Cybernet's all-in-one keyboard computers get an upgrade
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted March 24th 2008 10:31AM
posted March 24th 2008 10:31AM
[Thanks, stagueve]
posted March 24th 2008 10:31AM
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Everyone already knows, THAT is why you got low ranked. It's not funny anymore.
On an unrelated matter: Do you blend?
@ James....haha...good one!
Oh and its still FUNNY! Plus when's the last time someone brought that up, come on!
If it's got composite (or RF?) video output so I can hook it up to the big tube TV in our den, then I'm sold.
:D
except that you can't get it with XP MCE or Vista so no media center
Wait you just saw that a year ago. That company has been making those things for years. A lot if inventory warehouses and stores love them.
My wrists hurt just looking at this thing.
Worst. Idea. Ever.
What if you want to use a different keyboard? All of a sudden you have a long, ugly computer you have to fit in a corner somewhere (where nobody can see it, in an attempt to avoid embarrassment).
Cube PC's (microATX cubes, Mac Mini, etc) make much more sense than this, IMO.
You do not make any sense at all.
And what if you want a different keyboard in a laptop? Or a different monitor in an iMac? Do we stop making them because their parts are not replaceable?
This is designed to be like an All-in-one PC, with your choice of monitor. No clutter on the desk, no cables except for the power and the VGA ones; ports and optical drive are easily accessible.
Perfect PC (family or office) for those who don't need to upgrade and don't have the space for a separate box, or simply don't want it around.
If you want a different keyboard, this computer would be a very bad choice. It's actually a pretty good setup as the person above me explained. If I was out looking for a computer and didn't build my own, I wouldn't mind buying this at all.
What's with all the cables? They will break soon. And add to the ugliness of course. POS.
But maybe it would have some use when you could connect it to a TV (and print Hello Kitty on it).
You'r Welcome Koshua ;)
Well, the price is not that attractive anyways.Basically a PC with no monitor..no good
www.egsmartsys.com
Why do people think this is the worst idea ever? Back in the days before PC's happened, computers WERE all in one with the keyboard - Spectrum, Atari, Commodore etc were all made in this form. The keyboard is a great place to put a computer.
2 references to the ti99 in one day WOW
You guys are young, this looks more likea TRS-80 Model 1, $499 at Radio Shack for 4k RAM!
My first thought exactly...
Can you backlink Stagueve please ?
It has no screen and no OS. $699 sounds good until you have to ad XP Pro for $160.
Base starts at $629.
I setup some of these 15 years ago. They work great in a factory environment - at the time they didn't have a fan that would suck in dust and such.
I'm having a serious case of nostalgia. It's a neat idea. It would make a lot more sense if you were able to connect wirelessly to a monitor - then you could include it in a home system. Without that, I'd much rather have a laptap or small 'mini' system with wireless keyboard/mouse.
They only use Intel proccessors? Oh well, guess I'll have to swap it out. Anyone want an Intel Core 2 Quad?
Well Im with PEZ theres no way ill pay that much for this i mean its nice and all but plz $629?
These things really are great in space-constrained environments like labs.
They have computer-in-monitors with touchscreens now, too, AFAIK. Cool company.
Hmm, brings back the good old AMIGA memories... though the AMIGA 500 was silent (you know, the 80s and early 90s, fan-less home computing—incredible) and had a decent keyboard.
Hunt the Wumpus cartridge not included.
This makes me want to hook it up to the TV and make it print Fuck over and over on screen while me and my stupid friends giggle.
How well will it run text adventures?
I don't see this....contraption catching on too fast. They are just following the trend with the new Apple desktop design, then the Gateway One, and then the Sony Vaio glass picture frame PCs (my pic). For their price tag I cound build someone a low profile LAN party PC with a 22" monitor. Plus the placement of the mouse touchpad is just too far to the left to be used effectively. If they through in a nice monitor, move the touchpad to the center, and take the ugly out they could undercut the competition in price. 5 out of 10
See my other post on this company in this thread. They aren't following the current trend; these things have been around since at least the mid 90's to my knowledge, and if they are following any trend it's the all-in-ones from the 80s such as the Commodore, TI-99, Tandy CoCo etc. Then again, perhaps you were born in the 90's and that's all ancient history. Not a slight on you, just an observation.
NO biggie. Thanks for the knowledge.
What, No one said.... "sinclair"??
Maybe, TRS-80 Model one! Comes with a cassette player for backup storage!
I had one of these back around 1998 or so. A friend had bought a few to use as POS (Point of Sale) machines at a business that later flopped, and he unloaded one on me for about $20. It looked just like the old IBM keyboards, beige and heavy. It had a mini-itx-sized motherboard, years before those were even thought of, with a soldered-on Pentium 75 and 64mb of soldered RAM. No optical drive; a 850MB laptop drive and floppy were the only storage. As I said, at that time Cybernet marketed these as POS and thin client machines. Anyway, yes it ran DOOM, and that was about all it was good for. I set it up as a game/educational machine for my girlfriend's nieces and nephew, as it ran all of their educational stuff just fine. I haven't asked the ex-girlfriend about it (we're still close friends to this day) but I'm sure if they dug it out of whatever closet it got stuffed in that it would still fire up and run. That thing was a tank.
reminds me more of the Amiga 500.
We used diskless workstations very like this where I worked back in the 80s. It was based on an Intel 80186 and had built-in ARCnet, which at the time was just as fast and much cheaper than coax Ethernet. It was perfect for the trucking companies and such that bought out software, because it was small, simple, fairly rugged, and had no fan.
I have a TI-994a that still works...Munch man was my favorite game....Munch man...
It's 18.5" x 9". The desktop keyboard I'm using now is 14" x 4".
It's footprint is 3x a normal keyboard.
As executed, this is the stupidest idea ever.
Pure awesomeness :)
Would be nice having that thing on my tiny desk :)
AMIGAAAAAAAAH!
The company should buy the rights to use the Commodore name, I think it would be a great investment.
Wow, this is a nifty piece of equipment, when my screen went out on my old HP I had to essentially do the same thing. Hook it up to an external screen using a VGA output, it sucked but I had no other option. Now I have a macbook and this thing is wayyyyy more reliable. I was thinking of getting a nice keyboard like this, without a computer in it. I was looking at http://www.ergoware.com but I am pretty picky. They keyboard needs to be affordable but dependable, what do you guys suggest for a nice ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD for windows/mac?
Everyone should realize the company makes these almost strictly for business purposes. Not a gamer computer, not a multimedia computer. I do know they are very big in banking at CSR/teller stations.
TI 99\4A