I have recently replaced my media centre with that box, after reading an article on lifehacker. I am impressed with its sheer awesomeness and small size, I got mine on sale for 150 + shipping however after the article gained some notoriety newegg caught on and I haven't seen it under 200. You might be able to scrounge up some refurbs ?
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Sean Dague <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/29/2010 06:15 PM, Sean Dague wrote: > >> Has anyone worked with a small fan-less PC that can be attached on to > >> the back of a 19" LCD monitor? > >> Best speed per watt is what I need that is something in the range of > >> 25-75W but running 1.2-2Ghz > >> Lastly it needs to be $99 at most $150 ( anyone can find one's at $300 ) > > > > I think you'll be hard pressed to get anything under $200 which is legit > > and useful. > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103228&cm_re=nvidia_ion-_-83-103-228-_-Product > > > > > > is probably respectable in this regard. > > One other thing to consider, which I've come to realize over the last > few years. When working with a non-technical / non-profit organization, > raw price isn't the most important thing. > > While it is clearly a pressure, the most important thing is that they > aren't stuck holding on to an implementation that only you can support. > At some point "you" (no matter who you is) isn't going to be supporting > them any more. Your interests might have changed, you might have moved, > gotten hit by a bus, whatever. Anything that's overly custom puts a > huge technical debt into the organization. > > It's one of the reasons I chose drupal when redoing the poughkeepsie > farm project site (http://farmproject.org). It's a known quantity, and > lots of people have experience with it. > > -Sean > > -- > __________________________________________________________________ > > Sean Dague Mid-Hudson Valley > sean at dague dot net Linux Users Group > http://dague.net http://mhvlug.org > > There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors > than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down. > __________________________________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Apr 7 - Nagios > May 5 - Crack and LLVM > Jun 2 - Android > >
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