Comments on: Shuttle's $199 Linux PC

The open-source computer, available toward the end of the quarter, is inexpensive and actually looks good.

[Andy kaufman]

It sure beats the Mac Mini

in price.

[whoperson]

But what about features?

I just took a quick look and I couldn't find details on what ports, etc
this thing has. Does anyone have a link?

[adachan]

mac mini is dead

The mac mini is not a viable computer. Ubuntu with compiz even looks sweeter....

[Muffiness]

The size

I wonder how big it is.

[jscott418]

Hardly beats Mac Mini

Mac Mini has Core 2 Duo not a Celeron! Yes, it will run Linux and
that's about it. It's sounds like a great little internet surfer. But
don't compare it to a Current Mac Mini.

[gfolkert]

We aren't talking $599 to start...

For this machine either are we?

FYI I own a 24" iMac, just purchased for Christmas, I have G4 MacBook, and a G5 Mac Pro...

So, please try not to be such an Apple FanBoi.

I still use Linux for my everyday machine as my habits would really have to change if I used them and it would cost me tons of proficiency for weeks. Giving me no discernible gain in the end.

[GNUoob]

Total price

I agree with gfolkert

if you look at the base line products and what you get for the money, it blows the mini away.

199$ + free ubuntu/programs = hell of a deal
599$ + some programs = not that cost effective

[montex66]

ORLY?? Dead you say?

I must have been imagining it when I went to the Apple store
last month and bought a bran-spankin-new Mac Mini. And that
pair of 1GB Ram chips I put in must have been a dream. Hey,
that SATA 250GB hard drive upgrade for the Mini on my credit
card - is that unreal, too?

Since my new Mac Mini is dead, I supposed I'll have to erase
Leopard and Windows XP from it and unhook it from my 42"
Sony Plasma HDTV. After all, it's dead so it can't be used for
anything anymore.

<sarcasm. just before dinner, too!>

[GNUoob]

The size is about

6 inches by 5 inches on the face and probably 10 inches deep

I bought a Shuttle some years ago and it was roughly those dimensions as well. You can see the lights on the face of the device and they are similar to my older shuttle.

[Mam00th]

Why 512mb of ram?

Why is there only 512 mb of ram... 2gigs only cost 30$ to 50$...

[amadensor]

Because that is all you need

I am running with a 1.8Ghz processor, and 512 M of RAM. I run audio and video editing as well as database and application development on the machine. It is just fine. I also run a full fledged desktop (KDE) not one of the light ones. I am also running current software, not old stuff (Debian Etch).

I have 30-40 applications running at once (virtual desktops are my friend) and use the heavy applications like Google Earth regularly.

I would upgrade the RAM, but it rarely if ever slows for swap, so I didn't bother to drive over to the store to get it. The machine is noticeably more responsive than my work machine, which is a 3Ghz machine with 2G of RAM running Windows XP.

So, to answer your question of why only 512: Because it is enough for anything you may want to do.

[smldjr]

Why 512mb of ram?

Probably because that's all you need for linux!

[tony3tlh]

should look at Koolu as well

The Koolu folks have a low power Linux box at the same price,
designed to be quiet, very efficient.

[smldjr]

should look at Koolu as well

Never heard of Koolu, I'll check it out. Thanks!

[masinick]

This should be interesting!

The system and specs are nothing particularly exciting, but the price and the appearance could be compelling. Anyone know how well these are selling or anticipated sales?

[mattdavis123]

I am unaware of any netbook with the CPU horsepower and disk storage space for you to do use CS3 all day on, so your point is kinda moot.

Netbooks do not replace whatever gigantic desktop PC you are chained to work in Photoshop on, the same way you won't see netbooks replace those giant mixing boards in televisions studios.

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[geneven]

I have the Shuttle k45 and it's a great computer for the size and price. It will take 3 gigs of memory, even though its docs say 2. It doesn't work with Win 7 yet, apparently because a Lan driver is needed for the on-board lan. But it makes a great Linux computer and also worked fine with XP.

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