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Version Dependency
July 15th, 2013, 04:21 PM
[...]Compulab (maker of the MintBox, Fit-PC, and Tegra-based Trim Slice) promises to deliver rich multimedia and PC-like user experience. Utilite will be available next month in single, dual, and quad core versions starting at $99.[...]

Source Article: http://www.fanlesstech.com/2013/07/utilite-quad-core-arm-linux-desktop.html
Utilite spec page: http://utilite-computer.com/web/home

Media center possibly?

Roasted
July 15th, 2013, 05:37 PM
This would be an absolutely awesome upgrade to my Raspberry Pi as my HTPC, even though I have approximately zero reason to upgrade my Raspberry Pi as it surprisingly works dang well under OpenELEC.

mips
July 15th, 2013, 06:23 PM
That's nice, better than a Ouya in specs.

Linuxratty
July 15th, 2013, 08:33 PM
I like these little computers.




A new ARM-based Linux PC with a host of capabilities—including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, two Gigabit Ethernet jacks, and five USB ports—goes on sale next month starting at $99.

"Utilite," offered by Israeli company CompuLab, won't be as cheap as a Raspberry Pi, but the specs justify the cost. With dimensions of 5.3” × 3.9” × 0.8”, Utilite comes with a Freescale i.MX6 system-on-chip with a single-, dual-, or quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor (which uses 3-8 watts of power). It will have up to 4GB of DDR3 1066MHz memory, up to 512GB of SSD storage, and a microSD slot allowing another 128GB.

The PC can be purchased with either Ubuntu Linux or Android.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/99-arm-based-pc-runs-either-ubuntu-or-android/

Cheesemill
July 15th, 2013, 09:02 PM
Threads merged.

Roasted
July 15th, 2013, 10:17 PM
I wouldn't mind a gizmo like that running as a home server. Any ideas on how I could rig up a pair of 3.5" HDDs in a RAID 1 mirror in this box? :P