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Hand-Sized Antelope Windows PC To Debut

Posted by simoniker on from the much-easier-to-lose dept.

securitas writes "CNet's Michael Kanellos reports on start-up Antelope Technologies' plans to launch its Modular Computing Core (MCC) next week. The 'full-fledged Windows [XP] computer that measures 3 inches by 5 inches' is based on the IBM Meta Pad, which Antelope Technologies licensed from IBM. Priced at $3,970, it's expected that the MCC will be primarily for corporate fleets, where mobility is a requirement. Antelope's MCC was previously mentioned on Slashdot, and it seems that the company has beat competitor OQO to real product status. Will the Nimbel V5 be next?"

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  1. World record by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    The 'full-fledged Windows [XP] computer that measures 3 inches by 5 inches

    That'd be the world's smallest space heater.

    --
    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  2. Windows XP. Yeah, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    The 'full-fledged Windows [XP] computer..

    Yeah, but can it run Windows 2000?

  3. odd size comparison by SubtleNuance · · Score: 3, Funny

    How big is an Antelope's Hand? Just a little bigger than a jackalope's buttock?

    1. Re:odd size comparison by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

      What do you mean - African or European?

  4. xp handheld has three buttons, guess which ones??? by searleb · · Score: 5, Funny

    CTRL-ALT-DEL

  5. For real by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Antelopes don't have hands.

  6. Antelope Hand-sized? by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 2, Funny

    And just how big is an antelope's hand?

    Oh wait, I found it: 1 Antelope Hand ~= 0.067 VW Beetles

    1. Re:Antelope Hand-sized? by elhondo · · Score: 2, Funny

      You're confused. The antelope is the size of a normal hand. What I don't get is why it needs a PC.

    2. Re:Antelope Hand-sized? by badboy_tw2002 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, by traditional media measurements, its 48 million times the width of a human hair (WHHs), but only 240000 times bigger than a head of a pin (HOPs). The real question is how many library of Congress's it can hold (LOCs).

  7. Had to read that a few times... by DrEldarion · · Score: 2, Funny

    I had to read that title a few times - the first couple readthroughs had me thinking this PC was the size of an antelope hand (which they don't have anyway), and that didn't help me very much when trying to picture how big it was.

  8. Confusing Measurements by Mignon · · Score: 4, Funny
    Antelope Hand-Sized Windows PC

    I thought we were going metric. First they start measuring storage in Libraries of Congress (LoC), now they're measuring PC sizes in antelope hands. And here I thought they had hooves. Anyway, what would an antelope need a PC for?

  9. Canteloupe-Based by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think you are confusing this with the canteloupe-based version of the Tungsten Palm Pilot ("Tung Pilot").

    This handheld, with its unique lingual input system, comes in 4 flavour varieties: canteloupe, Bertie Bott Random Flavour Generator, lesbian, and Tootsie-Pop.

    It's available for $499 ($549 if you want seedless).