Compulab Introduces Smallest Desktop - Fit-PC Slim. Waste Of Time And Money?

I have always understood the concept of desktop and laptop; one is big and bulky and offers you a place to work at a desk and the other is slim and light and can be taken from meeting to meeting. So I’m wondering why we need a desktop as light as a laptop? The Fit-PC Slim from Compulab is just that.

To me (and perhaps it’s only me) this is a little pointless because then I may as well own a laptop that offers me a more portable option. I understand it being a space saving machine but I don’t think we all live in capsules (just yet, anyway).

However, I’m sure this Fit-PC Slim will appeal to a few out there (even if it is just for bragging rights) and will want to know all about this dinky offering.

First off the mini-pc is fanless and measures a mere 110mm x 100mm x 30mm (without screen of course!) and will use approximately 6 Watts of power at it’s penultimate performance. (I’m scared already).
It offers an AMD Geode LX800 500MHz processor with Ethernet connectivity, Wi-Fi connectivity, VGA output, 2.5 hard drive option and 512MB RAM.

Again I ask, why wouldn’t I just want a laptop with screen included into it’s portable design?

But wait!!! It gets even better (Sarcasm is not a good quality but it’s fun). Now you get to “pick” which option suits you best (in other words what silly small machine with limited functionality do you want to spend your hard earned money on). You have the option of the 256MB model (this excludes Wi-Fi) and will set you back $220 or you could choose the 512MB version (With Wi-Fi and no hard drive) for $25 more. Alternatively you could fork out $295 for a Linux powered, 60MB hard drive with 512MB of RAM or $335 for the Windows XP version of the same machine. I hope you realised that was MB and not GB! Some of my Photoshop documents laugh at that size!

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