"New" Small FF PC

[TonyNo]

Ok, let's see if anyone has come across this one before...

http://www.fit-pc.com/

 

[upstatemike]

Ok, let's see if anyone has come across this one before...

http://www.fit-pc.com/

Cool because it has a serial port to support a touch screen... but how can it be completely silent if it has a hard drive?

 

[lpott6]

I just saw it this morning, here is a write up on Extreme Tech:

Looks interesting.

 

[AceCannon]

How would you install XP on this box? External USB CD drive?

EDIT: Never mind found the instructions on their website here.

 

[fleetz]

Hmmm interesting.

I wonder if this is the solution to running either Homeseer new HSTouch product so I can use the ELK TS-07 touch screens!

I realise that Bill Gates is still going to be a resident but being a embedded device it is less likely to be a problem.

One to keep our eyes on maybe.

Regards,

Fleetz

 

[Aquatic]

Don't know enough about the chipset, but 256M Ram is weak, IMO. Linux, yep, but even XP likes 512 or more in order to run acceptably. THAT said, $285 for something that will run touchscreens, has comms (Ethernet) and serial, and is easily tucked into small, unobtrusive places certainly has a niche.

if you like small, but more more horsepower, check out the mini-itx and even nano-itx stuff. Just google and you'll get a ton of hits. Lots of good tricks there too--Solidstate HD for fast boots, etc.

 

[gwww]

There is an article about it here: http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/12/2118247

The comments suggest that you can easily find a few other systems with more power and less cost.

 

[electron]

I think I would rather go with a pico/nano/mini-itx based system. Check out logicsupply.com for some cool systems.