[Hrgeeks] Thin PCs

[Joel Kirch]

Andrew,

Have you seen this:

http://www.studio-lights.com/blog/iphone-inspired-kitchen-touchscreen-computer.htm

Joel

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Andrew Jaswa <ajaswa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>
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> 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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