. by Hodr · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A friend of mine has been researching small computers for his car. He wants to run an mp3 jukebox application as well as control a scrollbar in the back window (for when you would like to express yourself to those driving to close behind you).

    This computer would seem to fir the bill perfectly, now we just need to find a nice cheap source for a 8x3 inch or so lcd display for the dash.

  6. Router by Dante · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder why no-ones talked about using this as a router? My biggest problem with a regular pc is size noise, and power consumtion. price would be the limiting factor no?

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  7. Along the same lines - Hush Mini-ITX by henele · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Which you can check out here.

    It comes with a hard drive, and uses the 933Mhz Epia solution without needing a fan. Granted, the case gets a little warm (as the whole thing effectively acts as a heatsink), but that doesn't stop it from being very cool :)

    For a review of the gold version, click here.