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On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 10:03:29 +0100, Paul E Bennett
<Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> Gave us:
Not fanless, and not sub 5 Watts. What a stupid requisite,
considering the application.
Straight HTPC, sure, but all this talk about expansion, etc.
This PC is NOT sub 5W, NOT fanless, but IS a real computer and IS the
type and class of machine needed for this application.
I have a few.
I also have a 4 watt fanless Cubox-i4Pro, ARM CPU based machine.
This person seems to want a machine that does what a specific, single
use solution provides, but wants some kind of regular PC utilization
from it. Adding things not already incorporated typically uses more
power than the pre-integrated solution will.
So, the more you get on the thing at buy time, the less you will have
to add, and the better it *should be* integrated into the device.
Acer and Asus make good machines.
From what I could tell, the Intel NUC was a good concept and idea, but
made the mistake of using USB 2.0 and other, older feature choices which
made the entire line a no-go for me. They MIGHT be able to catch up
with hard tech type consumer demands, if that is even in their goal
playbook. They may have written them off as a failure, but I do not
know how well they sold.
Americans (all consumers in general) are completely uninformed about
true product quality and efficacy these days. Even the consumer rags do
not keep up.
Asus makes:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-eee-box-nettop-computer-black/1310238961.p?id=mp1310238961&skuId=1310238961
Acer offers:
http://tinyurl.com/kys7b6h
<Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> Gave us:
You may have made your selection already but if you are looking for an
already boxed up PC solution and do not need the expansion card element for
it (like special plug in interfaces apart from USB or Ethernet) then you may
find the Intel NUC or Gigabyte Brix solutions useful. Just been playing
around with each in creating myself a decent CAD-Station. Small, Fanless and
all you add is the DDR3 Memory and SSD to give you the full solution.
Not fanless, and not sub 5 Watts. What a stupid requisite,
considering the application.
Straight HTPC, sure, but all this talk about expansion, etc.
This PC is NOT sub 5W, NOT fanless, but IS a real computer and IS the
type and class of machine needed for this application.
I have a few.
I also have a 4 watt fanless Cubox-i4Pro, ARM CPU based machine.
This person seems to want a machine that does what a specific, single
use solution provides, but wants some kind of regular PC utilization
from it. Adding things not already incorporated typically uses more
power than the pre-integrated solution will.
So, the more you get on the thing at buy time, the less you will have
to add, and the better it *should be* integrated into the device.
Acer and Asus make good machines.
From what I could tell, the Intel NUC was a good concept and idea, but
made the mistake of using USB 2.0 and other, older feature choices which
made the entire line a no-go for me. They MIGHT be able to catch up
with hard tech type consumer demands, if that is even in their goal
playbook. They may have written them off as a failure, but I do not
know how well they sold.
Americans (all consumers in general) are completely uninformed about
true product quality and efficacy these days. Even the consumer rags do
not keep up.
Asus makes:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-eee-box-nettop-computer-black/1310238961.p?id=mp1310238961&skuId=1310238961
Acer offers:
http://tinyurl.com/kys7b6h