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| Thread ID: 97730 | 2009-02-25 18:13:00 | $49 fully functional 5 watt Linux server | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 751318 | 2009-02-25 18:13:00 | The size of an AC to DC converting wall outlet plug,1200 MHz CPU, built-in 512 MB Flash, 512 MB DRAM, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 2.0 support, runs small versions of Linux, $49 USD. While the computer has no built-in video capability, access to the machine can be had through remote desktop. Article HERE. (www.tgdaily.com) Another article you may find of interest: Windows 3.1 installed on Nokia N95 (www.betanews.com) |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 751319 | 2009-02-25 20:33:00 | That's $99 (USD), not $49. The $49 one is a possible future price if demand is high enough, but for now you're stuck with $99. And dammit I want one! Edit: Having now read that article fully, I'd say the writer - to be perfectly honest - doesn't have a clue. This isn't a product intended for the GUI-using masses, it's intended as a headless server. The standard way of accessing such a device is via ssh, not via a remote desktop as the author seems to think. ...TG Daily must give Marvell a very low score (0.1 out of 5) for the "easier to use" factor Dr. Milner mentions above. This device being built on a Linux framework with no built-in video support would not be easy to use at all....immediately places the user inside the realm of having to work with Linux. And whereas Debian-based Linux distributions have come a long way, they are far from user-friendly. And that goes doubly-so on a machine which must be remote-accessed.Noting the above, I'd say the author is probably trying to review something outside their own area of expertise. This thing is *targeted* at people who know how to use a linux command shell, not at people who require a hand-holding GUI for everything. It's something that geeks will buy a zillion of. Also, if they wanted to target this at the average consumer, the logical interface would be via a web browser, *not* a remote desktop! |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 751320 | 2009-02-25 21:27:00 | Haha, yeah n00b reviewer IMO ;) Looks cool, not too sure what you'd do with a 1.2Ghz x86 machine that size that you couldnt do with something like a 500Mhz Geode (100m/bit VPN perhaps?). I personally doubt its the kind of thing you'd ever go into a store and purchase, take home and then say "Wow look at me, arent I clever for setting up a linux fileserver PC" as the author appears to be thinking consumers would. Rather I would envisage the likes of this being used by value-added resellers, IT Support crews etc for a variety of purposes such as drop-in VPN on a client-site, backup server, web server for company intranet, whatever ... But definitely not the sort of mass-purchased device like a regular PC / Laptop would be. You can almost hear him thinking "What the heck can I do with a 512MB HDD? I cant even install XP on that!" when he says: It could be setup as a remote print server, or a web server. It could run as a proxy re-directing traffic from outside locations to forward IP addresses. Or anything that's possible today with a computer containing 512 MB of RAM and a 512 MB flash drive. And with a USB 2.0 interface, it is also capable of working with much larger USB flash drives or external hard disks. Cool device though :) Ive still got my eyes set on a beagleboard for in a month or so :D |
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| 751321 | 2009-02-25 21:51:00 | plug in a USB hard drive and you'll have an instant NAS | utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 751322 | 2009-02-25 22:18:00 | :drool I already have a P4 as a server, but it taking up lots of much needed space....this would be great! PM when it available in NZ;) |
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