[Hrgeeks] Thin PCs

[Andrew Jaswa]

Ahh I guess I didn't explain how I was planning on mounting everything.

So my kitchen has an odd dead space in the corner where the cabinets
meet. Its about 12" D x 12" L x 24" H with an electrical outlet
directly below. Both the stove and sink are a couple of feet away on
each side. I'm considering building a shelf inside that space to put
the computer on or finding one that has a mounting bracket for the
wall. The computer would then be up and away the counter and water
sources. The touch screen would also be mounted in the same area on
some sort of hinged contraption so that it could fold up and out of
the way when not in use.

I'm kinda leaning towards this:
http://www.chippc.com/company/index.asp?p=plugpc and just getting a
USB Wireless NIC and booting off a USB flash drive.

Andrew

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Andrew Jaswa
andrewjaswa.com




On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Tino Dai <oberoc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> Perfect... today only!
>> http://deals.woot.com/sellout
>>
>> Averatec 18.4" All-in-One Desktop with Intel Atom Processor
>>
>> $299.99
>>
>> + $5.00 shipping
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:25 AM, derez <derez at packetforge.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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