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Tom Potts wrote: > On Wednesday 08 August 2007 19:17, Bill wrote: >> The mini-itx solution is a good one for someone who might want to expand >> beyond just using the always on machine to receive torrents. >> >> There is enough power in even the fanless mini-itx to do great tv >> capture via a win-pvr ( mpeg2 hardware encoder ) capture devices and >> playback simultaneously. You have audio out for podcast playback to say >> your hi-fi. It is even ok as a secondary desktop pc, which can be useful >> if you use IMAP for email and need to check your inbox quickly without >> starting up your main pc. >> >> And if you want to go crazy, get a Nokia n770 or n800 as a remote control! >> >> Bill >> >> p.s. If power/cooling is a major concern, get a laptop drive. > Thanks for all you help everyone. > Suffering from serious mission creep here. I've only got 512k ADSL so off web > storage is a no-no for anything useful. > I do like the idea of one of these here mini-ITX - probably Via cpu and maybe > with a TV card and ..... > The really hard bit seems to be finding a case that is 'low profile' > stylewise!! > Tom te tom te tom > > The MiniITX.com store has some nice cases, seem a bit steep in price though. I guess that's because MiniITX isn't as widely sold as ATX? I'm sure I read somewhere that you can get MiniITX boards that will take the AMD AM2 and Intel S775 chips too. Just imagine, dual core (and even maybe quad core) processing in a small tiny box :-) Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html