Comments on: A brief tour of small PCs

CNET runs down the small-form-factor PCs it has reviewed in recent or not so recent memory.

[FunEee]

If the KPC K-4500 comes with Linux, wouldn't it already come pre-configured to work with it? Why would someone need to look for hardware drivers for it?

[Scopip]

please elaborate on "cloud computing" and how it relates to atom based pc's ?

[marsilies]

@ Scopip:
"Cloud computing" is in reference to the CherryPal PC, mentioned at the very top of the article, which forgoes local storage and apps in favor of remote storage and apps accessible via the internet. It allows the PC to be little more than a terminal, and thus the PC doesn't need much horsepower.

@ FunEee:
Even though the PC may come with all of its hardware pre-configured, the end user will still have to get drivers for any additional hardware they add to it, internal or external, like say a printer.

Other, upcoming small PCs include the Fit-PC Slim, which is ridiculously small, and the Shuttle X27, currently only available as barebones.