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Tim S · 8th Jun 2007, 10:39

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/06...start_of_pc2/1

COMPUTEX 2007: VIA shows off the world's smallest fully functional x86 PC. Its mobile-ITX form factor is just 75mm x 45mm in size.

DougEdey · 8th Jun 2007, 10:46

What's the specs?

yodasarmpit · 8th Jun 2007, 11:12

nice

<A88> · 8th Jun 2007, 11:14

That + a better iteration of Windows Mobile = one dead powerful phone.

<A88>

g3n3tiX · 8th Jun 2007, 11:34

nice biz card tim...

About the product itself... I find it really impressive, though I doubt it will run Vista. Not that I would ^^.

Neo40k · 8th Jun 2007, 13:03

...Truthfully, this is nearly scary....dead powerful indeed....

and this is what they are telling us... PC2.0

./^\.Ace./^\. · 8th Jun 2007, 13:38

That is an impressive little mother board

what is the need for the two USB mini B connections

Bluephoenix · 8th Jun 2007, 15:09

Imagine the low power usage but massive performance you could get out of clustering a huge number of those with linuxBIOS....

sort of like this project: http://www.mini-itx.com/2007/02/26/t...ni-itx-cluster

<A88> · 8th Jun 2007, 16:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by ./^\.Ace./^\.

That is an impressive little mother board

what is the need for the two USB mini B connections

I'm guessing maybe, quite possibly, there could be a chance that they're for....USB devices?

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DXR_13KE · 8th Jun 2007, 18:03

very nice indeed......

DarkLord7854 · 8th Jun 2007, 19:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by g3n3tiX

though I doubt it will run Vista.

Wrong

Quote:

From surfing the Internet to running Microsoft Office, the model 02 delivers the performance you need for a truly mobile lifestyle. Inside, the model 02 features a 1.2GHz or a 1.5GHz VIA C7M ULV processor and integrated graphics chipset together with OQO's patented subprocessor technology on a palm-sized motherboard designed for optimal performance per watt operation. With hard drive storage capacities of up to 60GB, you can store all your office and personal files on the model 02. The model 02 is available with 1GB of DDR2 SDRAM operating at 533MHz for quick system responsiveness. In all configurations, [b]the model 02 is capable of supporting Microsoft's Windows Vista™ operating system.[b]

There was a vid of it playing WoW, Starcraft, Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows XP. I think the quoted screen res was 1600 x 1000 or something

http://www.oqo.com/products/model02/features.html

http://www.oqo.com/products/model02/specifications.html

I saw a review of it a couple weeks back, and it used the same motherboard/cpu that is in the Bit-Tech article

misterkholl · 8th Jun 2007, 19:05

Really amazing!

Do you have the specs?

./^\.Ace./^\. · 8th Jun 2007, 19:07

There is only one problem i can see with it

It has the ugliest case I have ever seen for a handheld

not the one on the other site but the display one for Bit-tech's picture

Moriquendi · 8th Jun 2007, 19:28

Im not sure thats a case for it, I think its just there to show the scale.

Moriquendi

Glider · 8th Jun 2007, 19:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by ./^\.Ace./^\.

There is only one problem i can see with it

It has the ugliest case I have ever seen for a handheld

not the one on the other site but the display one for Bit-tech's picture

I am a Qtek S200 Owner (the black PDA) and I must say it is a nice piece of technology, and looks pretty slick IRL

Lazlow · 8th Jun 2007, 19:52

Wow! That's very small and would open up a lot more opportunities for PCs. Would be great to mod too - imagine the possibilities...

./^\.Ace./^\. · 9th Jun 2007, 00:17

OK lets do some modding here

We need a window, some little blue LEDs and some liguid cooling

I want to see someone mod the heck out of a PC this small and lets get some over-clocking happening

It will be done some day so lets go and do it now

Tim S · 9th Jun 2007, 03:55

It's got a 600MHz VIA processor on it, and an IGP (not sure on specs). We were playing Quake 3 on the OQO UMPC and it ran surprisingly well, although that's based on a slightly bigger form factor.

I think there is 256MB RAM on board, two USB2.0 ports and you can build a fully functional x86 machine, including an LCD, the size of a cigarette packet. Obviously, that's a little bit small for using as a PC, but a 6-8" LCD is what VIA is looking towards.

Bindibadgi · 9th Jun 2007, 13:46

I played Quake 3 for like, 20 minutes on the UMPC. Lots of (expensive) retro fun.

./^\.Ace./^\. · 9th Jun 2007, 19:34

If someone puts a phone in it then we can watch the iPhone run in fear

I hate conformity

If I had enough cash I would buy one of those PCs, but as it is I cant find the $900.00 I need for a laptop

now if only someone could use that paper thin LCD technolgy then a bigger screen and lighter weight. Also it needs a card reader, like SD or Memory Stick Pro Duo.

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./^\.Ace./^\. Multimodder $./^\.Ace./^\.'s Avatar$ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 150 $./^\.Ace./^\. is on a distinguished road$	OK lets do some modding here We need a window, some little blue LEDs and some liguid cooling I want to see someone mod the heck out of a PC this small and lets get some over-clocking happening It will be done some day so lets go and do it now __________________ CPU: Intel i7 920 \| RAM: 6GB OCZ Reaper DDR3 1866MHz \| Mother Board: Asus P6T \| Graphics: Dual BFG GeForce GTX295 rev.B Quad SLI \| PSU: Antec TPQ-1000 \| CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V8 \| Hard Drives: 500GB Seagate Barracuda, 500GB WD Caviar Black, 1TB WD Carviar Green \| Optical Drive: Pioneer DVR-216D \| Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 \| Monitor: LG W2343T 23" \| OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit \|
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