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At least that's designed for the brackets on the back of a TV out of sight, very ugly!
Wouldn't want that on show, looks like something from the 80's.
This and pfSense will make a great router.
Serial ports? Really?
I was thinking it would make a great lights-out device for remote offices. Twin Serial for the router/firewall, 3G backup internally... and it's clearly designed for 24x7x365 operation... unlike most small nettop style boxes.Quote:
Originally Posted by b0redom
Only because they couldn't get a good price on a parallel port! :p While I agree that perhaps more USB would be more useful in a home environment - or in my case a pair of eSATA's - if they're intending for some embedded commercial use then ye olde RS-232 makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by b0redom
Hmm, 2x60mm fans and being from Shuttle you can pretty much guarantee that they won't be "low noise" versions says "noisy" to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by bdaniel7
Maybe it's the bad influence of those case modders on Hexus but my first thought was: ooh, whip off those two naff 60mil fans, cut a hole in the case top and slap on a quiet 140mm with a finger guard. Way I figure it (wet finger in the air) those 60mm can't be pulling more than 40CFM, so my 140mm pulling 60CFM+ is going to give me better cooling and, at sub 20dB, quieter too.
I feel a project coming on - anyone got any recommendations for processor? ;)
Am I missing something or is the only differentiating feature between this and a NUC the addition of a couple of noisy fans?
Well you can use a far more powerful processor than the low-TDP mobile parts you get in NUCs, plus a heck of a lot more than the completely minimal connectivity you get with NUC.
Dual serial ports along with dual NICs IMO show quite clearly it's a more of an industrial/appliance-type system rather than aimed at the PC/HTPC market, which is also claimed on their product page: http://www.shuttle.eu/products/slim/ds81/overview/
Serial ports are in fact still heavily used for such systems, so it makes complete sense to include them, in fact they'd probably lose a good amount of the target audience without them TBH.
I agree with bdaniel7, dual NICs open this up to use as a fairly compact and powerful firewall system. However unless you need very high speed routing/VPN, PC Engines have their new apu1c out which is a good fit for that role for a lot less cash.
i so much enjoy the ALC 1150,had changed opamp to opa1642 on both HTPC and PC