[Hrgeeks] Thin PCs

[derez]

On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 18:19 -0700, Andrew Jaswa wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> 
> I'm looking to build/buy a computer to use in my kitchen, mainly for
> pulling up recipes from websites. All I need is a small footprint,
> wireless, fanless, hardware ability to drive a LCD touch screen. I'm
> thinking about a small linux distro or trying out Android. I don't
> really need storage but a couple of gigs of flash strange would be
> handy to put the OS and a couple of other things on.
> 
> I'm currently looking at the gumstix packages and the chippc.com thin clients.
> 
> Has anyone had any experience with Thin PCs and could give some
> recommendations? I know there are a few other companies out there that
> make similar products, but I can't seem to find them...
> 

I love the gumstix (used them for several projects since 2003).. a
friend got one of the newer ~4" touchscreen and will probably be getting
one soon. but the downside is they are ARM so that can be challenging
depending on your experience. Unless you need their size for like a
handheld device there are many more economical x86 models that are just
not as small.. would be interested to hear what you chose..

~d