Re: Re: [OT] VIA's Mobile ITX board

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

certainly power heat & noise (& reliability) were big factors
for
us ... more than speed ... 'though we did seriously look at going for
an Xserve ...

Chris


On 16 Jun 2007, at 11:04, Paul Bendall wrote:

> Kinda of agree and disagree. VIA produce very low power consuming
> CPU's
> which are ideal for Node0 which is on 24x7 in a residential house. For
> me CPU power is not essential, although a 2GHz version would be nice.
> Power, noise and heat are my main concerns.
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> However, 1GB of RAM is low these days if you are trying to run more
> than a few applications, a 2GB or preferably 4GB version would be much
> better.
>
> Finally, I haven't even heard of any rumours of 64bit version of the
> boards which for me is an issue as MS products are now starting to
> ship
> 64bit only (I am aware not everyone will need 64bit)
>
> Paul
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Andy Davies" <dajdavies@...>
wrote:
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>> I'd agree, if people want form factors smaller than ITX, there are
> plenty of
>> options in the embedded market - 3.5", EBX, PC/104 etc.
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>> I wonder how much the smaller form factors are distracting them.
Take
> the
>> VIA EPIA EX15000G, on paper looks like a nice board for a media
pc,
> DVI out,
>> phono sockets for audio etc., but form the reviews it doesn't seem
to
> have
>> enough oomph to vide well. Surely they'd have been better building
> the board
>> with an Intel or AMD CPU instead.
>>
>> Andy
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