Replacement computer options/ideas?

[keith smith]

I did not notice any mention of battery life.  I've had a couple of laptops and the battery was the weak link.  Seem to recall the battery dieing within a year or a year and a half.  Have the batteries gotten any better?

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Keith Smith

--- On Tue, 6/8/10, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Replacement computer options/ideas?
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 9:11 AM

The acer revo is about 300-350 at new egg with a Dual core Atom and
2gb of ram, it runs Ubuntu like a champ and has built in wireless low
heat and low power even comes with the Nvidia ION chipset/gpu. and
comes with a mount to attach it to the back of your monitor to the
VESA mounting holes (comes with a cheap little wireless keyboard/mouse
with dongle) but they are decent little machines and very zippy (even
running Win7 or ubuntu)

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 8:46 AM,  <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks again to everyone who responded to this question.
>
> In particular, thanks to Joseph Sinclair for such an excellent explanation
> of the new options that are now available for low-power, low-heat. Sounds
> like *exactly* what I was hoping to find.
>
> Outstanding information.  Many thanks!
>
> Joe
>
>
>> I've been replacing desktop computers for a lot of people with Atom-based
>> nettops running Linux lately.
>> The dual-core Atom chips (original 330, or the new D510) are absolutely
>> wonderful for general day-to-day tasks.
>> They're VERY low power as well, so the system generates less heat overall
>> and runs more quietly (fewer fans running slower, or no fans at all).
>>
>> I recently installed a (slightly older/cheaper) Zotac MAG Atom 330 ION
>> unit with a 160GB magnetic drive ($299 on newegg) for my uncle who lives
>> in a crowded and minimally cooled 1-bd apartment; It's working great
>> fanless hooked to his 23" 1080P HDTV via HDMI (he wanted to be able to use
>> the monitor as a TV most of the time, since he doesn't use the computer
>> much).
>>
>> The newer Zotac ZBox with the D510 chip[1] includes ION2 video for 1080p
>> video support, and a barebones kit is under $250 on newegg[3].  There's
>> also an AMD Neo[2] with Radeon 3200 if you prefer AMD, but I'm not sure
>> where to buy it.
>> Add a 32GB SSD from OCZ[4] ($85) and a single 4GB[5] ($175) or 2GB[6]
>> ($55) DDR2-800 SODIMM, and you're up and running cool-and-quiet for as
>> little as $390 ($515 with 4G RAM, more if you choose a bigger SSD) (Note,
>> the machine only has 1 RAM slot, so only buy a SINGLE stick, not a paired
>> set).
>> The whole system is designed fanless, and works great as long as the room
>> temp stays below 85(F) when it's running (higher is OK when it's off).  If
>> you're using it in an environment hotter than that, you'll need to get a
>> more industrial-class system.
>> Startup is about 90 seconds for Kubuntu 10.04, and around 45 seconds for
>> Xubuntu 10.04; lighter O/S options may be much faster.
>>
>> You'll want a separate external drive or NAS for data storage, the box has
>> lots of USB ports and an e-SATA port for that purpose.
>> A 2TB external USB drive is under $150 most places.
>
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