Computer in the kitchen?

[MadImmortalMan]

Here you go:

http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-m11x/pd?cs=19

[Barrister]

For the same price as the Mac Mini, you can get a fantastic netbook that's just as powerful or more and not have to buy a monitor.




Edit: I bought a Mini for the office to do some testing with OSx and active directory integration---fyi, you can't use a svga monitor with it. Has to be HDMI or DVI with an adapter.

We have a nice 19" monitor.  I'll double check, but pretty sure it'll take DVI.

[derspiess]

-an Atom (with Ion) based system.  Very cheap, but have to do some DIY that I'm not sure I want to, plus I'm not confidernt at how good a Atom processor would be.

The things you're going to use it for won't require much more than an Atom processor.  They don't have the pure horsepower of an i3/i5/i7, but an Atom-based nettop is going to be dual core, hyperthreaded (so 4 threads there).  It's a lot more robust than the single core Atom processors they put in the 1st generation of netbooks.

[Barrister]

I've been looking at getting a mini ITX case and actually building a small i3 computer.  It seems doable, and at a cheap price.

How good are Sandy Bridge integrated graphics?

[Barrister]

You know when you build an expensive computer the price of Windows really isn't that noticeable.

But when you're on a budget, having Windows eat up almost a quarter of the overall price really hurts.

[MadImmortalMan]

Insert obvious open-source answer.

[Barrister]

Insert obvious open-source answer.

Go back to first page.

Must Run iTunes.

[Grey Fox]

Rythmbox(comes in Ubuntu) is a lot like Itunes.

but you can load up Wine & then get Itunes.

[Barrister]

Rythmbox(comes in Ubuntu) is a lot like Itunes.

but you can load up Wine & then get Itunes.

Computer is just as much for my wife.  She won't last more than 2 seconds on ubuntu.

[Norgy]

How good are Sandy Bridge integrated graphics?

Very low-end, but capable of HD graphics, apparently. Not for the gamer, but good enough for your average film viewing pleasure.

[Grey Fox]

Rythmbox(comes in Ubuntu) is a lot like Itunes.

but you can load up Wine & then get Itunes.

Computer is just as much for my wife.  She won't last more than 2 seconds on ubuntu.

Don't be crazy. If she can use MAC OS, she can use Ubuntu. Damn things are almost identical.