Alternative to a Pogoplug

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 10:14 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 02/29/2012 09:52 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> > On 29/02/12 09:24, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> >> On 02/29/2012 04:42 AM, mike cloaked wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Robert 
> >>> Moskowitz<rgm at htt-consult.com>  wrote:
> >>>> On 02/28/2012 03:04 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> >>>>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:52:23 -0500
> >>>>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Any recommendations?
> >>>>> newegg.com has a "bookshelf computers" category I was
> >>>>> glancing at the other day. Perhaps one of them
> >>>>> would be good?
> >>>>
> >>>> Pricey.  The cheapest is $85 and it seems to be just the system 
> >>>> with no
> >>>> memory.  I MIGHT have memory here from a system that smoked, but I 
> >>>> can't
> >>>> tell...
> >>> I don't know where you have been looking for prices but in one of the
> >>> UK supplier's web pages it is offered as the model B with memory for
> >>> £21.60 which is way less than the $85 that you quoted!
> >>
> >> Are you mixing newegg.com online catalog with Rasberry Pi?
> >>
> >> Here is what I found on newegg...
> >>
> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856501004
> >>
> >>
> >
> >        Do you have to buy the processor separately?
> >
> >            "Other Thoughts: Very easy to assemble this system, even
> >            though it is very tight. Solid build quality and lot of
> >            though went into the design. I like the custom heatsink. The
> >            system runs cool, but the fans make some clicking sound, I
> >            may need to talk to the support on that.
> >
> >            Overall a good buy if you have one of those old core i3
> >            clarkdale CPUs lying around."
> >
> >        Bob
> 
> Oh, I missed that one!  Seems like this is a REALLY barebones box!
> 
> I understand the goals of pogoplug and Raspberry Pi and their use of ARM 
> processors and little memory.
> 
> But I want things that are a bit more common and not needing special 
> compiling and the like.  Therefore Intel type architecture and 1Gb 
> memory.  So I do not expect to find this for $50, other than used and 
> then it won't be low power.

http://www.fxitech.com/products/

$200, Linux or Android, looks like a pendrive.

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