[Hrgeeks] Thin PCs

[Tino Dai]

One thing. If it is in the kitchen, it probably needs to be waterproof or at
the
very minimal water resistance. I thinking from the hip, and maybe an older
toughbook with a either Ubuntu's netbook remix or Xbuntu.

Just a thought,
Tino


On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:37 PM, John Bos <jbos at pobox.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:25 AM, derez <derez at packetforge.net> wrote:
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>> 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
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