VGA HDMI is an easy problem to overcome, and a single USB connection for keyboard/mouse is included on the base. Why do you think this won't hook up to your KVM?
I need a computer to run a small windows-only application of trivial size, hooked to a ham radio for remote control purposes. This computer fits the bill nicely, since the radio I hope to control only needs one USB port, and while wifi isn't my preferred connection type, it will work, or a USB Ethernet dongle should work just fine.
I agree, those trying to cast this as the next big thing (and mocking it for falling short) are missing the point - for select use cases, this is an attractive platform, no one said it is a desktop/laptop/tablet replacement device.
Yo understand this device is being offered by Infocus, the projector people, right? Perhaps they view this as a device which compliments their current offerings?
How long before they sell projectors with built-in docking bays for these devices?
Is this supposed to be InFocus/Microsoft's version of a Mac Mini or something? Two gigs of RAM, 32 GB of hard drive space... it's not a Mac Mini by a damned sight, but more like a Chrome Book without a screen or keyboard or convenience.
Who said Mac mini?
It's a computer without a display, sold by a company that, wait for it, ALREADY sells displays.
Oh, wait, you couldn't use this on a plane because there's no input or output, just sockets for you to connect shit that you can't carry with you conveniently.
You didn't bother to read the product description, did you? The computer includes a microSD slot to increase storage, and it comes bundled with an iOS app that lets you control (screen, Keyboard, mouse) this computer wirelessly from your iPad... This computer could be in your carry-on luggage and you can access it in your seat below wirelessly.
Of course, increasing the battery life would require finding some way to provide this unit with an external power source, through it's micro USB port - I wonder if anyone sells USB batteries?
Anyone that wants a small computer to tuck in their projector bag for sales presentations.
Anyone that wants to setup a kiosk.
Anyone that wants to run Windows apps 'on' their iPad (includes software for iPad to act as keyboard/screen for this wifi/Bluetooth enabled computer).
Anyone that wants to embrace the idea of 'hot desks' in their office without buying scads of laptops.
Anyone that wants to put an inexpensive presentation system in a conference room (just add Bluetooth keyboard/mouse and connect to large flat panel/projector).
The $99 cost for this computer includes wifi, Bluetooth, a case, power supply, 4 hour battery, and 32 gig of storage. To similarly build up a Raspberry Pi would cost almost as much as this computer at $99.
That was the whole point of NCLB. To sabotage the schools to help push vouchers to subsidize the school of the 1%.
The top 1% don't need help to pay for private school - they pay their over-sized school tax bill (based on their over-sized home) AND $5,000-$60,000/yr tuition every year.
Vouchers will get students out of failing public schools, like, Newark, Chicago, etc. and give them a chance to break the cycle of poverty. Public schools and tenure are geared towards rewarding incompetent teachers... The teacher's unions always put the needs of the teachers ahead of the needs of the students - every time. For proof you need look no further than the last contract negotiations in Chicago Public Schools, where teachers demanded raises despite pitiful student learning.
On average, students will take 112 standardized tests during their K-12 education. From grades 3-11, students spend over 20 hours per year on standardized tests alone.
30 hours a year! Why, if spread out over the 32 weeks of school (185 days = one school year, if there are 5 school days per week, then 185 / 5 = about 32 weeks) that comes out to less than 45 minutes a week, or put another way, about three full school days out of 185, or about 2% of school time per year...
Something that occupies 2% of student class time per school year is overwhelming students?
No, it isn't. The teachers unions have made standardized testing the only metric allowed to measure their performance, and now they want to remove even that metric.
The federal definition of a full school year is 185 days...
20 hours is still less than 2%, apparently the TESTING isn't the issue, it's that teachers want to spend a full week 'preparing' their students for the tests because those tests are the ONLY metric teacher unions will allow to gauge teacher performance...
They give kids no homework, they insist kids go to bed early, eat big breakfasts, and dedicate themselves to taking the tests.
If I worked in a facility with it's own EMTs and medical staff, why would I call 911 when there's a medical emergency? Call the medical experts closest to the accident/problem... Duh.
I realize many here will contort their thinking to blame Amazon for saying call the EMTs in the building, not the local fire department, convince themselves that calling 911 and waiting 10-15 minutes for help to arrive is somehow better than calling equally-well trained help on the next floor.
The FCC has a perfectly valid reason to want to 'lock down' the radio portion of wireless routers/APs, just as they did when they blocked scanners from picking up cellphone calls or linear amps from being used on CB channels.
The issue isn't what the FCC wants locked down, the issue is the manufacturers that choose to make the radio AND the computer firmware user-modifiable. The thing that has spurred innovation and creativity was the ability to load alternate software on the router/APs, NOT the ability to over-drive the radio portion and create RFI and other problems.
ESR should be going after manufacturers, not the gov't.
How many women would give up their nursing jobs to get more men in the field? How many Teachers?
Sound ridiculous? That is exactly what these vagina counters are doing to men in STEM occupations - they aren't creating new jobs for women, they are taking jobs away from men to give to women...
Slashdot Mirror
VGA HDMI is an easy problem to overcome, and a single USB connection for keyboard/mouse is included on the base. Why do you think this won't hook up to your KVM?
