On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, Adam J. Farrell wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Pete Theisen <petetheisen@verizon.net> wrote:
>> Eben King wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, Eben King wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would like a silent computer, running some flavor of *nix, and
>>>> communicating wirelessly. I had an aquarium computer for a few days, until
>>>> it developed a crack and dumped half its contents on the floor a few days
>>>> ago. What a mess. Anyhow, I'm open to any suggestions, especially ones
>>>> that are low cost and/or don't look like computers (but wouldn't look out of
>>>> place in a bedroom). My friend has one of these:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.techchee.com/2009/05/18/compulabs-fit-pc2-worlds-smallest-pc/
>>>>
>>>> but at $300 it'll have to wait a while. So, what do y'all recommend?
>>>
>>> I forgot to say: it doesn't need to be very powerful. Its main job is
>>> playing MP3s, and a P1@75 or PPC601@66 can do that.
>>
>> Perhaps wife or gf has an MP3 player? Or, maybe your *own* MP3 player?
>>
>> I got one at Christmas time for $12 and tax. I guess an MP3 player is a
>> computer of sorts.
>>
>> Using a real computer in bed is insomniac anyway.
> I've always been a fan of the Apple G4 Cube... although with a
> standard harddrive they're not completely silent.
>
> You could throw in a SSD and accomplish virtual silence with them,
> though, as they're fanless.
>
> Plus, well, they're incredibly aesthetically pleasing IMHO. :)
Sounds cool. Can you ssh to them and control/display the MP3 player
remotely? If MacOS doesn't do that, how about installing Linux on one?
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