I Want This?
The holiday season is coming up very very soon. Heck even six aisles of Walmart is dedicated to Christmas already. With that in mind I knew mom would be asking for a Christmas list. Right now my list is very diversified. So much that I know for a fact I will be getting clothes for sure.
One thing on the list that is a big item in my eye yet small. It is the ASUS Eee Box. It is a tiny little box with notebook parts in it. A small but hefty 80gb HDD that could easily be used as for network storage. Built in wireless that is compatible with b, g, and n which is somewhat future proof. I have massive love for the gigabit LAN connection. Plus the other connections that a notebook would have like USB, DVI, and a card reader.
Right now between Amazon.com and Newegg.com they are running at $300 for the 80gb, 1GB DDR2, and XP Home. Seems like a sweet deal for a little pc would save over 90% in electricity than running my current rig. But still… $300 for a once-a-week pc?
I want this PC for running Boinc and Boinc only. It would be dedicated to running it 24/7. Right now when I leave the house and my rig is running, I let it keep running. I let it run for hours with Boinc running my CPU at 100%. Does wasting primo electricity justify the hope of helping mankind in distributed applications? In my eyes no. That is why I believe the Eee Box would be a great addition to my little network.
