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Pico-ITX, Because Size Matters
An anonymous reader writes "It's not every day that a new form factor comes out, especially not one that is 10cm x 7.2cm. Despite its size, Pico-ITX is the hottest new thing in the rapidly changing small form factor market. It is considerably smaller than Mini-ITX (17cm x 17cm) which has proven itself to be quite versatile and though some sacrifices had to be made to shrink the platform, Pico-ITX is surprisingly complete. The system was tested with Feather Linux but the PX10000 has the power to run Windows XP or Ubuntu if you want to add on a hard drive."
If you read TFS (not even TFA), it said it was tested with Feather Linux, and could run Ubuntu if you added a hard drive.
"I think an etch-a-sketch with an ethernet port would beat IE7 in web standards compliance."
... then I think I would try Gumstix for non-speed critical apps.
PC/104 SBC boards are usually fanless and about the same size. Only the procesors on PC/104 boards tend to be underpowered. Example
I wonder if I use bold in my signature, people will notice my posts.
I think that the fact that it appears longer than 10cm on the ruler is that the ruler is not on the edge closest to the camera taking the picture resulting in a different aspect ratio between the closest edge (the edge you can see in the picture) and the ruler itself. They really should have arranged the picture better.
I hate printers.
I setup a net4801 in a colo rack to route traffic for 20 vlans via 802.1q to a 48 port switch. Durring testing I was able to push 45Mbit of traffic through the system. I've got a couple of net5501's on order.. mostly I wanted more ram/CPU so I could try pushing BGP feeds to the soekris.
I did not RTFA.
I purchased an Everex laptop a few months back. It has a Via C7M running at 1.5Ghz. It came with Vista pre-installed (was even $100 cheaper due to a special Vista sale). I never booted into Vista, so I cannot confirm anything about Vista on this machine. I do know that everything I read about the laptop stated it would not run Aero, but that it would run Vista.
The few customer reviews I read stated that Vista would run, but slowly. The machine came with 512MB of RAM, almost everyone stated they upgraded to a Gig and Vista runs much better for them. Which from what I know of Vista that is correct.
Extra stuff:
As I stated earlier I never booted into Vista; I installed Debian Etch on mine. I have a full install of KDE and after bootup I am only using ~70MB of RAM. Running Firefox with a few tabs open with very few pictures on those tabs, I am using ~130MB of RAM. After closing Firefox the machine drops back down near 70MB. I did install another Gig of RAM for a total of 1.5GB, but that is due to a can't pass sale on RAM at a nearby store.
Before the upgrade of RAM, the machine ran fine. It is DX9.0c compatible, but that means nothing to me. When Via releases an update later this year I will be able to stop using the VESA driver. Even with only using the VESA driver, VLC will play quite well, with a few skips for dropped frame rates here and there. Nothing noticeable unless you are looking for it. Xine will barely play at all. Via has a specific Xine version, but I decided against using it on this install. Otherwise, things work pretty well. I am impressed with the low power consumption and the low temperatures of the C7M chip.
Disclaimer: My other computers run either a Duron 1.3, a 1800+ XP, or a Sempron 2800, so this 1.5Ghz machine is is what I am used to. There are more technologies with this C7M than my 1800+ XP, and of course I can use powernowd with this, but not my Sempron. As you can see, I have never used a computer that runs over 2.0Ghz, so my mileage varies greatly from others.
I use them. They're big in "THIN CLIENTS".
For a project of mine, I need a small data collection PC to be used in the field. I use thin client machines based on the same chip. I pay under $500 for a machine finished nicely with reasonable video, sound, usb, network ports, mini-pci for wifi, and a big heat sink on top. There is no fan in the unit, and it uses flash ram instead of a hard disk. Mine come with 512megs of ram, windows XPe, and 1gb of flash drive for storage. With no moving parts they last a long time, and the use about 20 watts of power rather than about 220 for a typical desktop pc.
They are also available (cheaper) with linux embedded, but in my case the app they run is written for XP and until I have time to re-write it, that's what I need.
The problem with quotes on the internet, is that nobody bothers to check their veracity. -- Abraham Lincoln
The answer in the short term to the lack of cases for the job is very simple: Lego and superglue.
This has always been an option for any form factor, but of course it quickly becomes impractical as Lego does not scale all that well when strength is a concern. With a motherboard this size though, the hard drive or optical drive are going to be the constraint on how small the case can be.
Another viable option is to use a case designed for an optical drive. Once the supplied electronics are gutted (and possibly used elsewhere), it should be possible to shoehorn this board, a 3.5" drive, and a slimline optical drive in there. All you'd have to hack would be the front and back panels, which is pretty trivial with Lexan and a rotary tool.
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How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.