yoink@tumblr ~ % fortune
"The magical part here is the extreme level of hardware integration: the CPU has a GPU and memory controller on die, and the motherboard has optical digital out and HDMI out built in. It’s delightfully simple to build and downright cheap. Just assemble it, install your OS of choice (sorry, Apple fans), then plug it into your receiver and television and boot it up. My results? I’ll just get right to the good part, but please bear in mind each step is about twice as powerful as the one before: 2005 ~$1000 512 MB RAM, single core CPU 80 watts idle
2008 ~$520 2 GB RAM, dual core CPU 45 watts idle
2011 ~$420 4 GB RAM, dual core CPU GPU 22 watts idle
I know I get way too excited about this stuff, but … holy crap, 22 tesla-lovin’ watts at idle!"
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Coding Horror: Revisiting the Home Theater PC
I think I drooled a little…yeah lemme get that.
