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This is exactly the form factor I want in a home PC:

310 points posted to Desktops, New Product Ideas by jmxz 06/30/07

This is exactly the form factor I want in a PC for most rooms (my living room, my home office, terminals for all the non-computer intensive users at work). It's fanless, and takes no unnecessary space in a room since it fits totally in (yes, in) the wall socket..

http://parthsuthar.com/derive/2007/06/20/a-computer-so-small-it-fits-in-a-wal...
http://www.jadeintegration.com/prinfo.php?i=efi6700

U.K. firm Jade Integration has unveiled a computer so small, it fits into a wall socket and is powered via Ethernet. The Jack PC, a rival to the smallest PC in the world, can hook up to a standard monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and runs Windows CE, the stripped-down version of Windows often used in portable devices. It comes with up to 64 MB of flash memory and 128 megs of RAM, so don't expect to play Half-Life 2 on it, but it should be able to handle basic Internet functions decently.


With my home directory (and media files, etc) on file server in my garage anyway - and at work all compute intensive stuff is done on servers anyway, I don't need hard disks or fans or large boxes in most of the computers I use.

It seems for everything except laptops (which need to be self contained) and gaming machines (where obviously you need bigger chips, more memories, and big graphics cards) I think this form factor computer would meet most needs.

Update: Better information from the company that makes it here: http://www.jadeintegration.com/prinfo.php?i=efi6700

jorge
06/30/07		 This is a better link:
http://www.jadeintegration.com/prinfo.php?i=efi6700
jmxz
06/30/07		 Thanks. Agreed. Updating the Idea.
jervis961
06/30/07		 Wow that's a great idea.
mistern
06/30/07		 Cool stuff.
davmcn
06/30/07		 Um... i don't agree it don't like this idea for some many reasons....
if there is a problem with it you have to rip it out of the wall and send it to dell?
can you upgrade anything on it without pulling it out of the wall?
and on plus why would you buy something i know it is good for users i guess that need small spacing....but common it is slow.... how are you going to run many application on a thing that has 64MB Of Ram.
Well sorry but i think that dell should Not Make this.....
jervis961
06/30/07		 i think it is ment more for people who only want to surf the internet and send email. If you reread the idea you may understand it better and understand that it would just be another product for Dell not the ONLY product.
davmcn
06/30/07		 i Know...but it most of todays computers are used for gaming and onlines games and surfing.. One hting i do not like the fact that you have to put it in the wall.. i guess for people that don't have a lot of room no offense that would be one i wouldn't buy. (if they made it)
jmxz
07/01/07		 davmcn:
"but it most of todays computers are used for gaming and onlines games and surfing."

I doubt it. I imagine most households really only have 1 computer expensive & modern enough to do gaming well.
Most computers I'd say are used for surfing & email; which this small computer could do just fine.
Of course it wouldn't replace someone's gaming system nor would it replace their file server.
davmcn
07/01/07		 i can understand htat..
aikiwolfie
Jan 19		 I want it to run Linux! :o)
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