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Re: Cute little DIY computer
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Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:53:06 GMT
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"Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message
news:GqMB65.Gss@lugnet.com...
I'm buying a Shuttle SV24 for LDRAW and Linux. It's a toaster-sized PC you
can put together for under $600:

http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2001q4/shuttle-sv24/index.x?pg=1

Advantages: low hassle, lots of ports for exotic input/output devices, and
it's small enough to hide.

Disadvantages: bad for games, not cutting-edge (P III to 1.1ghz).

On a similar have you seen this?

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/59ef.shtml

Bit more expensive, but a lot smaller!

Dan



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(...) Update: I've built 2 of these Shuttles P3/1ghz, concurrently with a friend's P4 upgrade. They're noisy little pigs, and need tailoring for a happy mix of components. The fan in the power supply is inferior to most, and the noisy cpu fan is (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: Cute little DIY computer
 
(...) I hadn't seen it, thanks. Worth the $900? hmm. Aside: I was told to put floppy drives in the Shuttles... one had a bad floppy (what do you expect for a $9 piece of hardware?) So I taught everybody how to use the CDRW and they've started to (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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I'm buying a Shuttle SV24 for LDRAW and Linux. It's a toaster-sized PC you can put together for under $600: (URL) low hassle, lots of ports for exotic input/output devices, and it's small enough to hide. Disadvantages: bad for games, not (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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