[ubuntu-in] Any one using a EEEPC BOX with Ubuntu

[Ritesh Sinha]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Ritesh Sinha <sinha.k.ritesh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sorry to reply to my own post, but if you're looking for a nice
>> "nettop" type of system, I would recommend that you get one with an
>> nvidia ION chipset. This will allow you to play HD video (and provide
>> video video acceleration via VDPAU). One model is the Acer Revo which
>> I had for a while.
>
> What exactly are net tops
>
New buzzword actually. They're ideally PCs that have a small form
factor and can be connected to a large display or HDTV to provide
entertainment capabilities (apart from the usual stuff).

> actually i am looking for a low cost / low power regular computing
> solution. The problems with netbooks are that they over time will get
> tiring , if some one wants to use it for a few hours a day.
>
> My understanding it that these desktop pc's are both low cost and low
> power but still retain the capability of pretty impressive computing -
> office apps, multimedia etc, apart from net connectivity.
>
> But the specs don't mention what is missing - say does it have an
> optical drive or not etc. Nor the power configuration - it would be
> ideal and amzing if it could run of 12 volt DC
>
Not sure about whether it could run on 12V, but the idle power usage
on Atom boards is in the range of 50 W or so.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=48431&highlight=atom



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> ram
>
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