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I had to do a double take.]]>Jun 18th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista), Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista), AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or better
RAM: 1GB (1.5GB on Windows Vista)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or better
VRAM: 256MB of Graphics Memory
Storage: 12GB
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
ODD: DVD-ROM
OS: Microsoft Windows XP or Vista
DirectX: DX9.0c or DX10


In other words, No.]]>Jun 18th 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
Unless they're poking fun at their own demographics...]]>Jun 18th 2008 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
So just sell this as an " OMG Super hip cool Myspace computer" that plugs straight into a DSL modem...]]>Jun 18th 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
Pretty nice to have a compact little system that isn't prone to part, dust or heat failure like the PIII 733 he's currently using. ]]>Jun 18th 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
Now for me...I wonder if this could run a MythTV frontend (SD of course)?]]>Jun 20th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
256GB of DDR2 DRAM

That's amazing.]]>Jun 18th 2008 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/]]>Jun 18th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
And does it support UXCGA+ resolution?

Soon there won't be any real terms left in these articles.]]>Jun 18th 2008 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
The concept here is that computers could move towards being less of an individual device that stores and computes for itself, and could instead just provide internet access and share computing power. (Think Google Docs but for everything on your computer.) Many people think this is the future of computers.

I'm very excited about these new computers -- I think it's very forward-thinking!

Claudia
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but if they up the specs a little...1Ghz processor
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/leaked-slide-shows-amds-bga-cpu-to-take-on-intels-atom-process/
^^would work nicely^^
80 or 160GB HD (use one of apple's iPod HDs)
256MB RAM is acceptable...preferred 512MB
Graphical aspect ratio 4:3 @ 1024x768 (minimum)
keep all the ports it has, add 2 more USBs (3.0s when applicable), add a flash media reader
and the only other thing would be CD/DVD drive...even though this appears too be a shorter depth than would fit a CD, there isn't a whole lot of use for a coputer without an optical drive nowadays, so they might want to consider making the case a little bigger and trying to fir one of those in there

...and of course all of these suggestions are a long way off, but right now for a fully functional box of that size, and apparently minimal price, I will surely get one, if not just to take it apart and mess with.]]>Jun 18th 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/



(just kidding ,I do enjoy the occasional apple product)]]>Jun 18th 2008 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/

Except that the Mini comes with 1GB RAM, an 80GB HDD and a 1.8 GHZ Core 2 Duo?]]>Jun 18th 2008 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 19th 2008 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
Solid state, simple, quick will do just fine for the old folk.]]>Jun 18th 2008 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/cause what im getting from this is a solution only to hippie democrats who are stuck in the 80's(therefore 80's technology) and want to save the earth maaaan!
what without this computer the cloud in cloud comp will be made of CO2 instead of water vapor?
this is useless.....]]>Jun 18th 2008 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
Also see: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/18/cherrypal_paid_reviews/]]>Jun 18th 2008 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 18th 2008 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
Attach a couple simple usb drives and use software RAID and this becomes a great, headless NAS. Heck, I bet it could probably even stream music (though video would likely choke it).

Attach a printer and now you've got a print server.

Throw on Apache (its doubtless already there) and you have a capable web server.

A few tweaks and it replaces your Linksys as a wireless router/gateway/firewall (and uses less power).

Doubtless you could do all of these at once--none really take that much oomph. Think poor-mans Windows Home Server.

Strap it to the back of a monitor and install rdesktop or VNC and you have an elegant "network computer" perfect for university computer labs.

Install Firefox and lock it down and it is perfect for an internet cafe.

This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for to allow me to turn off my electron guzzling PC but still provide shared file and print services, file synchronization, backup, and simple web serving. Open your mind beyond whether or not it can replace your primary desktop and perhaps you'll see some real value in this type of box.]]>Jun 18th 2008 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
But yea, this thing could do a lot. I'm still planning on hacking some old Wyse Winterms I've collected into web and print servers to replace the desktop that I've got running for those sole purposes.]]>Jun 18th 2008 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
I'm curious as to the power footprint of the Wyse's. They were created well before any real concern over power consumption.]]>Jun 18th 2008 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
As for power footprint, it's pretty small. The 3125's have about a 20-25W total power consumption, IIRC. Honestly, I'm not even sure where all that power went to, unless the CPU was just horribly inefficient, because they would rarely fail due to overheating (they had really small heatsinks, as well), and the only time I've found them overheating was in a 100+ degree warehouse with very high humidity when they were 3+ years old (in the same spot for almost 3 years, even).

Now, the S30's w/AMD Geode CPU, those babies are sweet. I think total system consumption is ]]>Jun 19th 2008 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/without the power overhead, I could then set up my home server to wake up on lan and boot it when needed.]]>Jun 23rd 2008 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/Jun 19th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
Currently using low power VIa based systems, but this is better.]]>Jun 19th 2008 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
...maybe they'll toss in an 8800GTX?!]]>Jun 19th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/cherrypal-announces-two-watt-freescale-based-cloud-computer/
Put a piece of fruit on a computer and you are just begging to be sued.]]>Jun 19th 2008 2:51PM