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Quite expensiveQuite expensivePosted Apr 21, 2012 20:36 UTC (Sat) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)In reply to: An Interview With Linus Torvalds (TechCrunch) by RobSeace Parent article: An Interview With Linus Torvalds (TechCrunch) $1k for a fanless Atom PC? Plus, even the "Micro" Business PC is huge: 23x24 cm (9x9.4" in legacy Imperial units). The HFX fanless is 43x45 cm and will set you back about $2.5k. It is in the category of "fanless i7 monsters that make the iMac look cheap" that drag referenced higher up. Of course, maybe the quality of the thing is worth it; I would certainly consider it if I was Linus and made $200k/year and had a huge house. As it is I prefer a slicker and cheaper machine, preferably custom built.
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Quite expensive Posted Apr 21, 2012 21:09 UTC (Sat) by sfeam (subscriber, #2841) [Link] I have been very happy with a fanless AOpen Core2 system I got from Logic Supply a couple of years ago. Unfortunately they show it as "unavailable" now, and don't seem to have picked up the newer AOpen i3/i5/i7 equivalents. But you can find either the older ones (e.g. DEX4501) or new ones (e.g. MP65-D) elsewhere on the web. From a quick search it looks like they currently run about $700 + whatever you want to pay for a SSD.
Quite expensive Posted Apr 21, 2012 21:20 UTC (Sat) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] I bought a slightly larger AOpen case too, the S110. There is a healthy supply of mini-ITX motherboards since Intel entered the format, which is very nice. You can fit a couple of hard disks and an optical unit easily into one of these.I expect that when ARM processors with multiple cores enter the market in full force, we will get much smaller and quieter computers by default. I share epa's comment above about the dislike for towers.
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