[mythtv-users] Looking for a Mini Mac/AOpen mini PC replacement

[R. G. Newbury]

David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Oct 19, 2007, at 1:15 PM, Chris Ribe wrote:
>> Just a nit to pick here, but I see this myth floated out there a  
>> lot.  A mac mini is not silent.  It is extremely quiet under light  
>> load, but it sounds like a jet aircraft when its fan starts going.
>>
>> Additionally, most of its quietness comes from the fact that it  
>> isn't nearly as small as advertised.  It doesn't have an internal  
>> power supply, but an external power brick that is half the size of  
>> the computer!
> 
> It's not inaccurate to think of a Mini as a laptop, sans display and  
> keyboard, mashed into a vaguely cubical shape.
> 
> It has most of the tradeoffs a laptop does -- it's small and has low  
> power consumption, but it also has a slow hard disk and not much  
> upgrade potential.  And yeah, it needs an external power brick, just  
> like a laptop.  (The external brick for my VIA miniITX system is  
> huge, too.)
> 
> Anyone remember the Toshiba laptops that had the power supply built  
> in, so you just plugged a 120V power cord right into the laptop?  I  
> miss that sometimes.

Oh yeah.... my Toshiba T5100 weighed 15 pounds, and had a monocheom 
orange plasma screen with the astounding resolution of 640 by 480....
Yeah, I miss that...with every bullet.

Geoff



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