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Sure, tiny-ass PCs are nothing new, but as power increases and prices drop, things definitely get more interesting.

Take, for instance, Globalscale’s DreamPlug: your hard earned $150 will get you a 1.2GHz Marvell Sheeva ARM processor, 512MB of DDR 2 (800MHz) RAM, 1GB storage, not one but two gigabit ethernet ports, two USB 2.0 ports, an eSATA 2.0 port, SD card slot, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth, and a headphone jack.

And it all sits in the plug itself! And it draws a scant five watts of power. Of course, this isn’t gonna replace your trusty desktop, but we’re sure you can think of all sorts of clever uses for this bad boy.

Set to start shipping sometime this month, hit the source link to get started.


Linutop 3 out to seduce minimalists, cheapskates

  • Author: admin
  • Filed under: Displays
  • Date: Sep 5,2009

We know we expend a lot of digital ink talking about oomph and va va voom, but sometimes you just need a computer you can give to your old grandpappy and let him go wild with the Reader’s Digest online edition.

The Linutop 3, sporting a custom Linux OS atop a blistering 1GHz VIA C7 CPU, 1GB of RAM and a tremendously capacious 2GB SSD, is just that sort of machine.

It asks for a mere €340 ($485) and 20 watts of power, and lets you expand storage by adding an internal hard drive or plugging a memory stick into one of six available USB ports. Read the rest of this entry »







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