[geeks] Shuttle announces plain-Jane "cube" PC

[Joshua Boyd]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 11:34:49PM -0600, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> THere wil be two versions, the "complete" system for $199 (with Celeron CPU, 
> 945GC chipset, 512 Meg RAM and 60+ Gig HD) or $99 bare (no RAM, CPU or HD)...
> 
> http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9847365-7.html?tag=nefd.only
> 
> My 4 year-old needs a new PC, her Via 800 MHz just isn't up to simple tasks, 
> like ripping an audio CD into iTunes (it ripped at 0.6x speed). I
> built it on  an Asus barebones system (no RAM, HD, included CD-ROM and
> CPU) I got for under  $60 a year or so ago, but I think it's time for
> an upgrade, and this would be nice (except for the lack of an optical
> drive, how to get Putt-Putt Saves the  Zoo or Hello Kitty onto it for
> her...). 

USB drive?