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Meet the 5-Watt, Tiny, fit–PC
ThinSkin writes "Meet the fit-PC, a tiny 4.7 x 4.5 x 1.5-inch PC that only draws 5-watts, consuming in a day less power than a traditional PC consumes in one hour. By today's standards, the fit-PC has very little horsepower, which makes it apt for web browsing and light applications; today's games need not apply. Loyd Case over at ExtremeTech reviews the fit-PC and puts it through its paces, noting that performance is not this PC's strength, but rather its small size and price tag of $285."
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Help Me! I'm trapped in the tubes! Oh noes! Here comes a internet!
and you could have a lightweight VOIP phone that runs forever. Sweet. Solar power computer FTW!
Of course, I know which one I'd take, if given the choice. For my money, getting a 5w computer is kinda pointless when I'm expected to hook it up to a desktop LCD which could easily use more than 10 times that much power.
Why is that pointless?
When you want lots of power, use your regular computer which probably pulls 100-150W or so. Total power usage including LCD: 150-200W.
When you just want to do some light websurfing, turn on this thing. Total power usage including LCD: 55W. That seems like a significant improvement to me.
Of course, one might ask "Why not get a laptop instead? It'll use about the same amount of power, or maybe less." The answer is that to get a laptop screen of comparable resolution and quality you're going to have to pay a _lot_. Laptops are pricey, and the cheap ones have the lowest-resolution, crappiest screens (think Dell's consumer line), and having a nice big high-res screen is a good thing.
Yeah, i see what you're saying, it's impossible to use less electricity so why bother trying! there's no point using fluorescent lights, cause that power will be sucked up by my tv anyway! there's no point getting an efficient car cause some fucking soccer mom is driving an suv! and so on.
This is a joke. I am joking. Joke joke joke.
Huh!? So, you are going to get a 5W box so you can hook it up to your 16-disk SAN and save on power?
So far, the EEE has been nothing but vaporware...
I don't believe it'll ever actually be sold at that pricepoint either (without at least needing to know a direct sales contact within Asus).
I actually am interesting in purchasing a few dozen units, though...
Why not, if someone was going to run a lab or cafe full of them?
What you seem to be trying to say is that Mac Mini is better value for money, but value depends on what you're using it for.
If you need the lowest possible power consumption, space, and the widest range of operating temperatures, then Fit-PC is better value for money.
If you need a normal PC for regular users, but you want to think that it's a special PC for special users, then a Mac Mini is going to be better value for money.
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