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Meet the 5-Watt, Tiny, fit–PC

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the where-the-watts-aren't dept.

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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  2. 5 watts is good, can be better by recharged95 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Wow, add a couple of solar panels

    and you could have a lightweight VOIP phone that runs forever. Sweet. Solar power computer FTW!

  3. Re:For router use by gnuman99 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It only has a 40GB internal disk, so you might want to use one network port for iSCSI, ATAoE, or even plain old NFS


    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?
  4. Re:For router use by thisissilly · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why not, if someone was going to run a lab or cafe full of them?