Alternative to a Pogoplug

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 02/29/2012 06:58 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 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.

Impressive.

Out of my budget, though.