So, shortly after pointing out the MSI wind, here's the MSI wind Nettop 100, with the Atom 330 proccesor, the same as the Dell FX160...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856167037 It's only $10 more than the original. For that price, I'd buy these. Memory's cheap, it has space for a 3.5" harddrive, a 5.25" bay for a dvd burner if you want, and it even has an internal CF card slot which it can boot off of. You'll need a keyboard/mouse, which isn't included. You'll have to buy Windows for the box, but hopefully you have some kind of volume licensing which will make that cheaper for you. I'm lucky that I get the excellent education pricing. What sucks is that the bare bones MSI Wind ($150) costs only slightly more than an OEM copy of Windows Vista Business ($140). Microsoft? You reading that? Your OS is now 25%-50% of a computer's costs! (bah... I digress.) --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:37:31 -0700 Subject: Re: Dell OptiPlex FX160 > I can't remember, but what was the price? I think they priced themselves out > of reasonable competition... > > Here's an MSI wind without harddrive or memory for $140, $210 with 2gigs of > ram and 320gb harddrive... and room for an optical drive. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856167032 > > Yes, I know the FX160 has the newer Atom processor, but this isn't much > slower. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ben Scott > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 > 10:25:30 -0700 > Subject: Dell OptiPlex FX160 > > > > Anyone here tried the Dell OptiPlex FX160 hyper-small-form-factor > > computer running full-blown Windows XP or Vista yet? > > > > > http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/desktop-optiplex-160 > > > > Seems like a sweet little box. Up to 4 GB RAM, 2.5" SATA HD, > > internal power supply (no line lump or wall wart). > > > > -- Ben > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
