After yet another computer blow up, I fingered dust as being an important factor in its death. I needed to switch to a passive system and I asked the YouTube community for help.
Damarious25 came up with the following combinations, which are serious value for money...
UK (amazon)
MB - Intel D525MW dual core with passive cooling
GPU - Nvidia Geforce FX 6200, PCI, DVI
RAM - Kingston ValueRAM 2 GB SODIMM DDR3 (x2)
US (newegg)
MB - JetWay Intel Atom D525 dual core with passive cooling
GPU - SPARKLE GeForce 8400 GS, PCI, DVI
RAM - Crucial 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM (x2)
Team these up with a decent Micro ATX case and you've got a reasonable machine for not much money.
Damorious25's suggestions have another advantage over the Sedatech that I ordered, namely that the Radion card in the Sedatech, shares main memory with the main system RAM; so the suggestions above are probably going to give better performance than the machine that I ordered.
Of course, none of these come with a hard drive, so you're still going to have to think about that. They also don't come with CD/DVD drives either, but if you are one of the increasing number that don't have a real use for a CD/DVD beyond initial installation, then you can always keep a portable unit around for when you do need one.
When you weigh up the total cost of these machines, they're much more cost effective than some full sized desktops, for the average person, let alone laptops.
UK political stupidity knows no bounds
This stupid trial will cost a fortune
They tried it decades ago - it failed - but it seems that they'll keep on pushing until they get their way. Bastards.
They obviously don't realise what this will cost in re-working IT systems worldwide, to cope with this "trial" - the expense will be horriffic and at a time of austerity, it is thick headed and daft beyond belief - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15490249
They tried it decades ago - it failed - but it seems that they'll keep on pushing until they get their way. Bastards.
They obviously don't realise what this will cost in re-working IT systems worldwide, to cope with this "trial" - the expense will be horriffic and at a time of austerity, it is thick headed and daft beyond belief - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15490249
Some IT News
It is finally starting to hit home about teh cross roads of technology, human rights, internet freedoms and government control.
Two reports on speaches from the SVHRC...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/26/michael_posner_at_svhrc/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/25/bob_boorstin_at_svhrc/
...and one on Apple's latest patent ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/25/apple_unlock_patent/
Two reports on speaches from the SVHRC...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/26/michael_posner_at_svhrc/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/25/bob_boorstin_at_svhrc/
...and one on Apple's latest patent ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/25/apple_unlock_patent/
Crystal Ball Gazing
I've been watching things on the side lines lately and I thought I'd do some crystal ball gazing.
Firstly, I forecast that Apple will likely have their five year share rise, reversed in roughly the same period.
Google will also likely face a strong competitor to Android within five years; the community will get fed up with the "closed" way that Google interpret, "open" and things will move off in another direction.
Skype will likely stop supporting Linux now that Microsoft have their hands on it.
Adobe will probably be gone in five years.
If Microsoft manage to really tie motherboard bios chips to specific "trusted" versions of windows, then the world will likely rally against them and that could prove to be a major hit in the bank ballance.
Intel will see their market share reduced to much smaller margins as the ARM chips work their way through the laptop market and in to desktops and entry level corporate servers. The power/performance/cost is just too attractive. Even MS have ported Windows 8 to ARM.
Oracle will likely loose out big style as customers of the Sun systems move to RHEL.
So, we'll look back on this in five years time and see if any of my predictions come to pass. Set your alarm now!
Firstly, I forecast that Apple will likely have their five year share rise, reversed in roughly the same period.
Google will also likely face a strong competitor to Android within five years; the community will get fed up with the "closed" way that Google interpret, "open" and things will move off in another direction.
Skype will likely stop supporting Linux now that Microsoft have their hands on it.
Adobe will probably be gone in five years.
If Microsoft manage to really tie motherboard bios chips to specific "trusted" versions of windows, then the world will likely rally against them and that could prove to be a major hit in the bank ballance.
Intel will see their market share reduced to much smaller margins as the ARM chips work their way through the laptop market and in to desktops and entry level corporate servers. The power/performance/cost is just too attractive. Even MS have ported Windows 8 to ARM.
Oracle will likely loose out big style as customers of the Sun systems move to RHEL.
So, we'll look back on this in five years time and see if any of my predictions come to pass. Set your alarm now!
Todays news that caught my eye
Among todays Register news is a report on a workplace guide to social networking which I'll read ...um ... at home, obviously :-)
It looks like Yahoo is set for a shake up so what that space. Do you, YahooOOOOoooooo......?
E-cars aren't going to be generally affordable for another two decades and on the subject of renewable energies there is grief after a report cited that the cost was unfair to the most poor in society; at a time when energy prices are causing record numbers (in recent decades) to slip in to fuel poverty. Is the government having second thoughts?
On the face of it, then the government is set to replace the already created inter-government GCSX network with ... another network. I'm going to have to read this in more detail.
It looks like Yahoo is set for a shake up so what that space. Do you, YahooOOOOoooooo......?
E-cars aren't going to be generally affordable for another two decades and on the subject of renewable energies there is grief after a report cited that the cost was unfair to the most poor in society; at a time when energy prices are causing record numbers (in recent decades) to slip in to fuel poverty. Is the government having second thoughts?
On the face of it, then the government is set to replace the already created inter-government GCSX network with ... another network. I'm going to have to read this in more detail.
Apple, China, environmentalist and sales.
I don't know what's more shocking, that China HAS environmentalist, or that they're not rotting in some comunist jail - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/01/apple_environment_report/
A big question is whether Apple will really shift this many iPads in short order - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/01/20_million_ipads/ - I'm usually willing to hedge a bet or two on how sales of various tech will go, but in among all the talk of a poor economy against strong sales of Apple, against all the rest of the variables at work here; I couldn't honestly predict whether Apple will shift all these, or whether Apple love has had a byte taken out of it. (Yeh, poor joke there, but I honestly haven't got a clue what is likely to happen. I only know that I won't be forking out for one of these things.)
A big question is whether Apple will really shift this many iPads in short order - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/01/20_million_ipads/ - I'm usually willing to hedge a bet or two on how sales of various tech will go, but in among all the talk of a poor economy against strong sales of Apple, against all the rest of the variables at work here; I couldn't honestly predict whether Apple will shift all these, or whether Apple love has had a byte taken out of it. (Yeh, poor joke there, but I honestly haven't got a clue what is likely to happen. I only know that I won't be forking out for one of these things.)
Some news snippets...
Companies start to reject Apple's 30% cut of their revenue stream - http://www.reghardware.com/2011/08/31/apple_ejects_financial_times_app_from_itunes/ - perhaps Cupertino's grip isn't as tight as they thought.
In other news, China is planning on severely messing with the worlds supply of rare materials - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14455224 - but they have managed to trigger a hunt for alternatives; perhaps shooting themselves in the long term financial foot.
In other news, China is planning on severely messing with the worlds supply of rare materials - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14455224 - but they have managed to trigger a hunt for alternatives; perhaps shooting themselves in the long term financial foot.
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