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Comment on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (AMD64) First Impressions, Boot Time by infideannolve

infideannolve — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:47:03 +0000

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Comment on Fanless Small Network Server with Dual NIC and Low Power Intel Atom Processor by Martin Muckle

Martin Muckle — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:12:55 +0000

Is this the kind of thing I would need to run a small (10-12 machine) network in a school computer lab? Can you supply all the parts needed (I have solar panels and batteries) to set up a networked lab?

Thanks

Comment on Aleutia E3 Discontinued: eBox-4310, eBox-3310 (eBox-3300) or NorhTec Microclient Jr. DX by Martin Muckle

Martin Muckle — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:59:58 +0000

Your products are perfectly suited to my plan of building a computer lab in a rural school in Kenya to teach basic computer skills. Unfortunately I have been unable to make contact with your company by either email or phone. Are you still in operation?

Thanks

Comment on Silent Quad Core AMD Fanless PC: the Continuing Journey of the Aleutia H4 by michael

michael — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:19:55 +0000

Well i think we are instead going with a Core i5 fanless system with better onboard graphics.
Price will be under £500.

Comment on Aleutia H4: Fanless HTPC in Lian Li PC-Q07 Case by michael

michael — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:09:21 +0000

Atom is indeed weak, especially compared to Core i5 and Core i3. Intel have a mini-itx motherboard coming out (still not on their website) that supports Core i5 and we think we can make it fanless in the Lian Li case.

Comment on Fanless Atom D510 Processor in Aleutia D1 and P1 Tomorrow by michael

michael — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:07:52 +0000

Hi Simon,

Certainly works with all flavours of Windows.

We are going to introduce 2GB RAM option as well for lower price – two drive options 40GB and 320GB.

This is mostly an office PC and so storage is on the server – you just need a bit of space for the OS and 40GB is the least expensive we can find. 320GB is meant for customers who just want a general PC.

Comment on KingSpec 32GB SSD Review, Benchmarks by Suffian

Suffian — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:17:12 +0000

I’m about to buy one(or more) of these drives, but cant seem to find any decent review about them.
Bonnie++ benchmark? how would you compare them to other ssd’s in the market?

Comment on Fanless Atom D510 Processor in Aleutia D1 and P1 Tomorrow by Simon Jones

Simon Jones — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:44:36 +0000

Great news about the D1 – I’ll be placing my order shortly. Please could you confirm that the D1 will work with Win XP and Win 7 as well as Ubuntu?

Am I right in thinking that the new D1 still has 4 GB RAM and DVD/RW but has a slightly smaller hard drive than the old model? Is it the same price as before?

Thanks
Simon

Comment on Fanless, Intel Atom 330 PC with DVI, 12V DC Input by Alva Lopez

Alva Lopez — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:27:13 +0000

Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now. Keep it up!
And according to this article, I totally agree with your opinion, but only this time!

Comment on Aleutia H4: Fanless HTPC in Lian Li PC-Q07 Case by antoine

antoine — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:46:35 +0000

Hi,
May I know when Aleutia’s customers will be able to buy a fanless dual-core or quad-core ? I need power and silence, therefore the Atom CPU is too weak.

Thanks in advance.

Comment on Silent Quad Core AMD Fanless PC: the Continuing Journey of the Aleutia H4 by kai

kai — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:51:35 +0000

How much will this H4 (AMD) cost ?

Comment on Broadcom BCM70012 Crystal HD 1080p Decoder in Aleutia PC by michael

michael — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:41:52 +0000

Well, the Ion has been around for longer and is less fiddly in terms of drivers, but the beauty of the Broadcom chip is it only uses 1W. So price and size are smaller and power consumption is better. We’re going to be working more on offering Ubuntu with Broadcom support out of the box but for now it is up to the customer.
The Intel X25-V SSDs we are using are much faster than the Kingston 64GB SSDNow in the H1 and we’ll probably standardize on this as Kingston keeps raising prices and does not have any stock in the UK (the biggest Kingston distributor currently has 1 in stock).

