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Stealth Computers: NY Times on Mini ITX Modding

Posted by michael on from the omnipresent dept.

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."

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  1. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I guess now evertime a new *TX comes out slashdot has to report it

  2. Great by Quasar1999 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mini ITX is great... really... I mean, for $2000 I can build myself a Mini-PC that is kick ass (well, shitty video card, ac97 audio, integrated LAN), but if I spend $1000, I can have a kick ass PC, with the ability to expand it in the future!!!

    It's a PC for crying out loud... you need something small and powerful, by a custom solution... what is it with constantly trying to adapt an x86 architecture to solve all the real world problems out there? Whether you agree or not, the x86 is a PC solution, stop putting them in pagers, phones, cars, and whatever else...

    Mini ITX is crazy, it prevents you from customizing the PC the way most PCs can be. You have limited space for expansion slots, logistical problems with cooling, and adding storage/optical drives, and in the end the damn thing runs the same OS as your desktop, and is used the same way... WHY??? There is a reason for the need of a small computer, and damnit, there is always a better more economical and practical solution than stripping an x86 to fit the criteria.

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  3. Re:Traditional PC languishes by Sir+Haxa1ot · · Score: 0, Troll

    I work as a top analyst for herewithal unnamed top research company.

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