[ANSOL-geral] Desktop a $99

[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 12:31:51PM +0100, João Miguel Neves wrote:
> Bom dia,
> 
> Baseado na mesma arquitectura do OLPC. Com apenas 10GB de disco, um CPU
> Geode e 128MB de RAM:
> 
> http://store.dataevolution.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DT%2D7001
> 
> Instalação de Ubuntu: http://jsco.org/dectop/
> 
> Precisa de todos os periféricos habituais. Specs:
> 
>         Memory: 128MB SDRAM / 10GB HDD 
>         Power: AC adapter 
>         Connectivity: V.92 modem / Ethernet 
>         Input Devices: Mouse / Keyboard 
>         Ports: 4 USB / VGA Video Out (up 1600x1200) 
>         Audio: Microphone In (audio in) / Headphone Out (audio out) 
>         Dimensions: 5.5x 8.5 x 2.5 inches 
>         Weight: 3 lbs
> 
> Estou tentado a comprar um. Alguém se quer juntar para partilhar custos
> de transporte?

Tb estou interessado, mas neste momento alguém me matava por gastar
quase 100€ nisso. Agora... 128MB??? irk...

Contudo tem algumas vantagens...

Reviewer: jon  	 
Linux does install. I have Xubuntu running on mine. See
http://jsco.org/dectop/ for details.

Pros:
* one of the cheapest x86 boxes out there
* easily expanded with cheap parts (3.5" IDE drive, 200-pin SODIMM DDR
* RAM)
* single 12VDC power supply and low power requirements make for a
* flexible platform
* fanless; the only noise is the HDD

Cons:
* still kind of slow (366 MHz processor)
* included hard disk appears to have a locked boot sector
* appears to be no BIOS access
* USB 1.1 makes it a poor choice for a NAS device

Basically, it looks like this computer fits the niche it was designed
for: a cheap, simple internet access point. With Xubuntu, Firefox, and
OpenOffice, it gets the job done. Don't expect much more than that and
you won't be disappointed.

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