Comment on Broadcom BCM70012 Crystal HD 1080p Decoder in Aleutia PC by DCP

DCP — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:01:15 +0000

So, for a person considering either an fanless single-core H1 or a fanless T1 with a Broadcom chip, the advantage of the T1 is obvious – lower price. What are the advantages of the H1?

The H1 has the SSD and more memory, but does the Ion chipset offer significant advantage over the 945GSE supplemented by the Broadcom hardware decoder? Is it able to play a wider variety of HD content?

Comment on Samsung P2070 EcoFit 20″ 12V LCD – Slim, sleek, and Perfect for Rural Africa? by rscheck

rscheck — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:34:03 +0000

“If you’re applauding Samsung’s use of an external 12V brick for this monitor, I’m surprised. – (It) depends (on) the need … their need is solar (in Africa) — imagine your house without plugs and a bike as a generator or the sun. ”

There is another positive aspect to the external power supply. Nearly all LCD monitors outlive their internal power supplies. Having an external supply means that the poor people can just replace the supply and not the entire monitor!

Comment on Fanless Intel Atom Board (D945GSEJT) to Arrive in Low Profile Aleutia PCs Soon by Deorwine

Deorwine — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:04:36 +0000

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Comment on Aleutia E3 Discontinued: eBox-4310, eBox-3310 (eBox-3300) or NorhTec Microclient Jr. DX by Whey Protein side Effects

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Comment on Use the Samsung U70 or Mimo as Your Primary Monitor in Windows 7 by Fernando

Fernando — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:39:21 +0000

I have a PC with Windows Xp SP3 and I a not able to install U70 on it. Can you say me when to download Xp driver for it? I have only this U70 as display, so what have i to do?
Thank you

Comment on Samsung P2070 EcoFit 20″ 12V LCD – Slim, sleek, and Perfect for Rural Africa? by Vitor Choi

Vitor Choi — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:20:32 +0000

A friend of mine bought this monitor in a sale *without* the power supply. I wonder if anyone out there who also owns the P2070 is kind enough to tell me the polarity of the power connector (negative or positive connector inside) so I can adapt another power supply to her monitor.

Comment on HTPC Blu: Blu-ray Drive, SP/DIF Optical Audio, 4GB RAM, Intel E6300 £399 by Ar

Ar — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:53:05 +0000

I share Yves comment: looking good, i was just about to order it to use as a linux+xbmc box, when I noticed that you didn’t include an IR port and remote.

It’s kind of incredible you omitted a remote in an htpc rig. I guess I will wait a bit for your next model that will surely include remote.

keep us posted

Comment on RAMbo Server: AMD 240e-based Low Power Server with 8-16GB DDR3 RAM by markba

markba — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:21:50 +0000

Nice.

Currently I’m using a T1 as a server, because it’s fanless and energy efficient. Right now, I have no problem with RAM (2 GB) or the processor (1.6 Ghz). But as I will add more and more virtual appliances (VirtualBox), the T1 will not be sufficient anymore, in the near future, so this machine will be welcome.

A few questions:

Is this fanless? Because you mention ‘with a huge heatsink you can go passive’. This would be great.

When will this be available (it is not listed on your product page)?

Comment on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (AMD64) First Impressions, Boot Time by Ricardo Lopes

Ricardo Lopes — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:02:45 +0000

Downloading it right now, can’t wait to get it running

Comment on Samsung P2070 EcoFit 20″ 12V LCD – Slim, sleek, and Perfect for Rural Africa? by mike

mike — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:58:32 +0000

Brilliant review. I did wonder how they could actually make the monitors so thin? now i know.

