[mythtv-users] Looking for a Mini Mac/AOpen mini PC replacement

[David Brodbeck]

On Oct 19, 2007, at 1:15 PM, Chris Ribe wrote:
> Just a nit to pick here, but I see this myth floated out there a  
> lot.  A mac mini is not silent.  It is extremely quiet under light  
> load, but it sounds like a jet aircraft when its fan starts going.
>
> Additionally, most of its quietness comes from the fact that it  
> isn't nearly as small as advertised.  It doesn't have an internal  
> power supply, but an external power brick that is half the size of  
> the computer!

It's not inaccurate to think of a Mini as a laptop, sans display and  
keyboard, mashed into a vaguely cubical shape.

It has most of the tradeoffs a laptop does -- it's small and has low  
power consumption, but it also has a slow hard disk and not much  
upgrade potential.  And yeah, it needs an external power brick, just  
like a laptop.  (The external brick for my VIA miniITX system is  
huge, too.)

Anyone remember the Toshiba laptops that had the power supply built  
in, so you just plugged a 120V power cord right into the laptop?  I  
miss that sometimes.