I need a computer to run a small windows-only application of trivial size, hooked to a ham radio for remote control purposes. This computer fits the bill nicely, since the radio I hope to control only needs one USB port, and while wifi isn't my preferred connection type, it will work, or a USB Ethernet dongle should work just fine.
I agree, those trying to cast this as the next big thing (and mocking it for falling short) are missing the point - for select use cases, this is an attractive platform, no one said it is a desktop/laptop/tablet replacement device.
Yo understand this device is being offered by Infocus, the projector people, right? Perhaps they view this as a device which compliments their current offerings?
How long before they sell projectors with built-in docking bays for these devices?
The Intel HDMI compute sick does not include a battery and ONLY works when attached to an HDMI monitor... And sells for the same price ($100 +/-)
Who said Mac mini?
It's a computer without a display, sold by a company that, wait for it, ALREADY sells displays.
And the case.
And the power supply
And the wifi.
And the Bluetooth.
And the 32 gig built-in storage.
And the quad-core x86 cpu....
Yeah, aside from those differences, 'just like a raspberry pi'
You do know Apple sells a Bluetooth-enabled wireless trackpad, right?
Meet the latest version of WebTV
You didn't bother to read the product description, did you? The computer includes a microSD slot to increase storage, and it comes bundled with an iOS app that lets you control (screen, Keyboard, mouse) this computer wirelessly from your iPad... This computer could be in your carry-on luggage and you can access it in your seat below wirelessly.
Of course, increasing the battery life would require finding some way to provide this unit with an external power source, through it's micro USB port - I wonder if anyone sells USB batteries?
Anyone that wants a small computer to tuck in their projector bag for sales presentations.
Anyone that wants to setup a kiosk.
Anyone that wants to run Windows apps 'on' their iPad (includes software for iPad to act as keyboard/screen for this wifi/Bluetooth enabled computer).
Anyone that wants to embrace the idea of 'hot desks' in their office without buying scads of laptops.
Anyone that wants to put an inexpensive presentation system in a conference room (just add Bluetooth keyboard/mouse and connect to large flat panel/projector).
This device is the same size as a 2.5" laptop drive, is that really so bulky?
It includes support for being controlled by an iOS device.
Did you notice this is from Infocus? They are in the business of selling projectors, I think this is being viewed as a portable PowerPoint machine.
The $99 cost for this computer includes wifi, Bluetooth, a case, power supply, 4 hour battery, and 32 gig of storage. To similarly build up a Raspberry Pi would cost almost as much as this computer at $99.
The top 1% don't need help to pay for private school - they pay their over-sized school tax bill (based on their over-sized home) AND $5,000-$60,000/yr tuition every year.
Vouchers will get students out of failing public schools, like, Newark, Chicago, etc. and give them a chance to break the cycle of poverty. Public schools and tenure are geared towards rewarding incompetent teachers... The teacher's unions always put the needs of the teachers ahead of the needs of the students - every time. For proof you need look no further than the last contract negotiations in Chicago Public Schools, where teachers demanded raises despite pitiful student learning.
30 hours a year! Why, if spread out over the 32 weeks of school (185 days = one school year, if there are 5 school days per week, then 185 / 5 = about 32 weeks) that comes out to less than 45 minutes a week, or put another way, about three full school days out of 185, or about 2% of school time per year...
Something that occupies 2% of student class time per school year is overwhelming students?
No, it isn't. The teachers unions have made standardized testing the only metric allowed to measure their performance, and now they want to remove even that metric.
The federal definition of a full school year is 185 days...
20 hours is still less than 2%, apparently the TESTING isn't the issue, it's that teachers want to spend a full week 'preparing' their students for the tests because those tests are the ONLY metric teacher unions will allow to gauge teacher performance...
They give kids no homework, they insist kids go to bed early, eat big breakfasts, and dedicate themselves to taking the tests.
8 am to 3 pm is seven hours, pretty typical school day where I live.
If I worked in a facility with it's own EMTs and medical staff, why would I call 911 when there's a medical emergency? Call the medical experts closest to the accident/problem... Duh.
I realize many here will contort their thinking to blame Amazon for saying call the EMTs in the building, not the local fire department, convince themselves that calling 911 and waiting 10-15 minutes for help to arrive is somehow better than calling equally-well trained help on the next floor.
It's called a Chevy Volt
The FCC has a perfectly valid reason to want to 'lock down' the radio portion of wireless routers/APs, just as they did when they blocked scanners from picking up cellphone calls or linear amps from being used on CB channels.
The issue isn't what the FCC wants locked down, the issue is the manufacturers that choose to make the radio AND the computer firmware user-modifiable. The thing that has spurred innovation and creativity was the ability to load alternate software on the router/APs, NOT the ability to over-drive the radio portion and create RFI and other problems.
ESR should be going after manufacturers, not the gov't.
By banning other, cheaper sources of energy they were able to make wind power the least-expensive of the most expensive ways of generating power.
Uh, Gamer is not equal to Coder (nor are they mutually exclusive).
That's like saying we'd have more women in the engineering departments at the big three automakers if NASCAR wasn't such an 'old boy's club'...
Open source has executives?
IDNKT...
How many women would give up their nursing jobs to get more men in the field? How many Teachers?
Sound ridiculous? That is exactly what these vagina counters are doing to men in STEM occupations - they aren't creating new jobs for women, they are taking jobs away from men to give to women...