Huh.. I hadn't thought about using a netbook. It looks like the 1201N
idles at 14 watts, though, which is pretty darn good.
Thanks for the link to MitxPC. I had mostly been checking out
http://mini-box.com, since so many people link to them... but MitxPC
might have a better selection.
On 10/5/10 9:18 PM, JD Austin wrote:
I found this a few minutes ago; complete mini-itx system for $300-$400
http://www.mitxpc.com <http://www.mitxpc.com/>
Cool idea turning netbook into media center computer ;)
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 21:01, AZ RUNE <arizona.r...@gmail.com
<mailto:arizona.r...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I use a modified ASUS 1201N netbook running the N330 Atom Dual Core
and the nVidia Ion graphics.
I modified it to run with 4GB RAM and a 640HDD
It has become my mobile mini-entertainment server. I have it
partitioned with dual boot Ubuntu and Mythbuntu 10.04
When I go home I plug it in to a 42" HD TV and I have it grab my TV
via USB adapter, I can play Wow at 24 fps 1080p on the big screen
and while a movie is playing I can still get stuff done using
Twinview and terminal on the the netbook (love HDMI output).
It also has VGA output and I have used it to save my boss for
presentations at work. While doing the presentation I showed how to
do a basic dualboot installation in Virtual Box so others could
follow along. My company is in the process of migrating to Linux so
everyone had to learn to dual boot.
It is 3.5 pounds and I get 3 hours battery life on gaming or HD tv
watching, streaming to my girlfriends work via https website so she
can watch Gordon Ramsey shows recorded on the Mythbuntu side of the
dual boot.
I get just over 4 hours on the intel graphics if I switch it in the
BIOS. I normally leave it on nVidia though. I also run crossover
from codeweavers to run silverlight and use IE to watch netflix in
Ubuntu.
It is a trooper of a machine while I am looking at a quad core for
some specific tasks this machine has allowed me to be very versatile
at work and home in tackling technology issues in day-to-day stuff.
Hope this helps your decision,
Now the question is at what level to settle on. There's
the SheevaPlug
(and similar) that use up about 10 watts but need more
storage and can't
really handle any notable processing. Moving up a
notch, you can get a
N270 Atom mini-itx system that also hovers between 10-15
watts but is a
bit faster and will typically have a much larger (up to
1 TB) hard
drive. Then you can move up to an NVIDIA ION system
with a dual-core
Atom and now we're maybe in the 30 watt range but this
can handle HD
output, if necessary.
Decisions, decisions. That's why I was kind of hoping
that some local
folks would have used some of these systems and could
comment on how
well they work for them.
--
Brian Fields
arizona.r...@gmail.com <mailto:arizona.r...@gmail.com>
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