Stealth Computers: NY Times on Mini ITX Modding

securitas writes "What's smaller than a breadbox? Or a toaster? Or a teddy bear? The New York Times has just discovered mini-ITX based computers (Google /CNET mirror, minus the pictures). It's a nice overview of the mini-ITX scene and suggests that small form computers are a hot growth area while the traditional PC business languishes."

Comments

Mini-ITX?

[Anonymous Coward]

Nah, I'm waiting for Nano ITX for to be available in about half a year from now.

Re:You hear that?

[Sir Haxa1ot]

They were referring to me.

Re:What I would like to see.

[Sir Haxa1ot]

Any other suggestions?

How about good ole WinXP Home with .NET Framework 1.1 and MSIE 6.0?

influential

[Tumbleweed]

Only influential to server bandwidth.

Re:Wow

[t0ny]

No, they need to wait two years til the NYT discovers it, and THEN report it.

I call Faker

[twoslice]

web server for pictures of the new baby

A true geek would never sexually reproduce, let alone have a girlfriend - everyone knows geeks just clone themselves using a RAID 1 DNA sequencer 3000 from thinkgeek.

Yikes

[Atario]

The mini-ITX, which often includes the central processing unit, or C.P.U.

You can almost hear them pronouncing it "see...pee...you??" as though it were a new concept. I wonder what color the sky is in the world of the NYT.

In other news, motherboards "often" include CPUs. Meaning sometimes they don't. GHOST CPU! OooOOOOooOOO!!