.. to the FitPC is one of the Aleutia range of PCs (http://www.aleutia.com/products). I'm using a pre-upgrade version of the E2 (Via V4 Eden ULV 500MHz,512 MB RAM) with a 2.5" IDE disk for storage and U-Lite Ubuntu running from a CF card.
I'm only running Squeezecenter on it, usually controlled using iPeng on my iPod Touch. Squeezecenter runs fine on it as far as playing music and syncing between three players is not a problem. If I need to rescan, or anything involving the web interface, things slow down a lot, so i'd say you will need more memory, and probably a bit more power in the CPU. The advantages are that it uses about 9W (with the drive), is passively cooled and small enough that it's easy to hide away. I looked at the original FitPC when I was buying, but it used a Geode processor which can cause problems with Linux (or could at the time), and anyway I got a good price on the E2. Before I'd used an ITX system using a fanless motherboard and an old laptop I'd made into a picture frame - both ended up running a bit hot and were too noisy with the cooling fans running. If I was buying now I'd choose between the Aleutia F5, the FitPC2 or a Tranquil Home server. I'd prefer something a bit bigger with a hard drive that's easy to swap (prefarably 3.5") - the hard drive in the E2 is a very tight fit and involved "customising" the cable. I've not used Boxee, but I'd be surprised if it used more resources than Squeezecenter so any of your choices should be fine. Neil -- NeilT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NeilT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=24306 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65555 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
