6 Mar
2009
6 Mar
'09
7 p.m.
On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 16:48 +0000, Torben Stones wrote:
Hello Albert,
Have you looked at EfficientPc. The Asgard is the smallest they have and comes install with one of the Ubuntu family of distros.
http://efficientpc.co.uk/desktops/compact/asgard/
It is bigger than the Mac Mini, but it is worth a look at £286 inc vat.
Alternatively if you are handy with a screwdriver you could build something based on the same mainboard yourself, finding all the bits at linitx.com, it may even work out slightly cheaper.
Be aware though that the Atom processor has some limitations (mostly no OoOE) and therefore does not compare clock for clock well with say a core2duo as you would find in a mac mini.