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And where do the tigtening screws go? And why aren't all components the same size? Are the components going to fly out when I trip over the CAT-5 cables? How is everything cooled? Where's the 350W power supply? Where do you plug the monitor in? Damn!]]>Feb 23rd 2006 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 23rd 2006 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 23rd 2006 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Convergent Technologies pioneered that concept in the middle 1980s with our? NGEN line of machines. CPU unit, one or more Hard Drive units, Phone line units, graphics cards, etc. all connected side to side, and snapped together in whatever config you wanted (provided it was less than 36" wide). ]]>Feb 23rd 2006 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
Look at the far left of the picture. That block is outside of the "shelf". My guess is that's the power supply. As for the moniter, either it plugs in there or in to the back of one of the modules as it says you can swap out the graphics. Cooling I would guess is handeled by the "open air" aspect of the modules.]]>Feb 23rd 2006 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 23rd 2006 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/]]>Feb 23rd 2006 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
Ah, anyways, "as of yet" is telling, as this thing isn't being released any time soon (if ever).]]>Feb 23rd 2006 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 23rd 2006 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 23rd 2006 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 23rd 2006 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
Agreed. First thing I thought of when I saw this was of a GE Fanuc PLC with it's racks for expansion.]]>Feb 23rd 2006 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
true, but they said the lamborghini laptop, not the ferrari...]]>Feb 23rd 2006 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 23rd 2006 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/and not Ferrari.

By the way everyone that's dissing this has absolutely no right to do so, especialy since this product, if it even becomes a product, will feature a "bit" different technology than what we use today.]]>Feb 23rd 2006 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
Hmmm, I am going to start filling patents on designer "book ends" that will keep the modules from tipping over. :)

#1 How to be poor. It appears that the fixed box to the left of the unit is the power supply.

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http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/06/ibm-announces-630-mbit-second-millimeter-wave-chipset/

I'm sure it could work.]]>Feb 23rd 2006 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 23rd 2006 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
Apple came up with the concept in November 1984 with their Jonathan Computer Concept. It was scrapped by June 1985 - only 7 months later. This won't see the light of day.]]>Feb 23rd 2006 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 23rd 2006 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
damn you.]]>Feb 23rd 2006 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 23rd 2006 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 23rd 2006 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 24th 2006 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 24th 2006 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
The design is wireless, that means no CAT5e. The monitor does not need a cable; it will revieve it's signal wirelessly from the PC similarly to the way a TV gets it's picture from the air. There is no PSU because it revieves it's power through induction.

Should you some how need to bridge an old cat5 infrastructure then a little wireless reciever will pick up and transmit to and from the pc with no need for wires attached. Think of a Cordless phone attached to the 100 year old telephone networks that are still around today.

Googer
Forums.anantech.com]]>Feb 24th 2006 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
Make the shelf smaller/shorter then maybe this can take off.]]>Feb 24th 2006 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 24th 2006 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
If computers were like this, non-tech people could upgrade their computers easily, hardware would sell more, and go down in price, we wouldn't be paying $600 for JUST a video card to compete with a $600 console.

It would go on from there, I see it as an avalanche, accumulative. At any rate, it would be a good thing I think. Would be nice if it actually ever happened.]]>Feb 24th 2006 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
It does make me wonder what the software side of things will be like now that we'd have to worry about the hard drive's wireless signal.]]>Feb 24th 2006 3:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 24th 2006 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
"The article it links to mentions that a hard drive could be used for an mp3 player also. How awesome would it be to have two drives one for the OS and one for music/videos then you could just grab it and go, sync'd and charged, it would need a screen but think about it..."

Errr... that's called "iPod". It even has a screen ;)]]>Feb 24th 2006 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 24th 2006 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/
the concept of the competition was to rethink the computer experience.

it's all about crazy getting ideas out to help keep things fresh and forward looking - much like they do with car prototypes you see at shows

and it really doesn't matter if someone's had the idea before, some of the best ideas have been reused ones]]>Feb 24th 2006 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 24th 2006 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 24th 2006 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://frankitodesign.com/portfolio.htm it's on screen 3. ]]>Feb 24th 2006 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 24th 2006 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/asus-shows-modular-concept-pc/Feb 25th 2006 9:23AM