[geeks] New Intel Atom-based barebones system

[Lionel Peterson]

On Aug 15, 2008, at 6:23 PM, Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>  
wrote:

> On Aug 15, 2008, at 00:01 , Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> For about $140 you can get an MSI barebones system based on the  
>> new, Intel Atom
>> CPU - it can take one Optical and one hard drive. It has a power- 
>> brick and
>> Gigabit Ethernet...
>
> Is the Intel Atom 64-bit?

Yes - all the Intel miniITX boards a/CPU are 64 bit.

> One thing I could use is a 64-bit PC system, very small, for doing  
> development work where I don't want to or cannot fire up a larger  
> machine.
>
> It must have a serial port, since a lot of my work involves things  
> like LCD displays.
>
> I've been looking for a small and fast 64-bit system for awhile,  
> something the size of a Teak 3011 would be awesome.

The Intel Atom MB may be suitable for your application. It has decent  
video, accepts 2 Gig of RAM, and has 2 SATA and 1 IDE port, as well as  
a serial port.

Lionel