Jack PC
 

http://www.chippc.com/thin-clients/jack-pc/



not exactly a competitor, but seems fun.

anyone knows anything about this? is it good and/or usable? can you put linux on it?

Re: Jack PC
 

We have a pair of thin clients here at the office, used for server diagnostics.

AFAIK, it can only be used as a client for a Terminal or Citrix server.

Re: Jack PC
 

I think you'd be better off with a Linutop. A bit bigger, but it's a full-on pc.

Re: Jack PC
 

cool. Linutop looks hella awesome.

i just randomly came across Jack PC and was surprised by that thing.

i guess nowadays, the possibilities are limitless.

Re: Jack PC
 

Thats very expensive. your better off with a mini-itx.

http://www.mini-itx.com/

Re: Jack PC
 

mini-itx is also around $400 without memory and HDD. and out of stock.

thanks for the ideas, is there any other similar products?

Re: Jack PC
 

Nice. There's also the Fit-PC. It uses a similar AMD Geode, costs less (for US folks), and includes a 40GB hard disk, but is a little bigger.

But if cost is important, check out the DecTOP. $99USD. Less capable than the Fit-PC, but still an x86 Linux machine.

-steve

Re: Jack PC
 

thanks for the ideas. i'm really itching to get something like this now, but most of them are kinda hard to get.

i've been googling these things non stop for 2 days. anyone has any direct experience?

so far dectop (with weird negative comment from this month about no delivery of the product) and Norhtec (seems hard to get) look affordable enough to play around with...

Re: Jack PC
 

arg. all of them are so hard to get... "print it, and fax it" - i don't have a fax to fax CC info around, also at $350+

seems like most of those tiny PCs are geared (appropriately) toward large orders for companies looking for computing solutions...

Re: Jack PC
 

lol, it has more ports than a Macbook Air.