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Re: [LUG] Low powered SMALL linux box for £99

 

Rob Beard wrote:
> Just been reading The Register about a new MSI Mini-ITX based PC that 
> that's being released for about £235.  Reading through the comments, 
> someone posted this...
>
> http://www.viglen.co.uk/viglen/Products_Services/Product_Range/Product_file.aspx?eCode=XUBUMBCL&Type_Info=Description&Type=Desktops&GUID=22166764417
>
> I think this might be exactly what a fair few of us are looking for.  It 
> doesn't say exacly what spec it is but it does have a 40GB hard drive, 4 
> x USB2 ports and it comes preinstalled with Xubuntu.  I can only assume 
> it has something like an AMD Geode or VIA C7 CPU in there.
>
> Still for £99 it's a really good price and would make a lovely little 
> Linux box that as show on the site can be mounted on the back of a TFT 
> monitor.
>
> Rob
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Isn't this the same box(rebadged?) as the earlier LINTOP post? 
(5/7/08)-  http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html - if not,  it 
looks remarkably similar

Dave

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