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Mobo for Vertically Challenged Devices

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the imagine-the-potential dept.

An anonymous reader writes "VIA is shipping an ultra-low profile mini-ITX mainboard suitable for flat TVs, LCD-panel computers, and other vertically challenged devices. The Epia MS uses a minimalistic I/O backplate and SODIMM memory for a slimmer form-factor, and is VIA's first mini-ITX board available with a fanless 1GHz Eden embedded processor. The board has several processor options, but they all include the PadLock Ace hardware RNG and AES encrypt/decrypt features that are now supported by the Linux and BSD kernels."

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  1. Oh no not in there!? by Braingoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    now we can install computers in the most ungodly places!

    1. Re:Oh no not in there!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      now we can install computers in the most ungodly places!

      What, like in the back of a Volkswagen?

    2. Re:Oh no not in there!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Atheist churches?

  2. Words, lingo. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    There are a few new words I see popping up that I find entirely disagreeable, such as blog, mebi, gibi, etc. But mobo I can handle.

  3. Very PC of you, /. by SkyWalk423 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's so nice to see that you finally quit referring to them as "midget" devices and went with the much more PC "vertically challenged" devices.

  4. Offended with "Vertically Challenged" by lacrymology.com · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Vertically Challenged"

    I'm a dwarf you insensitive clod!

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  5. Re:Sounds like the mean horizontally chalenged by cynic10508 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Theres plenty of room in a flat screen TV if you place the card verticly, am I missing something??

    Yeup. The "al" in "vertically".

  6. Cool, but... by xanadu-xtroot.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    So this is a laptop mobo without the lap?

    oh, you can put it sideways (as if the electrons would fall out)?

    So it's a lap-side?

    Am I missing something here?

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    1. Re:Cool, but... by rleibman · · Score: 2, Funny

      oh, you can put it sideways (as if the electrons would fall out)?

      My personal theory...
      The layout and orientation of the computer can affect the speed of same. If the drives are above the processor the electrons going to the drives have gravity assist, so the processor reads faster (or is it the opposite? depending on the flow of electricity), of course when writing to the drive this is the opposite effect, so depending on the type of operation you're performing it'd be cool to see a computer that can rotate to change the relative position of different components.

  7. Um ... *vertically* challenged? by magefile · · Score: 5, Funny

    Aren't flat-panel monitors and TVs *horizontally* challenged?

  8. Re:ummm.......? by WoodstockJeff · · Score: 4, Funny

    All televisions are depth challenged, no matter what their dimensions. You need only turn them on to see the problem!

  9. IE is certainly not small by apachetoolbox · · Score: 2, Funny

    IE a very small, compact all in one computer that runs linux?

    and it doesn't run on linux either

  10. Re:ummm.......? by Bob+McCown · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cant do that, it'll get in the way of the mirror!

    [puts on his leisure suit]

  11. Re:Could this lead by dr.badass · · Score: 5, Funny

    A think the appeal of the iMac lies in that it is small, easy to hook up(no rats nest), and has astehtic value.

    You just listed three things that are not true about Linux.

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