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WilHarris · 7th Jan 2006, 03:58

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/01/07/aopen_wares/

All of its boards! Outrageous.

Firehed · 7th Jan 2006, 05:24

That little bugger with the i/o section of that full ATX board would be nice. Tell me that 4-pin molex isn't the only power... is there a 12v jack on the back and that's to use a splitter with for internal drives? That would make a bit more sense to me, anyways. If only they stuck on four SATA ports, I'd get my order in now. That's a pair of DIMMs and a mini-PCI, right? If so... seeing that the only thing really on mini-PCI is wireless, wouldn't it have made a huge amount more sense to just make the wireless integrated? Makes a bit more sense if it's to act as a media center, that way you don't have to run cable/buy another card.

I'll assume the use of "composite" should be "component"...

Who_me_33 · 7th Jan 2006, 21:12

If that molex is the only power connector, imagine the potential for in-car pc's. Making a regulator for a molex should be nice and easy compared to for an atx connector. I wonter what the price will be.

scq · 7th Jan 2006, 22:06

What kind of graphics system would drive these tiny PCs? Surely, they'd have to do better than Intel's integrated to be able to produce video in full HD resolution smoothly, and with the looming requirements of Windows Vista, I could only imagine either some kickass integrated, or discrete graphics. As far as I can tell, most mini-itx form factors only include one PCI slot, or some sort of mini-pci. Perhaps they should begin including 16x PCI-e? Even if not full, perhaps an MXM?

specofdust · 7th Jan 2006, 23:44

Why bother with a hard disk, by the time this stuff is mainstream they're going to be streaming us all our content, who needs DRM when no-one has hard disks?

scq · 8th Jan 2006, 02:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by specofdust

Why bother with a hard disk, by the time this stuff is mainstream they're going to be streaming us all our content, who needs DRM when no-one has hard disks?

They'd still need some memory for an embedded operating system, and I'm sure something like that would require some sort of "user profile". True though. If they only have us a 64 MB CF card with everything preloaded in, and jammed to the max, we wouldn't be doing much pirating, even if we wanted to.

But there would probably be some determined person to find a way to install a drive/burner and copy like mad.

I_Slider_I · 9th Jan 2006, 17:07

I don't know why people are DRM paranoid. If you don't like a device that has DRM don't buy it. There will always be companies that will cator to the 'pirates'.

Da Dego · 9th Jan 2006, 18:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by I_Slider_I

I don't know why people are DRM paranoid. If you don't like a device that has DRM don't buy it. There will always be companies that will cator to the 'pirates'.

People are DRM paranoid because it has been proven time and time again that if you allow one side of an equation absolute power over the other side, they'll milk it to the fullest extent that they possibly can. This is true of anything that has a self-interest in the numbers of the equation, such as companies controlling consumer rights and habits. AKA, if you allow DRM to take hold in any substantial way, the rights erode and erode. What starts out as a genuine desire to curb piracy dissolves into how this new technology can allow them to make money on every play, instead of allowing the right to buy an album and play it all you want. Etc, etc, etc.

It's not about pirating, it's about the right to control what you BOUGHT and paid for. Unless you really like the idea of leasing every single thing that exists, and the terms of that lease then fluctuating at any time with you the consumer having no rights.

7th Jan 2006, 03:58	#1
WilHarris Just another nobody Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Oxford Posts: 2,671	Aopen shows its Viiv wares http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/01/07/aopen_wares/ All of its boards! Outrageous.

7th Jan 2006, 05:24	#2
Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An hour north of Boston Posts: 12,576	That little bugger with the i/o section of that full ATX board would be nice. Tell me that 4-pin molex isn't the only power... is there a 12v jack on the back and that's to use a splitter with for internal drives? That would make a bit more sense to me, anyways. If only they stuck on four SATA ports, I'd get my order in now. That's a pair of DIMMs and a mini-PCI, right? If so... seeing that the only thing really on mini-PCI is wireless, wouldn't it have made a huge amount more sense to just make the wireless integrated? Makes a bit more sense if it's to act as a media center, that way you don't have to run cable/buy another card. I'll assume the use of "composite" should be "component"... __________________ hire me @ eric-stern.com - web developer and php ninja pics @ my smugmug :: Twitter @firehed :: blog @ firehed.net 40D\|580EXII\|285HV\|AB800\|70-200f/4LIS\|17-50f/2.8\|150f/2.8Macro\|50f/1.8 MacPro @ 8x2.8GHz, 10GB FBDDR2, 3TB HD :: MBP @ 2x2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HD

7th Jan 2006, 21:12	#3
Who_me_33 Supermodder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 422	If that molex is the only power connector, imagine the potential for in-car pc's. Making a regulator for a molex should be nice and easy compared to for an atx connector. I wonter what the price will be. __________________ Speeding doesnt kill people, quickly slowing down does (top gear) The next sentence is true. the previous sentence is false.

7th Jan 2006, 23:44	#5
specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,622	Why bother with a hard disk, by the time this stuff is mainstream they're going to be streaming us all our content, who needs DRM when no-one has hard disks? __________________ Like marmite, only no-one hates it Mmm bop!

7th Jan 2006, 22:06	#4
scq Hypermodder Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 783	What kind of graphics system would drive these tiny PCs? Surely, they'd have to do better than Intel's integrated to be able to produce video in full HD resolution smoothly, and with the looming requirements of Windows Vista, I could only imagine either some kickass integrated, or discrete graphics. As far as I can tell, most mini-itx form factors only include one PCI slot, or some sort of mini-pci. Perhaps they should begin including 16x PCI-e? Even if not full, perhaps an MXM?

9th Jan 2006, 17:07	#7
I_Slider_I Multimodder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Park Posts: 88	I don't know why people are DRM paranoid. If you don't like a device that has DRM don't buy it. There will always be companies that will cator to the 'pirates'.