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On 07/13/10 02:13, Greg Madden wrote:
> On Monday 12 July 2010 16:04:51 Christopher Howard wrote:
>> On 07/12/2010 03:47 PM, Greg Madden wrote:
>>> On Monday 12 July 2010 15:03:02 Christopher Howard wrote:
>>>> On 07/12/2010 12:26 PM, Lee wrote:
>>>>> Anyone played with one of these?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.fit-pc.com
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>>>> Wow. I hope that isn't the future of desktop PCs. Running a 1.6Ghz Atom
>>>> in my netbook is bad enough... I couldn't imagine having something that
>>>> pathetic for my desktop PC.
>>>
>>> For those who are social media tyes, maybe, gamers and workstation users
>>> need more...much more. The death of the desktop is from those selling
>>> something else.
>>
>> I'm just wondering why they targeted the desktop market with their
>> advertising. I mean, if you don't want a desktop PC for media, gaming,
>> or as a workstation, what do you want it for? (There is software
>> development also, but in that case you want a fast PC to speed up
>> compile time.)
>>
>> From the home page, it looks like they are trying to ride it in as one
>> of those "green" save-the-planet solutions.
>
> Ah green. I think a lot of folks can get by with this stuff. Internet & email,
> except flash eats up all resources :-(
>
Well, I guess the market will decide that one. At least, until
[*anti-socialist rant edited out*].
I will say, though, that I do think that really tiny, cheap computers
are inherently cool and useful for a number of things. Personally, I
wish IBM would get moving again on that whole "Linux on a wrist watch" idea.
Another side note: I finally quit Flash, cold turkey. No more evil Adobe
mysteryware clogging up my PC. Had to give up Yahoo Chess, but otherwise
it's been a painless experience. Had to drop a few vid websites too...
but those cheap, choppy Flash video sites weren't much of loss.
> I wonder about re-using older computers compared to new (much) lower power
> solutions.
>
>
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Christopher Howard
frigidcode.com
theologia.indicium.us
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