Radio Shack has this tiny computer for internet communications. It looks as small as the DS Machine, and it runs Linux. It's based on this board: http://www.amd.com/us-en....00.htmlI think this is the little mobo John, Robert, Kent and myself played with at Linuxworld. The AMD rep said they didn't know what to do with it. I guess they found something. DSL flew on it when we put it on. The website doesn't give the OS. I may have to see if our local store has one to test drive.
Pretty cool, but kinda pricey. Of course, when you're running DSL on a PC that's probably only worth $70, I guess you get spoiled price-wise.Too bad it only supports USB 1.1 instead of 2.0
Otherwise, it looks like a nice device.If you don't want to look at the site, here are some of the features: -10GB hard drive -Runs an embedded version of Windows -IE -Some e-mail program -Word processor and spreadsheet applications -PowerPoint presentation viewer -Flash -Windows Media Player -jpg, gif, png, bmp image viewer -zip utility -Windows Messenger (What happened to AIM and Yahoo clients?) -Games (most likely the standard Windows games, like the infamous Solitaire.)
Here's the catch of this device from the AMD site:
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To protect system integrity and help ensure trouble-free performance over time, the PIC is designed to limit the installation of additional software.
If you can't stand that, there's always the DSMachine. It's got a faster processor, more RAM, USB 2.0, USB booting, and, of course, DSL. For those who don't understand how to use a PC, the PIC would work just fine.Next Page...
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