[MLB-WIRELESS] low power computers (somewhat off topic)

[Jason Hecker]

He'd be best off getting a laptop again, perhaps with a big screen.  They are 
designed to be economical with power and considering the screen is thrown in 
as well there is an extra efficiency from not having another PSU to drive a 
seperate and more power hungry LCD.  Really, laptops are so cheap, powerful 
and power sensitive that you'd be lucky to come close to price efficiency 
trying to buy a high end Mini-ITX system that meets a laptop for overall 
performance.

On Wednesday 31 May 2006 15:50, gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen 
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My dad lives up the country, off the grid.  He is looking at getting a new
> PC. currently he is using a laptop (mac) but is happy to switch to other
> HW/os's - most prob. windows but I'm sure he could cope with linux...
> anyway, I'm looking for a vendor who understands low power requirements -
> or recommendations of hardware to get.  I figured here would be a good
> place to start...
>
> requirements of the system are basic word processing, camera images, some
> minor webpage stuff. I.e. nothing heavy. They will be getting satelite
> broadband/VOIP seperately. So really basic requirements, other than the
> low power...
>
> Please reply off list unless you figure it needs telling to the world...