From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sun Nov 17 2002 - 00:14:15 MST
Eugen Leitl wrote:
>On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Hubert Mania wrote:
>
>
>
>>Ever since I started using computers I wanted to have one that I can
>>start and switch off like a CD player. Pleaze all you geeks, do
>>something about it!
>>
>>
>
>While I'm not aware of a mainstream system that does this (with the
>exception of portable systems which can go to sleep, or save system state
>to disk, which will take a while to restore), this can be done in the
>following way:
>
>1) use a stateless display that connects to a permanently running system
> on a network (somewhere out of sight, in the cellar, on the Net in a
> rack, etc). This is cheating a bit, but it would work.
>
>2) use a solid state based system which saves GUI state, and shuts down
> cleanly within seconds. I'm thinking of picking up a system like
> http://openbrick.org/ to play with it, as I'm sick and tired of two
> noisy machines in my living room running through 24/7/365.
>
>It is definitely something what is needed by the customer, and will
>probably come in the form of a ruggedized purely solid state tablet PC.
>
>
The open brick looks to be about the same size as the Cappucino computer
and its siblings - http://thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5a98/ . I
am considering this machine for wearable possibilities as well as being
a full carry and plug-in system.
- samantha
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