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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. 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. Thickness??! by morcheeba · · Score: 5, Informative

    For a board that concentrates on being thin, I find it surprising that that dimension isn't listed. It's not on Via's product listing for this board and it's not in the user's manual (pdf).

    Visually, i'm guessing that it is thicker than the 0.75" base of my PowerBook, but I'd like to know the real size...

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  3. ummm.......? by Osgyth · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Aren't flat TVs depth challenged rather then vertically challenged? Unless of course you lay it on the ground and stand over it to watch it.....

  4. 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.

  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. Re:Firewall? Please? by tokul · · Score: 5, Informative

    Epia CL

    I think they do listen.

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

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

  8. Fanless? As in no fan? by Rick.C · · Score: 5, Interesting
    "Please pay no attention to the pictures. These were taken from a weird camera angle the produced a fan-shaped distortion in the heatsink grid." - a deep booming voice from behind the curtain.

    While there are indeed fanless mini-ITX systems, this ain't one of them.

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  9. The quiet and small PC movement by Zoinks · · Score: 5, Informative

    It may come as a surprise to some, but there's quite a lot of interest in very small and very quiet PCs. Just check out this site as a for instance. And there's also this review on Tom's Hardware site.

  10. 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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