[Cialug] Small and quiet Linux box suggestions

[Rob Cook]

My issues with that Brix mini PC is that once you spec it past 'barebones'
but not fully loaded with a core i7 you can buy a refurbed Mac Mini with a
core i7. There really isn't anything that works better in this form factor
than Mini and nothing will be as quiet.


On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> As I understand it, the Iris graphics processors are very good. Still not
> going to beat the discrete cards for very high end work, but most people
> will find them more than suitable on the Haswell platform.
> http://www.anandtech.com/show/6993/intel-iris-pro-5200-graphics-review-core-i74950hq-tested/17
>
> Case in point, the highest end 15" Mac Book Pro is the only laptop model
> Apple makes with discrete graphics. All the other Pro models have the Iris
> graphics.
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> On Apr 25, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > On 2014-04-23 at 10:40:30 David Champion wrote:
> >> I've got one of the Asus / Atom mini PC's. It's OK but the CPU is just
> >> too slow for me.
> >> I think any of the Shuttle / Asus / Intel mini PC's with a Core i5 or
> >> better would work well for you.
> >> -dc
> >
> > This sounds like a good possibility for something that is small and
> > quiet, but still has good performance when needed:
> >
> >
> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/02/a-turbo-charged-quad-core-mini-desktop-gigabytes-brix-pro-reviewed/
> >
> > It has "Intel Iris Pro 5200" graphics. I don't know what graphics are
> > like today, but last time i checked, Intel was slow but compatible (open
> > source drivers!), nVidia was fast but required proprietary drivers, and
> > ATI was fast but the proprietary drivers were unstable. That was at
> > least 5-6 years ago though; far enough in the past that ATI wasn't yet
> > called AMD. Does Intel still have open source drivers? My current
> > machine has an nVidia card, and while i've not had any problems with it,
> > i would be quite happy if i could get back to a fully open-source system
> > again.
> >
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