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
>
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> There is no silver bullet.  Plus, werewolves make better neighbors
> than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down.
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