Comments on: Small computing: A second machine on less than 10 watts. http://www.smallist.com/2007/03/13/silent-backup-on-less-than-10-watts/ Small products, small living, the smallest stuff in the world. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:01:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: arto http://www.smallist.com/2007/03/13/silent-backup-on-less-than-10-watts/#comment-26 arto Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:31:58 +0000 http://www.smallist.com/2007/03/13/silent-backup-on-less-than-10-watts/#comment-26 What about snagging an older laptop? Small, low wattage and you should be able to get a Pentium 3-class machine for like $200-300. I'd think that would do the trick nicely for a fileserver, web development sandbox, maybe even a video recorder with a WinTV PVR USB (although you might not be able to get composite video out.) Alternatively, a used XBOX, a bigger hard disk and the XBOX linux distro would work nicely. What about snagging an older laptop? Small, low wattage and you should be able to get a Pentium 3-class machine for like $200-300. I’d think that would do the trick nicely for a fileserver, web development sandbox, maybe even a video recorder with a WinTV PVR USB (although you might not be able to get composite video out.)

Alternatively, a used XBOX, a bigger hard disk and the XBOX linux distro would work nicely.

]]> By: Jonas Back http://www.smallist.com/2007/03/13/silent-backup-on-less-than-10-watts/#comment-44 Jonas Back Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:10:12 +0000 http://www.smallist.com/2007/03/13/silent-backup-on-less-than-10-watts/#comment-44 Thanks for the link! Have you seen my Mini Fileserver we're building aswell? You can run Linux on it which could be an option aswell. Thanks for the link! Have you seen my Mini Fileserver we’re building aswell? You can run Linux on it which could be an option aswell.

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