Artigo has just recently released an ultra compact computer kit about the size of your external run-of-the-mill USB hard drive, based on the credit card sized Pico-ITX motherboard. It features a 1GHz processor, support for 1GB of memory, four USB ports, audio ports, a LAN port, and a VGA port. You provide your own hard drive, keyboard, mouse, and RAM, along with all assembly. The entire kit cost only US$300, meaning that it offers the prudent shopper the opportunity to assemble a fairly decent machine for well under US$500.
The machine is so small that PC World author Tom Mainelli notes it’s potential to fit in the 5.25-inch drive bay of traditional computers, which is, in itself, an exciting possibility. The ability to run one computer within another with the two linked via ethernet or USB is certain to lead a wide range of hacks.
Check the kit out for yourself at the Via website.
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