From: Greg Burch (gregburch@gregburch.net)
Date: Sat Oct 05 2002 - 17:42:13 MDT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Whipple
>
> Looks neat. I have some questions/suggestions:
>
> - I won't flame you for using XP. :) Have you tried Windows
> XP Media
> Center Edition? (or whatever marketing name they cooked up for it?)
I'm not aware of this -- will look into it.
> - 802.11b/g/whatever? GPS for the navigation stuff, sure - but you
> want to be able to take advantage of local hotspots.
I'm definitely going to look into this in later stages of the project.
> - Are you at all worried about the security risks involved with
> wireless keyboards/mouses - or in this particular case do the
> benefits
> outweigh the risks?
Nah -- who cares what music I listen to? The keyboard has a wire (a
very neat "soft", folding USB unit), btw.
> Is the little black box a custom-build or was this a
> manufactured part
> you found?
No -- it's a very interesting PC:
http://www.cappuccinopc.com/mochap4.asp
This thing is the size of a hardback book / external cd drive and very
cool (in both senses -- it also runs much cooler than I expected for a
2.5 GHz P4). I put the fastest processor and largest disk available into
this box, but you can get more modest systems at a very reasonable
price.
> Is the display a touch-screen?
Yes. I thought this 10" screen was the smallest VGA touch screen
around, but since then I've found a 7", although much more expensive.
Greg Burch
Vice-President, Extropy Institute
http://www.gregburch.net
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