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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:27:44 -0500
From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] compact form server
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On Mon Mar 20 13:05:30 EST 2006, 9nut@9netics.com wrote:
> ...
> no, it's the other way round.  i want a very small server.  it needs
> to have the same cpu/storage/memory config as the typical laptop, but
> doesn't need the display or the keyboard.  it would be sufficiently
> small to have a black box the size of a laptop but smaller thickness
> (because no display or keyboard)

Ron knows more about the very small space then I do, but it sounds like
you want more processing power than that. I doubt you will find a box
that is thinner than a laptop, there's no market for that I can think of.
The smallest you are likely to find is something that takes a Mini-ITX
form-factor board (or even Nano-ITX) and they will be more 'box' shaped
than 'slab' shaped. In those form factors your processor options range
from the Via Eden chips (slower but can be run fanless) up to the Intel
Pentium-M (laptop chip) and the equivalent AMD (Sempron/Turion). You'll
also have to consider the peripheral mix and power supply you want (some
of these boards can be run off an external laptop-style power supply).

mini-itx.com and mini-box.com (used to be ituner.com) should give you
something to go on.

--jim