Brian Redfern wrote: >It seems that the little "lunch box" form factor with a flat screen >monitor is really portable but has the advantage of giving you control >over the kinds of hardware you're using, as opposed to a laptop where >you're at the manufacturer's mercy. > >I would think that your safest bet would be to convert a mac power book >into a PPC linux machine, but building a little linux lunchbox machine >would still be a lot cheaper than forking out $2000 for a powerbook, but >that's still better than spending $850 on a paper weight. > > > > > > > If you have a cheap laptop spare... I did the ATX small form factor with Delta 1010LT and I run X-Win32 from Win xp on the laptop to control the box as a headless...but I already had the spare laptop. R~
