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Archive for December 9th, 2009

small home computers – efficient ? powerful enough ?

Posted by John on 9th December 2009

Gigabit ethernet and 802.11g (preferably a/b/g/n these days) are a plus on any of these smaller wonders . . .

(skipping straight to “Tom’s conclusions” /  recommended section ;)


And the Winner is…


The GeForce 9300 ITX WiFi offers comparably fast 3D performance and a feature set that is far superior to the other solutions. Not only does it feature 802.11 b/g wireless (the AMD counterpart does, as well) but it also comes with HDMI, DVI, and VGA display outputs, eSATA, a reasonable 4-phase processor voltage circuit, and a full x16 PCI Express interface. Since this is the only mini-ITX platform that is truly a desktop replacement, it is the only really flexible product and receives our Recommended Buy Award.


Some of these also look interesting, perhaps for home theater pc type applications.


Side note : Of course, they put this on super-sale now @56, after I bought it a week ago @97. Gahhhh! (OCZ OCZ2M8004GK PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz SODIMM 4 GB Kit)
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drive height and safety

Posted by John on 9th December 2009

We note that this free-fall-sensor drive should be “protected” from any fall of over 7.72 inches. (rated as “auto-parked” in under 200 milliseconds)

free-fall

Now, what about my notebook computer? :)

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/traj.html

Yes, let me Google that for you ;)

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