News Via integrates Padlock security into Java

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  1. WilHarris

    WilHarris Just another nobody Moderator

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    WilHarris, 15 Nov 2005
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  2. wharrad

    wharrad Minimodder

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    Good news!

    VIA Mobo's are great for what they are, perfect for a massive number of situations. They're not all the expensive either... More people should move to the ways of the EPIA!
     
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  3. Firehed

    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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    Indeed, I love my EPIA. I don't use it much as it's hardly a gamer (and the 256mb of ram I stuck in is a bit low for XP nowadays), but a zero moving parts machine to do office work and whatnot is excellent. People always complain about how slow they are, but, well, I could hardly expect any sane person to have a 1ghz "off-brand" processor compare to dual 2.0ghz a la X2 3800+. I got one knowing it would be slow and it actually was faster than I expected. Perfect for school comps and whatnot where office, email and web is all that's going on.
     
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  4. JonDixon

    JonDixon Decking is the new modding

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    Epia's are sweet. I've had one for a while and they are great little systems. I have linux and run OpenOffice etc and there is no problems with performance including playing MP3's and DVD's.

    It would be great to see an epia/linux latop become available which should be amazingly cheap.
     
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  5. Da Dego

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    Agreed. Frankly, where I'd REALLY love to see them is in the further evolution of Tablet PCs.

    Most of those run a Crusoe processor at ~800mhz. Not enough beef at ALL. Epia mobos would make the whole thing much more affordable and powerful.
     
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