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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: BigJules on July 17, 2013, 02:49:22 PM
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Imagine what you could do with this little beaut in your car or camper. This is real computing versatility at a great price.
http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/15/new-computer-is-the-size-of-a-pack-of-index-cards-costs-100/ (http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/15/new-computer-is-the-size-of-a-pack-of-index-cards-costs-100/)
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Be great to even have it mounted in the car at that price baragin
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Hi Big Jules
Any chance you could put a picture of that in the thread, as I cannot use links, somehing to do with the child protection program I have on the computer, and I will not remove that program.
Regards
Tjupurula
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New computer is the size of a pack of index cards, costs $100
CompuLab, an Israeli maker of embedded computing products, has announced a tiny, bare-bones computer called the Utilite that will sell for $99 and up.
It’s just 5.3 inches by 3.9 inches by 0.8 inches, which means it is just slightly larger than a pack of 100 index cards. Yet inside it has a powerful Freescale i.MX6 system-on-a-chip, with an ARM Cortex A9 processor at its heart, with one, two, or four cores. The device will have up to 4GB of RAM and can contain a hard drive with up to 512GB plus a microSD card with up to 128GB of storage.
Now the “up to” phrasing: That comes from the company’s spec sheet, which is vague on what the minimums will be, or what the device will cost at various configurations. All we know is that the (undefined) minimum configuration will cost about $100. It will run Linux or Android.
What’s not so vague: CompuLab has packed a lot of I/O capabilities into a tiny, elegant-looking box, including two Gigabit Ethernet ports, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi b/g/n, four USB 2.0 ports, stereo line-in and line-out, and HDMI and DVI-D ports for your display. Its draws just 3 watts to 8 watts of power. In short, this is pretty much everything you’d need in a desktop computer in a space about one third the size of its keyboard.
For the promised price, however, you could buy four Raspberry Pi computers — but remember that the Raspberry Pi is very bare-bones and doesn’t even include a case, so with the Utilite you’re paying for the packaging.
Still, it looks like this could be an economical and convenient way to stick a computer anywhere you might need one: under your dashboard, in your backpack, next to your TV, or in a kitchen cabinet.
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Thanks KB. Now I can wairt for the daughter to come and translate a lot of that for me ir get one of the grandkids to star googling like crazy to interpret, but I do appreciate the explanation and picture.
Tjupurula
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Looks like a great upgrade to my raspberry pi.
As good as it is, remember it is using an ARM processor, so won't be able to run windows or heaven forbid Mac OS. Linux doesn't suit everyone so Android is probably the only thing most people would want to run on it.
Having said that, you get a lot of interfaces as well as expandability for memory and storage. Not much detail on how it is powered - 12V? 5V?
I can see a lot of people making MAME machines with these things (as they have been with the raspberry pi), as well as embedded applications. Can't see too many using them as thin clients though due to having to use linux.
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Thanks Symon, now I definitely have to find a translator, and a dictionary.
Tjupurula
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TJ don't have to know much more than it works , at that price when it dosent its then a wheel choc for the CT :cheers:
l glaze over when the guts are described on computers ;D
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You are not alone TJ.
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I just looked at the title and saw the word cards i thort great time for a game of online snap
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$100...!!! Bit pricey.
Id want to see more for your money. $100 for the size of a pack of cards? ....