timmarhy wrote: "also i seriously doubt there will ever be a pc where you can just swap out the cpu anytime you want like that."It's been done already. In 1991 when I got my first PC (486DX 33MHz) they had a computer with the processor in a cartridge unit. You could upgrade by purchasing a new processor and sliding it in. Of course there was a substantial price premium for the computer itself, processor cartridges were outrageously expensive, and they didn't improve performance much. Even when $2500 was a good price for a computer it wasn't worth it.
Hey, you all at home can do this yourself. just use a tiny Nano-ITX PC with all external USB/Firewire components. This concept just makes it pretty. Although it is a rip-off of the Microsoft-sponsored design contest, which looked better.
"This is totally unfeasible. Someone had mentioned micro-ITX/mini-ITX, which is also a very unfeasible idea, due to its size, which is just too small. I can build the computer I bout last year, when it was top of the line, for around 900 bucks, with everything. Unless these were micro sized, wheee you could slip it into your pocket, it won't work. If you could fit like a proc, ram, hd, etc. in your pocket then maybe. Maybe a wearable type cmputer, using wireless USB to communicate with HDs, Periphs, etc. would work. "Hey, Dude, Can I borrow a couple gigs of RAM?" "I'm tring to re-encode a video.""Sure, here you go". Online in your dreams/12 years."NEC made this stuff a few years ago. Ok, nothing really looks like you can swap ram seperately, but the P-ISM pen computer is just amazing, the "resonantware" seems interesting. Also, keep in mind that most of NEC's concept gadgets were actually built and demoed by them. Granted, made at incredible cost and only one or two of each. <a class="user" href="http://www.nec-design.co.jp/showcase/#pism">http://www.nec-design.co.jp/showcase/#pism</a>
lambdaFeb 24, 2006
^^^^^^^^^IT WORKED!!!!
ethergnatFeb 24, 2006
timmarhy wrote: "also i seriously doubt there will ever be a pc where you can just swap out the cpu anytime you want like that."It's been done already. In 1991 when I got my first PC (486DX 33MHz) they had a computer with the processor in a cartridge unit. You could upgrade by purchasing a new processor and sliding it in. Of course there was a substantial price premium for the computer itself, processor cartridges were outrageously expensive, and they didn't improve performance much. Even when $2500 was a good price for a computer it wasn't worth it.
elranzerFeb 24, 2006
Hey, you all at home can do this yourself. just use a tiny Nano-ITX PC with all external USB/Firewire components. This concept just makes it pretty. Although it is a rip-off of the Microsoft-sponsored design contest, which looked better.
i8ppFeb 24, 2006
That's one weird looking CD rack, +Digg to annoy those who think saying "no digg" is useful
squegieFeb 24, 2006
"This is totally unfeasible. Someone had mentioned micro-ITX/mini-ITX, which is also a very unfeasible idea, due to its size, which is just too small. I can build the computer I bout last year, when it was top of the line, for around 900 bucks, with everything. Unless these were micro sized, wheee you could slip it into your pocket, it won't work. If you could fit like a proc, ram, hd, etc. in your pocket then maybe. Maybe a wearable type cmputer, using wireless USB to communicate with HDs, Periphs, etc. would work. "Hey, Dude, Can I borrow a couple gigs of RAM?" "I'm tring to re-encode a video.""Sure, here you go". Online in your dreams/12 years."NEC made this stuff a few years ago. Ok, nothing really looks like you can swap ram seperately, but the P-ISM pen computer is just amazing, the "resonantware" seems interesting. Also, keep in mind that most of NEC's concept gadgets were actually built and demoed by them. Granted, made at incredible cost and only one or two of each. <a class="user" href="http://www.nec-design.co.jp/showcase/#pism">http://www.nec-design.co.jp/showcase/#pism</a>
dpk87Feb 24, 2006
The Microsoft sponsored PC is better.
tw0bitFeb 24, 2006
it will never come out