On Wed Dec 8 22:14:45 EST 2010, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote:
> > if you want to go for a cheap atom, i think
> > you can beat that price.
>
> Yes, but two weeks later you can't get the same device anymore, even
> though the successor, incompatible in fifteen different ways, is 2 USD
> cheaper. And all of it is buggy in some fashion or other. And VGA is
> its own reward.
that's simply not true. i wouldn't recommend bad solutions.
i use this motherboard
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/945/X7SLA.cfm?typ=H
and this motherboard
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPE.cfm?typ=H
they're not cheep. but with a $100 chassis+power supply, you have a $230-260
computer that's pretty fast (especially compared to a gumstix) and will Just
work
with 9atom. the first motherboard is completely fanless. these motherboards
have been around for more than a year, and they're listed as "embedded", which
means long support life.
i'm sure there are better and cheeper motherboards out there. i stopped looking
when i found one that worked well.
- erik
