spinynorman Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 What would you do with a $40 Linux computer the size of a three-prong plug adapter? Marvell Technology Group is counting on an army of computer engineers and hackers to answer that question. It has created a “plug computer.†It’s a tiny plastic box that you plug into an electric outlet. There’s no display. But there is an Ethernet jack to connect to a home network and a U.S.B. socket for attaching a hard drive, camera or other device. Inside is a 1.2 gigahertz Marvell chip, called an application processor, running a version of the Linux operating system. More at the New York Times blog, and lots of suggestions in the comments... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux99 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 unfortunately it's not quite $40 yet, rather $99+shipping... If it was $40 I would have ordered one instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Even $99 isn't too bad, but of course, the more they sell the more the price will drop closer to $40. We could help that happen :) Now, just need to figure out what to do with it when I get one :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 I've had this one on my radar for several months (see my previous thread about a home server); I'd be quite happy with a 99$ price, but I'm waiting for the beast to have a French plug… Yves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonseth17 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I think is good to know those new info thx spinynorman those prices and new technolgy (I don't know if I'm correct) are always welcome...I hope this get here (my country) fast those anyone has more info (specs, models, etc) about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 If you want more info, slashdot had a couple of threads about these things, from February and more recently May. Or see Wikipedia, of course ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonseth17 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 If you want more info, slashdot had a couple of threads about these things, from February and more recently May. Or see Wikipedia, of course ;) thx! I didn't know it was using ubuntu...also the wikipedia links give you more and more links that a re very useful thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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