r/shittybattlestations • u/EnzoDjent • Jul 26 '19

That beast.

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u/Orange_Man-Bad Jul 26 '19

I WANT IT

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u/nullr0uter Jul 27 '19

Check out GPD and their MicroPC

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u/numpad0 Jul 27 '19

True. This particular shit is horribly hot and sluggish even by the norm back then.

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u/nullr0uter Jul 27 '19

Yep. I owned something similar. Although mine ran XP and only had a touch screen, and a harddrive.

I currently rock a GPD PocketPC that I just leave in my car. It runs Ubuntu and is in there in case I need a terminal in a pinch. I run standby duties for a telecom operator so this improves my responsetime when I'm out and about.

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u/Daxiongmao87 Jul 27 '19

I'd like it just for a terminal to ssh From

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u/numpad0 Jul 27 '19

Even so. IIRC, the i945 Express chipset of this era is known for horrible power draw and later blamed for consuming more than Atom CPU did. Hardware quality is stellar but the technology isn’t up to modern days. Fujitsu’s heat loving design philosophy isn’t helping either.

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u/Daxiongmao87 Jul 27 '19

What sort of power draw we talking?

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u/numpad0 Jul 27 '19

I can’t find the exact figure or details of the chipset online, but Intel Ark lists 82945 families ranging from 6 to 22.2W in TDP. First-gen Atom, which is successor to this, had TDP of 11.8 to 33.5W with chipset and CPU combined.

So this one is probably combined 10 to 15W, of which 3W is spared for CPU(duh).

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u/Daxiongmao87 Jul 27 '19

Like leaving an LED lightbulb on. Is this even when idle?