Shrinking the PC is a Zen Thing

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Shrinking the PC is a Zen Thing

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday January 20, 2004 @02:31AM from the see-it's-funny-laugh dept.

TheRaindog writes "Tech Report has one of the first reviews of Shuttle's new "Zen" small form factor system, which is almost 20% smaller than current XPCs. The Zen uses a passively-cooled external power supply and variable speed cooling fan to keep the system's noise levels and footprint to a minimum. With support for the latest Pentium 4 processors and ATI's Radeon 9100 IGP chipset, performance isn't too shabby, either."

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Is that a PC in your pocket ... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-20 02:33 · Score: 2, Funny

or you just happy to see me
Well,... by gertsenl · 2004-01-20 02:37 · Score: 5, Funny

The thing kinda looks an iPod, but I still get dirty looks walking around with it, singing American Pie. :(
Keep working on those form factors, boys!

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weird by roman_mir · 2004-01-20 02:39 · Score: 0, Funny

and the ch1X0r who is holding Zen at the end of the article does not look like a price either.

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Obligatory Zen joke by savagedome · 2004-01-20 02:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Q: How many Zen buddhists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Tree falling in the forest

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1. Re:Obligatory Zen joke by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-20 02:45 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  a Taoist orders a hotdog from the Zen hotdog vendor.
  
  Taoist: "Make me one with everything"
  Zen Vendor: "That will be 2$."
  
  The Taoist hands him 5$.
  
  Taoist: "Hey, my change?"
  Zen Vendor: "Changes comes from within."
2. Re:Obligatory Zen joke by wheresdrew · 2004-01-20 02:50 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  There is no tree.
3. Re:Obligatory Zen joke by ichimunki · 2004-01-20 03:20 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  These jokes are very funny, but the name of this computer is stupid. I'm waiting for the Apple iSlam, the Dell eXtianity, and the IBM Hindu. New operating systems in the works: HolyGhost, Halakhah, and Thor's Hammer (which supports RUNE8 as the default charset, but which integrates seamlessly with UTF8 with a patch).
  
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Zen thing? by DreadSpoon · 2004-01-20 02:41 · Score: 1, Funny

Shrink by not shrinking? ;-)

These systems don't look bad for business or casual use, and probably also good enough for development use, but the gamer in me likes the XPC systems a lot better.
Re:There are limits to shrinking. by Omni-Cognate · 2004-01-20 02:41 · Score: 1, Funny

Form factors the size of subatomic particles will never catch on. Where do you put the USB port on a quark? And don't get me started on the eye strain a correspondingly sized monitor would cause.

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Pfft by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2004-01-20 02:42 · Score: 3, Funny

Shuttle's new "Zen" small form factor system, which is almost 20% smaller than current XPCs

I beat them all as far as size is concerned : my PC has no case, and therefore is -100% of the size of a standard beige box PC, since it has the inside out. How about a little of that?

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1. Re:Pfft by hoggoth · 2004-01-20 03:03 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  > my PC has no case
  
  Is that your cat lying dead next to the power supply?
  
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Re:There are limits to shrinking. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-20 02:45 · Score: 1, Funny

Proud owner of a Mensa membership card.
Yet still not smart enough to spell check. Come on, "termal" [sic] momentum!?
MENSA lets just about anybody in these days. Sheesh!
OK, here we go... by jusdisgi · 2004-01-20 02:48 · Score: 2, Funny

1. ...a Beowulf cluster of these!
2. ...shall call him mini-me!
3. ...it's not the size, it's how you use it!
4. ...in Soviet Russia, PC shrinks YOU!
5. ...WORRIED ABOUT SIZE?!?! NEW P*I*L*L*S SHRINK YOUR PC!!!!

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I don't know.... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-20 03:00 · Score: 1, Funny

I like the overall packaging. With a little modification pretty, or even beautiful aren't out of the question. Plus there's the size to consider, doesn't take up much space, and she's portable, so she's easy to take to events.
/.ed by DaveOf9thKey · 2004-01-20 03:13 · Score: 3, Funny

Did they used one of these cubes as the web server?

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Dude, by 2names · 2004-01-20 03:22 · Score: 4, Funny

the government has this computer that runs on water. On water, man!!!

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Oh My God.... by donnacha · 2004-01-20 03:49 · Score: 2, Funny

... who is that horrendous chick on the concluding page of the review?
Bleeeuuuuuurrgh, makes me want to wash my mouth out with cpu coolant paste.
Re:Finally! by Fr33z0r · 2004-01-20 03:52 · Score: 3, Funny

On the 2 shuttles I have [...] This is where the size savings comes in for ths aprticukar model.
Went for the tiny keyboard too, didncha? :D
That's because you are doing it wrong. by Barlo_Mung_42 · 2004-01-20 05:10 · Score: 2, Funny

You lick not chew!
Don't miss the Zen babe by mccrew · 2004-01-20 05:51 · Score: 3, Funny

For the benefit of those who have not read the F. article, don't miss the "Zen babe" on the Conclusions page. I'll leave the review of that part up to you folks. :)

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