Anyone else excited about Via's ITX standard?

spazntwich1

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The link to the info on it is HERE

Think about it:

The motherboard has sound, LAN, and video integrated so it will be incredibly cheap. The reference mobo's total size is ~8.5"x7.5", so it's incredibly compact. A C3 cpu, which is what anyone would probably put in one of these, can be run with a passive heatsink, and the PSU recommended is a fanless 50w unit, so it'll be incredibly quiet.

Hell, you could boot this off a network, and it'd be TOTALLY silent! This thing won't have alot of performance, but I it would make a cheap web surfer/word processor.

I, for one, am more excited by it's possibility for novel purposes. What's that? Putting an ITX computer in a tiny/unusual case! Can you say "NES Case" or "4 full computer's in 1 full size case?

The only problem is waiting until mobo manufacturer's actually make some ITX mobos... :(
 

neuralfx

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ya it does have some possibilities, as the design is now, it has an acr slow for lan .. not integrated .. it would make sense for it to use integrated lan .. in my opinion ..
-neural
 

MadRat

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Why NOT use integrated boxes like this and TERMINAL SERVICES? Hark, its the death of the LAN Admin..........