Comment on Samsung P2070 EcoFit 20″ 12V LCD – Slim, sleek, and Perfect for Rural Africa? by stephane

stephane — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:30:37 +0000

“If you’re applauding Samsung’s use of an external 12V brick for this monitor, I’m surprised.”
Depends the need, their need (solar in Africa) it means imagine your house without plugs and a bike as a generator or the sun. They need a 12V or DC direct input power. Consider it is finished when you have an internal brick because it means it is a AC direct input. So AC direct input is not filling the need. It was a challenge to find external brick. Most of the time, external brick means a DC direct input such as 12VDC. However, nowadays, external bricks are coming back. A come back? Yes at the begining with the frst LCD monitors the power supply units were outside. Today, the art of miniaturization, green power (LED blacklight) mean a slim (design) display. A major constraint exists. What to do with the power supply: protection, AC DC conversion, filter, isolation, etc? It takes space. An idea is to come back to an external brick.
To conclude, you will find a lot of new LCDs displays with external bricks for the reasons explained above. You will be able to integrate it in a solar power unit. Solar cells deliver DC current. DC AC is always possible but cost power. DC (cells)> AC(brick) > DC (display controllers …). Wastes.
The choice is between small display (USB2) low consumption and large display (HDMI DVI). It depends the need.
Best regards,

Comment on Samsung P2070 EcoFit 20″ 12V LCD – Slim, sleek, and Perfect for Rural Africa? by michael

michael — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:15:17 +0000

Wow, actually just read your review. Great job and very thorough! I’ll have to try that calibration on Monday.

Comment on Samsung P2070 EcoFit 20″ 12V LCD – Slim, sleek, and Perfect for Rural Africa? by michael

michael — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:05:32 +0000

Mate, I love the L1940P (and thanks for the link). We have one in the office and are shipping 8 to Zambia for a project. Build quality is awesome and since I’m 6 foot 3, it’s nice that it’s Height Adjustable. It’s just that the Samsung has a 12V DC input so it wouldn’t require an inverter – you could just ditch the brick PSU and plug it straight into your regulated 12V battery.

Unfortunately, once I bought the sample it turns out it uses 25 Watts.

Comment on Samsung P2070 EcoFit 20″ 12V LCD – Slim, sleek, and Perfect for Rural Africa? by mike

mike — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:32:03 +0000

If you’re applauding Samsung’s use of an external 12V brick for this monitor, I’m surprised. Monitors with external power bricks have been around for ages. This monitor is ok, but not really great — see our review: http://www.silentpcreview.com/Samsung_Lenovo_monitors The Lenovo it was compared to is much more sensible, and takes far less power — but it has an internal power supply.

Comment on Cheta Nwanze, a new addition to the Aleutia Team by StephanJade

StephanJade — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:30:25 +0000

Great post you got here. It would be great to read something more about this topic.

Comment on Samsung P2070 EcoFit 20″ 12V LCD – Slim, sleek, and Perfect for Rural Africa? by stephane

stephane — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:10:59 +0000

Hi,
I pointed out the Samsung SyncMaster P2270 in a comment the 8 october 2009 (LGW2286L ticket). The main difference is the resolution. The P2270 is full HD with a native resolution of 1950*1080. The P2070 has a native resolution of 1600*900. There is, also, a P2270P model with a HD TV Tuner integrated. Of course, the price increases. Depending of your needs, I am sure that one of these models should reply positively. It is a serious option for a large diagonal i.e 20″ instead of 8″. The 8″ models have the serious advantage to use 5W (5V 1A) from USB.
About the off grid, the solar panels provide an unregulated voltage. I read you use batteries. Maybe you could post a schematic of your solar installation with batteries, solar panels, regulators, etc…
Bye/

Comment on Fanless, Intel Atom 330 PC with DVI, 12V DC Input by michael

michael — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:37:34 +0000

Well we decided the PCI interface was too mediocre for decent graphics and we’d stick with onboard. The Deluxe H1 is Atom 330 with Nvidia 9400 GPU but has a fan so we’re releasing the H3 with fanless AMD 2.8GHz CPU and Geforce 8200.

Comment on Fanless, Intel Atom 330 PC with DVI, 12V DC Input by greg uile

greg uile — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:44:31 +0000

This news release was 31 January 2009 it is now oct 16 2009 where is the product?