[geeks] New small Intel Board

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Jun 6, 2008, at 12:51 , nate at portents.com wrote:

>> Random thought - I wonder if the "hacked" Mac OS X will run on  
>> it? ;^)
>
> Reports have been that on the KPC the Kalyway 10.5.2 DVD ISO  
> installs fine.
>
>> Hyper-threading
>
> Atom does have hyperthreading (just as Nehalem will).
>
>>> I really wanted to use my old Games PC as a media center, does  
>>> anyone
>>> think this thing would struggle with HD video?
>
> I'm sure it would struggle with HD video (it is only a 5W CPU).  It  
> makes
> more sense for me to use Atom for pfSense than for me to use a KPC,
> especially since a KPC has a chance of doing HD, and Atom uses a lot  
> less
> power (good thing for a 24/7 system).

The Atom is sounding like a good candidate for my DNS/proxy server.  I  
want something that does only a few simple services, always on, so I  
have some freedom with my larger server.

The KPC does look neat, but the Atom seems fast enough for a lot of  
common server duty and wins on power usage.

Very interesting stuff coming out.

Maybe if small servers become really popular, maybe, they'll even  
start thinking about real console support...

Either that, or how about some dirt-cheap OLED screen and keyboard  
combos, super light and small for PC servers, maybe even mount them on  
the machine.

-- 
Shannon Hendrix
shannon at widomaker.com