The VIA EPIA Nehemiah M10000 1Ghz All In One Motherboard is now at 121 GBP or about $199 USD (1) each - this unit includes the 1GHz CPU but only has one memory slot which can hold up to a 1GB DDR-SIMM.
By purchasing an assembled unit you can quickly raise the price passed the $1,000 USD plus freight from England. If you go out to www.pricewatch.com and input "VIA EPIA M10000" you can find the same mobo with processor starting at $162 USD and going as high as $185 USD. The reviews written about it depends on whether the author is trying to compare it to the latest and greatest inexpensive CPUs from AMD & Intel - which is what the PR folks at VIA want ya to believe. Or are you comparing it to a 850 MHz AMD/Intel P-II/III of say three or four years ago. I haven't seen any reviews that said it wouldn't run Linux or MS-Windows 98SE or MS-Windows XP operating systems. >From my perspective it is good fun to keep the old box and install new innards. Then watch the folks scratch their heads when you run new software on a 15 to 20 year old box. FYI: I'm re-building a old Banyan CNS 386 server with a new 2 GHz AMD mobo innards. The power supply on the Banyan box melted into a smoking mess a few years ago. Since then it has been sitting in the back of the shop as a lonely dust catcher. After this project is done it will be fun to see what happens when we stuff new innards into an older small box. John Oram "Anthony J. Albert" wrote: > > On 27 May 2003 at 9:40, Bob George wrote: > >"John Oram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Did you see this one? <http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9667> > > > >Interesting article. I noticed this line: > > > >"[...] The only stumbling block to offering such a bundle is that > >Microsoft's XP is (currently) nearly as costly as the hardware to run it > >on. " > > I hadn't seen that particular article, but I have been expecting this > for quite some time. There are small form factor computers, and have > been for some years, which are sometimes available at a discount, > sometimes at greater expense. In particular, I'm thinking of one that > I've seen advertised regularly for the last decade or so in IT > magazines, which has the entire computer, excepting display, built in > underneath the keyboard. > > http://www.cybernetman.com > > The $200 price point is interesting to contemplate, though... I'm > wondering if they really can get it down that far, even using an older > generation Celeron or Via CPU, because the cost of the CPU is also a > factor - $50 - $400. While every member of this list is aware that you > can do WWW browsing, email, etc. using slower equipment, someone who > purchases one of these is most likely going to want to play all the > latest games, etc., which may require more CPU/video, so I suspect that > this isn't going to work out as soon as the author of the article > hopes. > > Also, much though I like it, I don't see most people wanting to go with > anything but Windows, due to the installed base of games, etc, at least > for the next five years or so. So, the Windows OS will most likely > have to be figured into the price for a while yet. > > However, I do expect that $600 desktop systems are a likely > price/performance point for this market. All it will take is one of > the major manufacturers to make the commitment to producing these in > quantity, and I think they'll be able to make that goal. $300 for > hardware, $200 for Windows, and $100 profit per unit. > > Anthony J. Albert > > =========================================================== > Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster > Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle > "This is only temporary, unless it works." > --- Red Green > > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. > Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. > More info can be found at; > http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
