Wow amazing!

I just can't wait to get one of these and watch each board tell the other to flash different colours by checking the other one!

In all serious-ness though, I do understand whats going on here, and why its significant. I just don't see any reason that this couldn't be achieved with a couple of desktop computers anyway. This sort of thing is nothing special running on made-for-purpose hardware. The real ingenious is making this stuff run on existing hardware.

@Andir3.0

What the hell does your time have to do with your waist?

Bah, your living in the stone age. PC's use 24 pins + 8 these days on high end PC's :)

If its a guide, a hard drive will use 10watts MAXIMUM. They really are not power hungry devices.

Ye, I know. Apple wouldn't follow the crowd that much though Ashwin. They will be original and probably invent the camera-less phone.

Yes, We need to support the open-source Jet Engine market. Its full of proprietry crap at the moment.

Very true.
The sooner that happens, the sooner people will see windows isn't the only Operating System in existense (just after we explain what an Operating system is of course) and the sooner Microsoft will start innovating rather than just making Shiny Stuff(TM)

Ubuntu is perfect for this purpose. I absolutely love linux myself however its a light year away from being ready as a mainstream desktop OS. However for basic browsing without worrying about security its perfect. Also add the benefits of SSH, and apache if you'd need it.

**geekgasm**

But ye, its perfect.

Also, It looks like its using gnome, which i like. Im not quite sure what the hell the original Eee was using (i think it was a modified version of gnome) but i like this.

People complain linux is hard to tinker with (which i would argue is BS but thats besides the point) but thats only on engadget. In all seriousness, the only thing i ever see real noobs do in the way of tinkering is change their wallpaper and very occasionally the colour of the theme in XP.

With Gnome, KDE and XFCE (the 3 most common window managers) both of those things are a point and click case (infact easier than windows even to install new themes specifically gnome). So really the goal is to make a system that people are happy with out of the box. Not just make every single option point and click.

You do know that Compiz on linux is still vastly more useful/pleasing than any gimmicky bullshit MS OR Apple come up with? In all seriousness, go install ubuntu in a VM, make sure you get the graphics drivers in a VM then install the compiz control panel. You'll instantly see what im talking about.

Im talking about a PC btw, and even if i did and made a video explaining it I would have any way to prove it but just take my word for it. All you'd need is another PC running linux with a PXE server.