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Hardware VIA Artigo A1100 Pico-ITX Kit Review

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Lizard, 8 Sep 2010.

  1. Lizard

    Lizard @ Scan R&D

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  2. kenco_uk

    kenco_uk I unsuccessfully then tried again

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    Can't wait for the quad core version tbh!
     
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    Xir Modder

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    A Bicycle is seriously underpowered for Motorway use...
     
  4. Andy Mc

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    I would love one of these paired with a 1tb laptop drive to replace my aging SABnzbd+ box. Oh well, you can but dream.
     
  5. memeroot

    memeroot aged and experianced

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    no vlc???????
     
  6. Flibblebot

    Flibblebot Smile with me

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    No video acceleration, so it would be running entirely on the CPU, meaning it would lag slower than a snail in treacle.

    I've never understood VIA's driver policies - their EPIA boards were capable of DVD video acceleration, but this was never included in the Windows drivers and so was only available on Linux.

    Now, they produce a board that is potentially capable of H.264 acceleration, but limit the drivers to only working with WMP.

    I don't understand it, it's like they don't really want their products to succeed... :sigh:
     
  7. eddtox

    eddtox Homo Interneticus

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    I wonder how it does under linux. I had half a mind to get one of these as a linux media centre a while ago.
     
  8. sui_winbolo

    sui_winbolo Giraffe_City

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    Hmm, even though 1080p video playback would be nice, I'm thinking this could be a viable candidate for my Fallout mod. :)

    I was looking a previous ARTiGO setup, however this is a more robust barebone kit.
     
  9. schmidtbag

    schmidtbag What's a Dremel?

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    Keep in mind VIA is really popular in asia, and from what I noticed, most countries that don't mostly speak english tend to favor linux. I live in america and I'm one of the only people I know who uses Linux as a main OS.

    Based on what I've seen for hardware specs, the Artigo is pretty good but terrible for Vista or Win7, but its fine for XP and sufficient for even the heaviest Linux distributions. I would not recommend Xubuntu though, thats a piece of crap distribution that completely fails at everything its supposed to do.



    Couldn't have worded it better
     
  10. Cupboard

    Cupboard I'm not a modder.

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    You mentioned a mini USB port for connecting it to another computer, what is that for? Using it as an external drive?

    edit: The manual isn't all that helpful: "The ARTiGO-A1100 provides a USB device port in the front panel for quick data transfer to another computer"
     
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