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$250 Freescale-Based "Green" "Cloud" Computer
An anonymous reader sends word of the CherryPal, a tiny desktop computer that its maker says will consume just 2 watts. It uses a Freescale processor that runs Linux and has no moving parts. The CherryPal has integrated software and an embedded Linux (based on Debian) that has been stripped down to support Open Office, Firefox, iTunes, instant messaging, and multimedia access locally. More applications are available in the cloud, and 50 GB of cloud storage is included. It comes without keyboard or mouse but with ports for VGA, USB, Ethernet, and built-in Wi-Fi. It's claimed that the CherryPal will boot up in 20 seconds from 4 GB of flash. They've buried Linux so that the end user doesn't see it; the entire UI is presented through Firefox. The CherryPal site says: "There's no software or upgrades to install, no risk of viruses, and no operating system to deal with and free 24/7 support."
So who is going to be the first to pop that cherry?
Sorry, couldn't help it.
Green Cloud? Can we have a Brown Hornet computer? How about a Black Canary monitor?
The Black Canary can tell us whether we can safely breathe in the Green Cloud.
And why exactly would you throw it away?
Its just a matter of time until the release the CherryPal2...
You are in a maze of twisted little posts, all alike.
They have a version of iTunes for a Debian system that never needs to be updated?
I don't even think Apple has that yet!
Help! I'm a slashdot refugee.
CherryPal!?
Was "My Little Computer" fraught with trademark peril? Or could they not get Hello Kitty to return their calls?
There's a "popping cherry" joke here somewhere, but damned if I can find it.
Oh, wait... *snicker*
No way I'm using my work PC to visit cherrypal.com, even if it is tech related and I can get away with it.
Those who believe the Internet is private,
find their privates are on the Internet.
It's ok. The rest of the PC uses magic and fireflies to run. I'd say that's somewhere around 8 watts.
Well, until the meme changes from "beowulf cluster" to "cloud," then I think we're safe.
Free-based may sound cool, man. But next thing you know your laying in a pool of your own urine, in a truckstop restroom, somewhere west of Amarillo, Texas.
One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
And why exactly would you throw it away?
Its just a matter of time until the release the CherryPal2...
I'm really, really hoping the next version is the Cherry 2000 instead. I'd buy one of those.
Why did you throw away your old 286-based PC?
You don't know me very well. I didn't.
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
No, i want the entire pie and will picket your house until you produce the missing piece.
I can wait all day folks....