[nylug-talk] Interesting All in one LCD-PC (Under $400 to build)

[Ruben Safir]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 03:40:16AM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:04:57AM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote:
> > http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=901&tag=nl.e622
> > 
> One of the things I never understand is why so many PC cases are made to
> have tons of open space. This guy, by making his own case and tacking it
> on to a monitor reduces the pc to almost nothing. Most of my pc's are
> not made with 10 extra HDs or 5 extra pci cards. Most PCs today seem to
> have build-in video, net, wifi and sound, so that eliminates the need
> for extra cards.

There are LOTS of reasons for have PCI slots but one major reason for
the case to be so large is heat displacement.

If all chips were curusoe chips, that would be different.  Touch the bottom
of a laptop that runs a dual core.


Ruben

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